In the spirit of the deep freeze Ottawa is heading into... This was last January I loved how every evening for 15 or 20 minutes, the ice would take on whatever colour the sunset did #ArtAdventCalendar #Ottawa #Canada

That's nearly enough for some squeaky snow tmrw morning😅🇨🇦 Super early in the season to be dropping into the ACTUAL cold! I've been jumping outside to fill the birdfeeders in a tee-shirt every morning up until now😅 #Ottawa #Ottweather #Canada

Day 4 This was early spring when the leaves were beginning to return. The previous year I removed a few trees that were crowding this Black Cherry tree It was shot with the phone at 15mm, but in manual raw mode so I could balance the sky vs tree contrast in post #ArtAdventCalendar

Plausible US reporter question: "Mr. President, can you tell the American people the reason for the skin discolouration on your right hand that you've kept bandaged, makeup'd, and hidden under the desk?" Instead, corp media: "Derp, derp, ummm poopy poop constitutional norms poop?"

They're kind of the oddballs of the dog world They're not really pack social except during child rearing And they have that high-twitch muscle makeup like cats! Red foxes have been clocked at 72km/h for short bursts! They catch snowshoe hares ffs! I've seen it! And they can jump like a mf #Mammals

Update... Sobeys didn't have Chili🤷‍♂️ Instead I bought a handful of euro beers 😅

I love the studying face of this forest raised Raccoon "oh, weird... A human! I wonder what those things eat. It doesn't seem to be eating from my hazelnut plants below" #Mammals #ArtAdventCalendar #Wildlifephotography #Canada #SonyAlpha

I'm kinda craving some Chili! I don't want to make it, that takes allll day I may have to go buy some... veggie or meat, doesn't matter... both good!

Big yawn after sleeping the day away in the wild Coreopsis meadow by the water #ArtAdventCalendar

A Great Crested Flycatcher in the tops of the forest canopy on one of those hot humid mist rain weeks midsummer where eastern Ontario Canada nearly emulates tropical rainforest climate Day 2 #ArtAdventCalendar

I'll join in the sharing of my favourite 2025 shots this month under the hashtag #ArtAdventCalendar Sony 𝛂7r5 1250iso|900mm|f6.3|1/800s

Both of us freeze in place to listen to the giant ravens way above in the white pines—they're so cool and weird (the ravens) "Guuurrrraawwwkkk" "Tee-cue, tee-cue" "Brreeeeeeppp" *deep gurgle sound* #Birds #Ontario #Canada #Wildlife #SonyAlpha

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Great podcast line: "This night is still vivid in my mind. The kind of dark where the edges of the world disappear" It triggers all those half memories of things you've seen, or almost seen, at parties, or in the wilderness, or whatever, where you know THAT wasn't possible... or was it?

Looks colder than it is—Canadian sweater weather -1°c You get that double sun off the ice reflection... you could tan... or go blind😅 Dunrobin, On #ShareYourWeather #Ottawa #Canada #Ontario

I hear a Great Horned owl outside! 12:09am -1c It might be across the lake in the thicker pines, hard to tell out from inside Cool though Photography goals... #Birds #Ontario

Too busy to care about me... He gave a quick glance when he swam within 10 feet, then continued on towards the sleeping lodge across the large pond👀 #Mammals #Ontario #Canada #Nature #SonyAlpha

My morning alarm clock was 4 Trumpeter Swans, 2 groups of 2, gliding around in the back pond randomly thunder honking at nothing👀 Can't really go outside, or I'll scare them They make geese look tiny, eh😅 #Birds

It took till now for the birds to find the newly reactivated feeders! Blue Jays found it first... and they're so noisy about it that the chickadees followed them👀

I finally put all the birdfeeders back up after my willing summer with a bear 🐻 I'm excited to get all the birds back! I miss all the chickadees and woodpeckers who've stayed deep in my wood for months! And the squirrels who are who knows where It's so quiet here in winter without them #Birds

My early winter ❄️🌲🙂 **Every year, you have to relearn how to not overexpose the snow on sunny days😂 #Winter #Canada #Ottawa

Snowstorm soon in the greater Ottawa Gatineau area👀❄️

I stayed up way too late last night to focus on understanding this supreme court hearing😅 Half of it is over my head #Tariffs

My Dad asked me to tell him specifically what I wanted for Christmas... My choice 🧐😅 #BillsMafia

Ding dong! Dick Cheney is dead Anyway, coffee...

