Five

May 28, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Five carnations. Five dandelion globes. Just turned five. (For Cee’s Black and White Challenge: five)

Gathering of ‘G’s

May 27, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Upright groundhog (3 g’s) Thanks for the fun Cee! Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge is ‘g’ anywhere in the word.

Wordless Wednesday

May 26, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Reflections in Green and Blue

May 25, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Does the woodpecker pause to notice the beauty of his surroundings? I might have focused my lens on this Downy, but it is the background colours that speak to me now (featured image). I caught the river in a particularly still moment (above) until something disturbed the calm allowing me to create the dreamy image […]

G…G…Great Birds!

May 23, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Bird Weekly challenge is birds starting with the letter ‘g’. Flirty goldfinches featured. The lone duck is a Garganey – an irregular visitor hailing from Europe. Canada Goose with three goslings. A squadron of Goldeneyes.

Morning Sun

May 22, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A rare early morning outing for Weekend Sky challenge.

Take a Walk

May 21, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Cee’s Black and White Challenge this week is Places to walk or hike. Here are are few from my travels: Featured image is Stratford, Ontario.

Unexpected

May 20, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

On a recent birding cruise, I came upon two unexpected sights. First the appearance of long tendrils of smoke emitting from the treetops and down the centre of the road. Not smoke, it turned out but bugs. Swarms of bugs. Then I noticed a number of ripples in the watery ditch at the side of […]

Wordless Wednesday

May 19, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Images my own

Spots and Dots

May 18, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Can you spot the robin? Here’s a few more: lights in the night and early morning sun catching in the lens: For Lens-Artists Challenge: spots and dots.

Imagine

If we could lift understandingto indigenous teachingsexpand our loveto earth, sky, and seaMake personal gain tabooand Ancients a weigh point If we could witness the mountainsslow floating across the skyand touch the dolphin’s soulanxiously swimmingwhere tuna are netted Would we cower at our insignificanceor move forward, learning to acceptthat all of life is deeply woveninto […]

Dear Child

I know a little girl,whose hair in ringletsfalls, unkempt from lackof brushing; who standswhen she should be sitting;who laughs with defiance whenchallenged, her dark eyes gleamingwith mischief; who holds her chin uphigh and stamps her feet, arms foldedin protest when she does not get her way. I see that little girl,have watched her play,with a […]