Local CFA on their second call out for the day.

Our new magpie family have been in and out of the birdbath for most of the morning. Currently 40°C here.

Feeling better now, although it's going to take a while to get my energy levels back to normal.

Today's afternoon tea ... Australian Rainforest black tea with two home-made chocolate "spiders".

Peaceful, easy feeling.

And suddenly the ice was gone… stream at Middlemoor, Whitchurch Down, today , #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #stream #nature

A little botanical treasure found while looking at a cook book the other day.

Our economy, our medicine, and the air we breathe are all gifts from healthy ecosystems. Denying the crisis of ecocide means denying our fundamental dependence on the natural world. We can't build a future on a broken foundation. #Nature #Science #Biodiversity

Always remember that listening to music can be the entire activity. Put on headphones. Blast it through speakers. Close your eyes and just listen. Listening to music is not a background activity. It can be the entire journey, and it's worth the time.

quietly

Today ... - Still sick; throat still sore and swollen, despite almost a full week of bed rest, vitamins, soups, and soda water (and a trip to the doctor). - T-i-r-e-d. + Planning my leave for 2026; discovered last year I benefit from taking extra leave during the year. + Bed rest has been nice.

Today's recovery smoothie.

Did not think I'd be seeing this year out with a painful viral throat infection, but here we are. 🫤

Today's afternoon tea ... Plant Organic Nettle tea with a small square of home-made Mars Bar slice.

Some mossy Western Red Cedars in the fabulous forest! #PNW #trees #woods #forest #forestFriday #views #nature #landscape #peace #wanderlust

The pines guard the silence with green hands. The lake drinks the sky, a mirror of deep thirst. Here, where the air smells of resin and distance, I love you. The mountains sleep, but my heart is awake, beating against the vast, blue cage of the afternoon... #photography #patagonia

Today's afternoon tea ... Australian Rainforest black tea with three chocolate pralines from Koko Black.

Today's musings from the Magnetic Poetry Edgar Allan Poet Kit. #magnetpoetry #EdgarAllanPoe #filingcabinetpoetry

The baby Chinese Money Plant (Pilea peperomioides) on my writing desk.

It's #ForestFriday again, whew! I hope everyone's had a nice week/holiday/days off. Here's an archives shot from the Glenveagh National Park in #Ireland. #photography #nature #trees #forest #woods #eastcoastkin #friday #donegal #green

north shore escape ... #photography #nature #trees #canada #landscape #fujifilm #forest #rainforest #vancouver

Detail of a Russian Giant sunflower leaf.

Christmas Day Rays. #forest #sunbeams #woodland #naturelovers #lightrays #trees #landscape #scenic #nature #outdoors #hiking #moody #atmospheric #smartphonephotography #photography

My Apple Music stats for 2025.

My Russian Giant Sunflowers are now around 45cm tall, and the flower buds are starting to form. 🌻

Today's afternoon tea ... Mariage Frères Marco Polo tea with a square of milk chocolate 'Rocky Rogue' from Koko Black.

Got a busy schedule today: 1. Eat Christmas snacks. 2. Watch Lady Gaga's Harlequin concert on her YT @ 11.00am. 3. Photograph local Christmas event for the paper from 12.15pm. 4. Have Christmas lunch with the family @ 1.30pm. 5. Enjoy a long afternoon nap.

Happy Christmas to anyone who partakes. 🎄✨

A remote waterfall on the East Branch of the Huron River in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for #WaterfallWednesday!

Patiently waiting for my Tiger Lilies to flower. Watching the little green buds getting bigger each day.

todays redwoods appreciation

Morten Harket's voice = always a transcendental experience. 🖤

I rescued an antique pink wallflower from the sad plants table at my local nursery; it cost $1.00. I hope I can coax a few more blooms out of it.

Today's morning tea ... Mariage Frères Mousse au Chocolat tea with milk and dark chocolate Croccantini (peanut brittle) from ALDI.

I bought a little bunch of Hypericum berries for my writing desk, as they looked interesting. Had never seen them before, and also hadn't realised they were the berries of St. John's Wort. Now I want to grow some.

Pruned the rose hedge in the backyard; hoping it will encourage a second flush of blooms. Didn't touch the star jasmine interspersed among the roses as its flowering beautifully and smells divine.

daily dose of green, north shore Vancouver #photography #nature #trees #canada #landscape #fujifilm #forest #rainforest #vancouver

Happy summer solstice. Here's to more contentment, connection, and equality. 🌞✨

Trailside Leopard Lily Shasta, California #flowers #art #photography

Winter path 🍂🍁🌳 #trees #woodland #treeclub

The interior of the Livraria Lello, a bookstore in Porto, Portugal.

"It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts,as for that subtle something,that quality of air that emanation from old trees,that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit" ~Robert Louis Stevenson Happy #forestfriday I wish you a day filled with trees💚

Today's morning tea ... Twinings French Earl Grey tea with two chocolates from Haigh's.

My black lillies flowered in abundance this year. 🖤 #gothgardening #blackflowers #bloomscrolling

Trying to do graphic design work (and small animations) on a 13" MacBook (that has just recently been updated to Tahoe) really sucks. 😩

Croatia in spring 2025 was full of botanical delights, too many to choose from really. Yellow Alyssum (Alyssum alyssoides) and this very cute Parentucellia latifolia were standouts though. Unexpected finds in ordinary places, in this case road verges.

I can feel the heat pressing in on the house now. Time for an iced Earl Grey tea. 🥤

Today's morning tea ... Twinings Earl Grey tea with two beautiful chocolate truffles from Haigh's Chocolates.

Pansy February 26th 2024

Quiet Moment Madison Falls Olympic National Park Washington Madison Falls is a quiet moment in Olympic National Park—just a short, gentle walk leads you to a broad cascade spilling through the moss-draped forest, its steady rhythm echoing along the Elwha River. #waterfall #nature #photography