a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) spreads its wings while resting on an ash sapling. #rewilding #naturalist #monarch #butterfly #pollinators #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #photography #conservation #biodiversity #endangeredspecies 📷🌿

bird so high up in the tree the setting sun is glinting under his tail feathers & beak. (I think it's a common grackle) #birds #nature #photography #wildlife #naturalist #biodiversity #sunset

eastern cottontail enjoys a sit on a fresh dirt pile in the backyard. #wildlife #photography #nature #naturalist #cottontail #rabbits #rewilding

unknowing #corvids #crow #summer #photography #nature #wildlife #birds #naturalist #rewilding #biodiversity 🌿 📷 🦉

provider #birds #frogs #prey #predator #naturalist #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photography #crow #corvids 🌿 🐸 🦉 📷

blackbird waits #redwingedblackbird #pond #blackbird #nature #naturephotography #birds #bird #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturalist #biodiversity 🌿 📷 🦉

red squirrel waits #redsquirrel #squirrels #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #biodiversity #naturalist 🌿 📷 🐿️

pro creation #frogs #toads #spawn #frogspawn #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #photography #spring #life #love #naturalist #biodiversity 🌿 📷 🐸

lost, or found, in the woods #nature #woods #naturephotography #photography #naturalist 📷

nest high in the sky of the deep wood. #woods #naturephotography #nature #sky #photography #naturalist 📷

drunk from the wonder of it all #rosebreastedgrosbeak #grosbeak #birds #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #naturalist #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photography 📷 🦉

woodpecker business at the forest floor #nature #naturephotography#photography #woods #woodpecker #biodiversity #rewilding #naturalist 📷

indisposed #woodduck #ducks #naturalist #birds #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #biodiversity 🌿 📷 🦉

lit from within #artphotography #naturephotography #nature #entanglement #artiinnature 🌿 📷

intricate #photography #naturephotography #artphotography #entanglement 📷 📷

a northern flicker woodpecker hunts amidst the grass. #woodpeckers #birds #naturalist #nativebirds #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography #biodiversity #rewilding 🌿 🦉 📷

the observer. eastern american toad, Anaxyrus americanus ssp. americanus #frogs #toads #naturalist #naturephotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #biodiversity 🌿 📷

wood ducks in the pond #woodduck #ducks #rewilding #biodiversity #birds #naturalist #pond #spring #nature #photography #naturephotography 🌿 🦉 📷

perched. #bluejay #birds #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #photography #biodiversity #naturalist 🌿 📷

there's a method to tracking butterflies & waiting for them to light somewhere. it requires a fair amount of stillness & a lot of luck. #wildlife #butterfly #nature #naturalist #naturephotography #rewilding 📷🌿

"finding a voice" #geese #goose #canadageese #naturalist #nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #rewilding #pond #waterfowl

full moon tonight. #fullmoon #moon #nature #photography #naturephotography 📷

delicate resound #poetryinnature #artinnature #naturephotography #photography #nature #water #pond #spring #biodiversity #awakening #advaitavedanta #eyesinnature

a pair of mourning doves rest on a bare branch taking turns grooming one another. #birds #naturalist #nature #photography #rewilding #spring 🌿🦉📷

"thoughtful" #sparrow #birds #naturalist #rewilding #nature #photography #wildlifephotography 🦉🌿

greeting the day with enthusiasm. #merganser #ducks #birds #rewilding #naturalist #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #pond #waterbirds #sunshine #photography🌿🦉

what's up? no, YOUR cheeks are fat! #chipmunk #ontario #nature #wildlife #photography #rodents #squirrels

turkey vulture visited the other day. 🌿 #birds #birdsofprey #naturalist #rewilding #turkeyvultures #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography

at rest. at flight. turkey vultures. #birds #turkeyvultures #vultures #naturalist #nature #wildlife #photography #birdsofprey 🌿

my best shots of the full moon, blood moon lunar eclipse near totality March 13th & 14th. #bloodmoon #fullmoon #lunareclipse #bloodmooneclipse #nightsky #naturalist #totality #nature

stoic #cardinal #naturalist #wildlife #birds #canada #winter #nature #photography #naturephotography

softness #mourningdove #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #naturalist

first red-winged blackbird of the season! spring is HERE, spring is HERE! (he looks a little cold) I thought originally it was a small crow (he was very far away), nice surprise as I curated my SD card this afternoon! #nature #birds #redwingedblackbird #spring #rewilding #naturalist #ontario

"strike a pose" american tree sparrow #birds #canadianbirds #naturalist #nature #wildlife #photography

who? me? #nature #squirrel #wildlife #birdfeeder #winter #backyard

perspective. #nature #wildlife #birds #bluejay #corvids #winter #naturalist

a Barred owl visited my deck (and many of our trees) 3 times over the course of a week. I took hundreds of photos and videos, but here's one you might enjoy. #barredowl #naturalist #wildlife #rewilding #owls #nature #birdsofprey #rewilding #ontario #canada #conservation

thankful for: new directives. easy lab tests. hard workers. easeful discernment. portents in dreams. simple pleasures. choosing feeling deeply over numbing out. accepting desire as fervor for life. new breadcrumbs. shiny ribbon. goodnight. may we each be safe to sleep, restore & rise again.🌘

"Once again I find that I am open to an experience that makes me forget myself." -Etty Hillesum

keeps turning.

new friend alert.

Clover in the catnip catio.

a fairy dances #nature #wildlife #fae #faerie #fairy #rewilding youtu.be/c3SL8kiyVXc?...

a dream told me to close the conduit and so I shall.

thankful for: Etty. RG. RD. G. AK. PW. JH. MG. AM. BW. RF. HL. FB. EH. LL. cherries. digital photography. longing (it leads me back to myself if I let it). late 70s country music. doing hard things. risking vulnerability no matter the outcome. goodnight. may all beings be safe to sleep.🌘

"I will have to dare to live life with all the seriousness it demands and without thinking that I'm being pompous, sentimental, or affected." - Etty Hillesum

for my evening walk I must cover up in jeans and a long sleeved shirt and cover my head and I hate it. but here I go anyhow.

the moments where I frame things as permanent are one of my greatest sources of suffering.

today I discovered labels in gmail can be different colours. who knew this and didn't tell me?

I am never feeling only one emotion. one can seem bigger or larger than the rest. but I can move between them if I wish. or simply observe them. or let them consume me. but it's nice to feel it's my choice.