suburban secrets: three herons in a drainage pond #reflections #birdoftheday

Passing by Ailsa Craig 🥌 | Lovely views this morning over the Firth of Clyde and Irish Sea. #Scotland

📍 The Town Pier | North Queensferry In 1818 JMW Turner visited North Queensferry, likely arriving at the pier by ferry - it’s depicted in a double page sketch which includes the Albert Hotel, the light tower, and the fortified island of Inchgarvie: www.tate.org.uk/art/research... #Fife #Scotland

📍 St David's Harbour | Firth of Forth Great Crested Grebe and Little Grebe. #Fife #Scotland

📍 North Queensferry | The Harbour Light Tower Built in 1817 by Robert Stevenson, the world's smallest working light tower. #Fife #Scotland

"It was minted in Edinburgh, so it's the first time that we have Scottish coinage being minted in what was a core part of the Scottish kingdom." www.bbc.com/news/article...

📍 Leith Links #Edinburgh Swifts by Natasha Russell | Mural designed in collaboration with residents, @rspbscotland.bsky.social and planners to bring attention to the endangered swift population found in Edinburgh and to visualise yearly migrations between Northern Europe and Southern Africa.

St Bridget's Bay | Dalgety Bay Wigeon, shelducks, dunlin, redshanks, oystercatchers, and curlews (joined by a seal) among the groups of birds on the shore. #Fife #FirthOfForth

Not far from a bit of archival research. What I learned about the village this morning from local historian Arthur - the wall by the newsagent is a remnant of the hospital or nunnery of St. Martha, founded in 1474 by the 1st Earl of Morton. #Fife #Scotland

Warmer winters may be changing the flowering times of plants, with knock-on effects for all our wildlife. The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland needs your help to track this. Join the New Year Plant Hunt this January bsbi.org/take-part/ac... @bsbibotany.bsky.social #plants #botany

📍 Aberdour Castle #Fife A classic village sound, the jackdaws and rooks circling at dusk to roost by the castle. #Scotland

📍 Kinghorn Beach | Fife Coastal Path Humpback(s) in the Forth! #Fife #Scotland

📍 Kinghorn Beach | Fife Coastal Path Fulmars tucked in along the cliffs. #Fife #Scotland

Three native evergreens that carry life through the winter in Ontario's forests. In the first of a three-part holiday series, #Ptbo GreenUP explores how white pine, hemlock, and cedar support wildlife and ecosystems through the coldest months. kawarthanow.com/2025/12/25/t...

📍 Aberdour | Fife Coastal Path #Fife #Scotland

Who’s behind the deep-pocketed private equity firm that’s bought into Therme? A new player has joined the Ontario Place melodrama — a mega-investor with billions to spend, writes @johnlorinc.bsky.social. #TOpoli #ONpoli spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

Happy Jólabókaflóðið. (Bjork also always makes an appearance on the tree)

📍 Aberdour #Fife Mild enough for a Christmas Eve game. The village club not messing around.

Toronto's Kensington Market comes alive after dark for the 36th annual Winter Solstice Festival produced by Red Pepper Spectacle Arts. a 🧵of photos I took as we paraded through the Market and into Alexandra Park to bring light to the longest darkest night. #toronto #solstice #x100vi

📍 South Queensferry #Scotland

new Emily Kewageshig mural on the west face of the Donald D. Summerville Olympic Pools (Wilson & Newton, 1963) in Toronto 🌊 🐢 🏊

📍 Castlerock Beach | North Atlantic Ocean #NorthernIreland

Today is the last day for Ontarians to weigh in on the Doug Ford government's plan to consolidate 36 conservations authorities into seven regional ones. Here's everything you need to know about it: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...

📍 Coleraine | River Bann Good morning, #NorthernIreland

📍 Aberdour #Fife

Greater white-fronted geese putting down their landing gear. #birds #photography

📍 Letham Pools #Fife Winter skies of pink-footed and greylag geese.

A piece that deeply resonates: ethicalvacuum.substack.com/p/the-joy-of... #Toronto

📍 Aberdour | Firth of Forth Winter solstice morning #Fife #Scotland

📍 Aberdour | The sun setting at 3.20pm on the day before the solstice #Fife #Scotland

📍 Firth of Forth #Scotland

The deep familiarity of a drizzly and gusty tarmac waiting to board a Ryanair flight.

Motewolonuwok | Jeremy Dutcher A top album always, but a go-to when travelling.

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📍 Liberty Village #Toronto

Loved seeing Your Tomorrow featured in The Revue’s wrap for the year! That was a special night ♥️ Watch it here: youtu.be/sGP4pvSXdh0?... #Toronto #OntarioPlace

A draft law in Lebanon seeks to regulate seed trade, adding to mounting pressures on farmers. In 2022, Christina Cavalcanti & Chris Trinh (@christhaotrinh.bsky.social) documented how farmers practiced seed saving to resist corporate monopolies. thepublicsource.org/seed-saving-...

Three Palestinian films are on the Academy Awards short list for best international feature. Here’s the run down on each one: All That’s Left of You follows a Palestinian family through three generations. youtu.be/ZIHl6gE8LQ0?...

Signed Indigenous street art by Philip Cote 2022, off of Bloor Street West, Toronto. 🇨🇦 #TagTuesday #StreetArt #IndigenousArt #Toronto #BloorStW #PhilipCote #photography #EastCoastKin

📍 Bloor Street West #Toronto

📍 Harbourfront | Löyly Floating Sauna This was quite lovely. #Toronto

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

📍 Humber Bay West #Toronto

Houses on Gerrard Street, Toronto, circa 1918 Artist: Lawren S. Harris (1885-1970) Medium: Oil painting, on board #lawrenharris #winter #snow #1910s #oilpainting #torontoart #art #artist #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

Today at 12PM: Food Not Bombs Fundraiser Pop-Up Market (25 Cecil St). A pop-up market fundraiser to support Toronto Food Not Bombs and Toronto Indigenous Harm Reduction. Come find a new outfit, book, gift from a local artist, and stay for a chat with a hot coffee or snack!

📍 Caledon #Ontario

Scenery: lovely ❄️ Bohemian Waxwing sighting success: nil #Ontario

From: Dominic Beaudry - Associate Vice President of Academic and Indigenous Programs at Laurentian University In Ojibwe our word for otter is nikig (pronounced ni-kig). Caretakers of the water and forest. Anishinaabe art by Nyle Miigizi Johnston.

Very sad indeed. We need lots of voices - and places for them - in the urban sphere.