Velvet Petals - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #BloomScrolling #magnolia #fineartphotography #art

The Lotus Pond. Jean-Adriene Le Mayeur

Through the Veil - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #foliage #smokebush #cotinus #fineartphotography #art

Pamela Grace, a contemporary artist and printmaker living and working in Galloway, south western Scotland #WomensArt #Summer

Petals in Harmony - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #columbineflower #bloomscrolling #fineartphotography #art

Divine Pinot - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #bloomscrolling #columbineflower #fineartphotography #art

Shaggy Rose - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #bloomscrolling #columbineflower #fineartphotography #art

Nightlight - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #columbineflower #bcwildflowers #bloomscrolling #fineartphotography #art

#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #mushrooms Dancers of the Forest. 🦋 📷 credit unknown

By Elise Acosta

Moonlight Columbine - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #columbineflower #bloomscrolling #fineartphotography #art

'On the beach' by Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary printmaker #Womensart

The Danish gov’t has installed floating platforms planted with wildflowers and native vegetation in the harbors and canals of Copenhagen, to create urban habitat sanctuaries for birds, bees, pollinators, insects, and even some aquatic life. #FlowersOfBluesky #InnovativeSolutions💡

Stories in Motion - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #streetphotography #MayDay2026 #parade #dance @SouthAsianollectiveSociety Freshet News Tri-Cities Dispatch City of Port Coquitlam

Another capture from the City of Port Coquitlam May Day Parade 2026. Where art meets music. 📸 Rhythm & Hues - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #streetphotography #MayDay2026 #marchingband #fineartphotography #art #portcoquitlam

Many thanks to Laura Thomas (@gardeningdame.bsky.social) for sharing this scene from the Kids' Bike Race at this year's May Days in Port Coquitlam! See your photos here, too: email it with your name to [email protected] or tag a post here with #TriCitiesDispatch. #Photography

PoCo Bowl took on a whole different look in the weeks leading up to May Day. All decked out like a 90's record store. 📸 Time Warp - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #streetphotography #MayDay2026 #portcoquitlam #pocobowl #flashback #filmset #FineArtPhotography #art

Push the Line - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #streetphotography #MayDay2026 #portcoquitlam #kids #bikerace #KidsBikeRace #readysetgo #FineArtPhotography #art @cityofpoco.bsky.social @freshetnews.bsky.social @tcitiesdispatch.bsky.social

Over the next week I'll be highlighting some of my favourite pictures captured at my hometown's May Day's Parade in #PortCoquitlam 🌸🌷📸 Bubble Rush - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, May Day Parade 2026 #photography #streetphotography #melladodance #dance #bubbles #fineartphotography #art

Fowl Play - Laura Thomas Photography - Coquitlam River, Port Coquitlam 2024 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #birds 🦉 #blueheron #catchoftheday #fineartphotography #art

Skygazer - Laura Thomas Photography - Pitt River, Port Coquitlam 2024 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #birds 🦉 #bushtit #fineartphotography #art

Retreating Fog - Laura Thomas Photography - Pitt River, Port Coquitlam 2023 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #riverlife #river #beautifulbc #fineartphotography #art

Great choice!

"Make Art Not War" #Art #War #VivRus

Junior Flyer - Laura Thomas Photography - DeBoville Slough, Port Coquitlam 2024 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #birds 🦉#juvinilebaldeagle #baldeagle #fineartphotography #art

This painting is Farm Garden with Sunflowers, created by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt around 1907.

Fiddlehead Unfurled - Laura Thomas Photography - Coquitlam River, Port Coquitlam 2024 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #therapy #fineartphotography #art

The Scallop, 2003, by Maggi Hambling "I hear those voices that will not be drowned" #WomensArt

Shades of Euphoria - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #bloomscrolling #bluebells #fineartphotography #art

Wallflowers - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #bloomscrolling #goldenstonecrop #carpetbugel #fineartphotography #art

Flip the Lid - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #bloomscrolling #BishopsHat #epimedium #perrenialgarden #fineartphotography #art

On the National Day of Mourning, we honour all the women and men who lost their lives or were injured on the job.   To build a stronger Canada, it is up to all of us — to ensure that every Canadian is safe at work.

Ribbon Blooms - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #NatureTherapy #nature #bloomscrolling #fineartphotography #art

Photographer Chantal Pinzi's photogragraphic series of women skateboarders around the world, including in India #WomensArt

Dear Magnolia - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #magnolia #fineartphotography #art #bloomscrolling

Hammond's Garden - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #nature #birds 🦉 #HammondsFlycatcher #flycatcher #fineartphotography #art

Vanishing Veil - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #fineartphotography #art

Grape Expectations - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #grapehyacinth #muscari #fineartphotography #art

Quick SIlver - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #bcwildlife #squirrel #fineartphotography #art

Delphi Eyes - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2025 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #bloomscrolling #delphinium #blue #fineartphotography #art

House of Warbler - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #birds 🦉#wilsonswarbler #fineartphotography #art

Absolute Honey - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2025 #photography #naturephotography #nature #naturetherapy #PollinatorGarden #pollinators #bee #kale #fineartphotography #art

Perfectly Blue - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2025 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #perrenials #carpetbugel #AjugaReptans #bloomscrolling #fineartphotography #art

Dappled Duck - Laura Thomas Photography - Burnaby, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #ducks #mallard #mallardducks #birds #fineartphotography #art

Nightlines - Laura Thomas Photography - Burnaby, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #trains #TrainTracks #nightphotography #fineartphotography #art

Sincerely… NASA couldn’t have chosen a better team of people for this mission. They have been a bright light in the shadowy time here. It’s been a joy to watch. #nasa #artemisii

Lady Bluebill - Laura Thomas Photography - Burnaby, 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #ducks #birds #lesserscaup #fineartphotography #art

I talked to CBC-Kitchener-Waterloo Radio this morning about #Artemis II and they recorded a little video version of the interview afterward (with similar questions). You can watch here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

The Watercooler Crowd - Laura Thomas Photography - Richmond 2026 #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #nature #birds 🦉#treeswallow #wetlands #fineartphotography #art

In addition to experiencing a longer total eclipse totality from space — lasting nearly one hour instead of just a few minutes here on Earth — the Artemis II crew got a glimpse at the Sun’s corona wispily peeking out from behind the Moon without interference from the Earth’s atmosphere.