Mark Carney's speech at Davos was fascinating to listen to—all its eloquent intricacies and subtleties What the California governor said to the foreign press was fascinating too—a truthful gut punch

Our prime minister's speech at Davos today seems to be making waves🇨🇦👀🤷‍♂️ First lunch, then I'll watch #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/live/uStuQ-T...

It just keeps snowing outside in Dunrobin #Ottawa Did a bit more shovelling and now back to this—love this relaxing youtube genre😌 Make cabin warm, feed dog, sleep, chopped wood youtu.be/73QAfi2jWyI?...

This is the only #raptor I have around me at the moment in the woods of Ontario 👀 #BirdofTheDay She's been here around the home for nearly a month Likely female because it's on the bigger side

Peekaboo with the Pileated while I shovel snow ❄️👀

This has become an entertaining YT trend over past few years Buy really really old estate homes in bad shape and entirely DIY restore them on YouTube. They end up learning the old forms of craftsmanship skills along the way that are slowly being lost by modern construction youtu.be/EHhMuYqQerc?...

I love the smooth way this guy plays the drum brushes... He's probably the best jazz drummer currently alive Jeff Hamilton from Richmond, Indiana

Here's an emotional support snake 🐍 Autumn in a young red maple dominated woodland #Herps #Ontario #Canada

Alright, I have held out long enough... Let the binge watching of season 1 & 2 of 'House of The Dragon' commence

People in Ottawa are getting a kick out of this recent video, and the government response (See attached notice) Getting into the Olympics spirit, I say😅 #Ottawa #Canada

See a fox 🦊 Post a fox 🧡 (or two!)

A day late of #nationalbirdday She's above my driveway waiting for things to cross treeline to treeline🦉👀 Sony 𝛂7r5 320iso|600mm|f6.3|1/200s #birdphotography #Ontario #Canada #Naturephotography #birds #SonyAlpha

So often it's when you're not even trying to find them You're shovelling the end of your driveway, and you look for no reason into your woods I had heard she was here a week ago. Maybe she left? Went deeper into the marsh nearby... No, she's watching you shovel 30 feet away👀 #Birds #Ontario

Smooth snow covered ground with a glossy crust from an evening of freezing rain, now crackles like a omnidirectional bowl of Rice Krispies under the warm morning sun. Birds are barely audible over what collectly sounds like a rushing mountain stream #Ottawa #Ottweather #Dunrobin

Get'chu some a them seasonal Beeches...😅

I've really enjoyed a podcast titled "Undertow" Every season is different, but it's always well told spooky stories Sometimes a season is all one story, or related novellas, or independent short stories Season 9 & 6 have been my favourite so far, but I'm listening to seasons all out of order

Gregory Porter & Jacob Collier— 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' Stunning piano & vocal improvisating youtu.be/mrjyYZm0Dao?...

Four inches of snow Tuesday night, more falling softly this morning. Perfect music choice. Merry Christmas, folks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKzg...

A handful of attempts have been made at capturing this older abandoned truck in the back of Kanata... #ArtAdventCalendar

It was amusing watching the two work in such harmony... The phoebe (a flycatcher type) must have realised that riding on the deers back made catching food quite easy, because the flies would gravitate towards the chariot. They crossed an entire meadow like this! #ArtAdventCalendar

Portrait of a Raven (2025) #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography

👀❄️📷 #Ottawa #Quiet #Nature

I've been told by neighbours that she's back! She spent the previous winter here, often around my house. The community is a collection of 3-5 acre lots, 60-90% of each kept as forest, so finding her on purpose with a camera is easier said than done👀🌲🦉 #ArtAdventCalendar #birds

An old abandoned farm house no so far from me Samsung S22 (manual+raw mode) 20iso | 23mm | f1.8 | 1/750s #ArtAdventCalendar #Abandoned #Canada

I walked around the lake and snapped a shot from far away this morning. My White pines look so healthy and full compared to that summer drought months ago🌲 Most of the snow melted in a day of rain yesterday, but we've dropped right back down to -10c now 🤷‍♂️ #Ottawa #Ontario #Canada #trees

Secretly the alpha leaders of most white pine dominated woodland Tamiasciurus hudsonicus #ArtAdventCalendar

