These guys rarely stay still long enough for a (60mm) portrait shot. #Naturalists 🌿 #Insects #Fly #Macro #Photography 📷

Tiny threads so fine and bright, weave a web with morning light, built to capture and strong as steel, these strands will catch a tasty meal. #Naturalists 🌿 #Spiders #Photography 📷

This little stinkbug sports an impressive livery with red accents and white markers on it's legs and antenna. Wonder if they go through a transformation (starting off green or brown then becoming fancy?) #Naturalists 🌿 #Gardening 🌱 #Insects #Bugs #Macro #Photography 📷

A lonely Crane fly (Tipuloidea) catching the sun on o ur stucco wall. #Naturalists 🌿 #Insects #Gardening 🌱 #Photography 📷

Our Coleus' are particularly vigorous and colourful this year. Maybe the hot weather is responsible? #Gardening 🌱 #Naturalists 🌿 #Plants #Flowers #Photography 📷

Our Cannas will bloom well into fall. I struggle to preserve the bulbs over winter unfortunately. Any tips welcome. #Gardening 🌱 #Flowers #Naturalists 🌿 #Photography 📷

A closeup of our Sedums (Stonecrops) reveal more beauty than realized from afar. #Gardening 🌱 #Succulents #Naturalists 🌿 #Flowers

One of the 22000 species which have been identified. A highly social insect exploring my garden on its own. What is it thinking?

A tranquil moment of anticipation. Early morning fishing, Georgia Straight. #Photography 📷 #seascape #fishing #Nature

Orchids never fail to please - this one is particularly beautiful, and has been flowering for over 3 weeks already. #Naturalists 🌿 #Gardening 🌱 #Orchids #Photography 📷

Unknown green bug - looks like some form of stink-bug but rounder & not as flat. Friend or foe? #Naturalists 🌿 #Gardening 🌱 #Insects #Macro #Photography 📷

Dusk, looking West towards the Pacific from Mission BC #Naturalists 🌿 #Sunsets #Weather #Photography 📷

These happy looking guys welcome me daily when I water them. Don't have their scientific name. #Naturalists 🌿 #Gardening 🌱 #Photography 📷 #Flowers

It has been nice to see bumble bees back in our garden this year! They were probably there all along but I missed them. On paper, with those stubby wings, they should not be able to fly. #Naturalists 🌿 #Insects #Bees #Gardening 🌱 #Macro

Different displays above our deck (each shared with a glass of wine). #Sky #Naturalists 🌿 #Photography 📷

Ripples and flotsam - Fraser river. The blue colour of the water comes from the reflection of the blue sky above. #Naturalists 🌿 #Photography 📷 #Water #River

Our lifeblood - yet rainy days (to fickle humans) are often viewed as unpleasant. #Naturalists 🌿 #Weather #Water #Gardening 🌱 #Photography 📷

Clouds are one of my favourite subjects. These ones rolled in an hour after receiving a thunder & lightning warning (for Mission BC) a couple of days ago, They didn't disappoint. #Clouds #Weather #Naturalists 🌿 #Photography

Female Yellow Warbler (I think) visiting our garden. #Birds 🦉 #Naturalists 🌿 #Photography 📷

An early walk in winter. #Photography 📷 #Landscape #Naturalists 🌿

Yes, that's a real working scarecrow - and I thought they were all confined to children's storybooks nowadays! #Scenery #Landscape #Farming 🦉 📷

I think this is a Mule deer. They like to steal blueberries (together with black bears). Minnekada, Port Coquitlam #Deer 🌿 📷

Jus messin' #Music #Guitar #Abstract 📷

We have a red and a white Camellia. Unfortunately the flowers are short lived. #Gardening 🌱 #Nature 🌿 📷

Mallards on Fraser river navigating the wash from a passing boat. 🦉#Ducks 🌿 📷

Something different: "Path to the Lair" Digital fractal render using Mandelbulb 3D + Corel Painter. Let the imagination loose! #Diigitalart #Fractals #Fantasy

Our lilies are blooming and we are especially pleased with the red & yellow canna which brings a bright splash of colour. The others have not blossomed yet. 🌿 #Gardening 🌱 📷 #Flowers

Unable to identify this tiny bug (& tiny it is!). Could it be a "Micro wasp?" It has wasp-like features but maybe no stinger. 🌿 🌱 📷 #Insects #Macro

First Carpenter ant of 2025. Need to find then eradicate the nest before they do untold damage. 🌿 🌱 #Insects #ants 📷

Nature's majestic displays viewed from our back deck, Mission BC. They only last fleetingly but are a sight to behold!

Clouds time-lapse. Mission BC looking West. #Clouds 📷🌿 🇨🇦

Interesting to note the different bill colours onf these two female Muscovy ducks. Evidently this is quite common - a distinction like blonde or brunette I guess. 🦉 🌿 📷 #Ducks

Fun wheels at Mission collectors car show some years back - where everything has character ! #Cars #Motorcycles #Choppers #Vintage 📷

Young Trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) taking a break in a harvested corn field, Mission BC. The grey cygnets turn white a year or so after birth. The largest waterfowl species in the world (with wingspans of between 8 & 10 feet). 🦉 🌿 📷

Little spiders are out and about. 3 of the estimated 1400 Canadian species are featured here (in my garden). Generation of this diversity will have been complex! #Spiders #Insects #Naturalists 🌿 #Gardening 🌱 #Macro

Marsh grasses (Spartina) in Addington Slough BC. Essential for coastal ecosystems. #Naturalists 🌿 #Photography 📷 #Discovery #Marshland

Bad news brown marmorated stinkbugs in our Russian Laurel. Evidently they came from Asia and were first noticed in Pennsylvania 1998. Now spreading across North America ☹️ #Insects #Gardening 🌱 #Naturalists 🌿 #Macro #Photography 📷

Welcome little "gardeners friends" - undergoing metamorphosis from larva to pupa before becoming adult ladybugs. Aphids watch out! #Gardening #Naturalists #Photography #Bugs #Insects

Constantly changing late afternoon clouds #Photography 📷 #Naturalists 🌿 #Landscape #Sky

Sunset taken from Mission BC looking directly West towards Vancouver #Photography 📷 #Naturalists 🌿 #Sunset

A bee doing it's job unconcerned with bee 'rights' or 'working conditions' #Insects #Naturalists 🌿 #Macro #Photography 📷 #Gardening 🌱

It's going to rain tomorrow so caught these guys before they close #Gardening 🌱 #flowers #Naturalists 🌿 #Photography 📷

The flowers seem particularly vibrant this year, but I probably thought so last year too! #gardening 🌱 #naturalists 🌿 #Photography 📷

Rain cannot "wet" a Hosta leaf! #Naturalists 🌿 #photography 📷 #Gardening 🌱

Once treasured drawing instruments now obsolete. #Photography 📷 #education #technical

Canada goose (lots of them here) #Birds 🦉 #naturalists 🌿 #Photography 📷

Fraser river BC. North Arm Victor & North Arm Prowler heading upstream past Mission to pick up gravel. #Photography 📷 #Landscape #Boats

The Bug with the Eagle Tattoo 😁 #Macro #Photography 📷 #Insects #Gardening 🌱 #Naturalists 🌿

Our first Yellow Cana for 2025. Red still to bloom. #Gardening 🌱 #flowers #Naturalists 🌿 #Photography 📷

I think this is a Herring gull. These are more prolific on the Atlantic coast than here in BC. They can also be found some distance offshore. #Birds 🦉 #Naturalists 🌿 #Photography 📷