Sugar Maple and American Beech forest glowing yellow orange in autumn Occasionally these 2 will do this in the northeast if left alone long enough. They'll rise up 100+ft and form a climax mesic closed canopy forest where only THEY can thrive #ArtAdventCalendar #Canada #Trees

So, I started Bleak House by Charles Dickens last night... Chapter 1—"In Chancery" took 2 attempts and a handful of googles to complete with any understanding😅 #Books #writing

Podcast of Charles Dickens short stories found👀🧐 The Signalman🚂

Has anyone started this? It's pretty new... It began airing in England + Ireland on December 14th. Filmed all over Ireland (Dublin, Causeway Coast, Wicklow etc) Kind of a return to serious acting for Alicia Silverstone The series was just added to CRAVE for streaming in Canada👀

One of the handful of freshwater Turtle types around my home during summer—this one less common than the others🐢 #ArtAdventCalendar

A few captures of the mighty Bur Oak in early spring🌳 They're occasionally seen wild in forests, but more often in open meadows, farms, and parks They're a little too big for modern suburbs, but you see them in older ones reaching 60ft in all directions over the entire property #ArtAdventCalendar

The revival of the Klamath River & its watershed over the past 14 months—after the completion of the biggest dam-removal project in US history—is one the most hopeful stories I know in our hope-stripped age. Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here. emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...

I always think of that Norman Maclean quote when I look at this "And there could be no better place to learn than the Montana of my youth. It was a world with dew still on it, more touched by wonder and possibility than any I have since known" Brown Thrasher #ArtAdventCalendar

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The woodland around my house isn't old enough yet to have those giant displays of Trilliums you see on hikes, but every year there's a good handful more! In addition to the normal rhizome root spread, this flower has seeds designed to attract ants, who move them to new ground #ArtAdventCalendar

Fox with socks likes sits on docks, sir Shots of docks socks fox I've got, sir #ArtAdventCalendar #Ontario #Canada

An old pump organ in an abandoned home—it still worked! (imagine an accordion and pipe organ had a baby for sound) The motion blurred photo was an accident, but I kind of like it... It feels like an artist interpretation on canvas #ArtAdventCalendar

Meanwhile, north of the border... 🇨🇦😅🤷‍♂️ #cdnpoli

I wonder when the last time the canal opened for skating before Christmas?! It looks like we're trending that way! It'd be cool to go skating and see all the Christmas lights downtown #Ottawa #Canada

The early morning warm hue of the rising May sun did a particularly good job of highlighting the Northern Flicker's colours on this day #ArtAdventCalendar

The Grackles migrate north for the spring and retire the giant flock behaviour they're known for in the south. They intelligently adapt to wetland/forest life by foraging under leaves on the forest floor, later raiding nests of other birds, then fishing like shorebirds by summer! #ArtAdventCalendar

A lot of 2025 circled around the theme of oak trees. I watched a red oak I transplanted from the forest to full sun in 2024, thrive its first year. I went on to plant over 50 more oaks from seed throughout the community. A mix of Quercus rubra, Quercus macrocarpa, & Quercus alba #ArtAdventCalendar

A chipmunk takes a break from the collection of the more non parishable foods for winter, to enjoy northeastern native pin cherries #ArtAdventCalendar

Snow inbound tmrw❄️🥳 #Ottawa Currently -22°c

Great game by the #Chargers & #eagles ! I probably enjoyed this more because I was a neutral #BillsMafia observer😅... no stress

A tiny little Ruby-crowned Kinglet bouncing around the inside of a spruce tree like a screensaver icon Sony 𝛂7r5 16,000iso|900mm|f6.3|1/500s April 26, 2025 #ArtAdventCalendar

This was a highly entertaining roundtable by Michael Barbaro (NYT) -Charlamagne Tha God (Breakfast club) -Jon Favreau (Crooked Media) -Amna Nawaz (PBS) -David Remnick (New Yorker) -Stephanie Ruhle (MSNOW) -Andrew Schulz (Flagrant) -Ben Shapiro (Daily Wire + pod) youtu.be/kz-y3ygz2dI?...

What a massive 4th quarter! I was getting worried there for a bit😅 #billsmafia