My woodland looks so different once the nearly leafless canopy finally opens up for winter... The coolest part of this and the coming season is this is when the owls tend to visit and/or stay here #Forest #Ontario #Canada #Trees #Wildlife #Birds

👀🇨🇦🫡 That's a good way to prevent forest fires.... blanket the entire country in an early winter😂🤷‍♂️ #Canada #Weather

Seasons at the Beech 🌳👀 (Fagus grandifolia) *7 months ago, I removed the competition around it horizontally, but I'm not sure I opened the top canopy up enough for a 2ft/year growth rate. Not sure it matters🤷‍♂️ #Trees #NativePlants #Forest #Forestry #Ontario #Canada

This rain is impressive with its persistence! All day... Weather Network says 3 - 8mm every hour all night for Dunrobin... all day tmrw New York is getting it, too, but they handle water worse than my low population forest/wetland (logically) Great night soundtrack, tho! #Ottawa #Rain #Ottweather

I cut logs all day with a chainsaw A buddy and I are trying to figure out how to winterise the campfire place called 'Woodhenge'😅 7 foot walls on all sides is the basic plan

My Bigtooth aspen nearly glows near sunset🌳🍁🍂 It grew in sand and full south facing sun for nearly 20 years now. It got giant but kept all its original lower branches intact #Autumn #Trees #NativePlants #Ontario #Canada

Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) has finally joined the autumn colour party 🍂🍁👀 #Trees #NativePlants #Ontario #Canada

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It's not autumn yet for the northern red oak way up there🧐🌳 #Trees #NativePlants #Ontario #Canada

If you want to get lost for 40 minutes in the beauty of the Canadian Pacific coastal rainforest with some camping and survival craft, this is your video🇨🇦 #Canada #Camping #BritishColumbia #Fishing youtu.be/yJgmAMBF0vw?...

A neighbour was walking a new puppy named Bonnie! 8-10 weeks old...teething Some kind of terrier... tiny adorable size of a football

The Sugar Maples has begun to do that fire blaze thing they're famous for📷 #Trees #Canada #NativePlants

Beavers in the mist 🦫🇨🇦 #Mammals #Ottawa #Ontario #Canada #ShareYourWeather

What was for the longest time was just 1 beaver on my pond, appears to now be 3 beavers😂 It's hard to keep track of them because everything happens at night in their world 1 of them is smaller, but not first year small... more like 2 years old, semi independent #Mammals #Canada #Nature

Tonight down at the beaver pond great blue heron and a beaver #birds

Red maple (Acer rubrum) doing red maple things👀🍂🍁 #Trees #NativePlants #Canada

Greens remain on the water by my house! They'll leave at the first hint of cold, but it's floating around 14°c day & night at the moment, food comes easy, and the water is easily a bit warmer than the air—walking in it easily to snap this angle @everyheron.bsky.social #Birds #Ontario #Canada

The Juncos are back! Hundreds of them in the few hundred feet of expired native summer wildflower between the house and lake I don't really know how far they go, but they leave north during my summer and return for autumn & winter Raining 14°c #Birds #Ontario #Canada @evornithology.bsky.social

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There's a little window of time at the beginning of autumn when it becomes really easy to spot the future sugar maple overlords amongst the army of Red Maple, who dominate the forested property Much like the oaks, Sugar Maples seem to be just fine with ANY evening above freezing #Trees #Canada

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Soon, all the fancy birds birds will migrate south. There are still a few types here! Not bad today, 19°c @ 80% humidity #Birds #Ontario #Canada

It's much more fun to cook when you have company There's 5 people all weekend Western omelettes, toast, bacon & coffee was the breakfast shift My 16 year old son is my sous chef😅

I'm guessing he or she is still near the home 😅🐻🧸 Haven't seen it for a month, but it's pretty easy for them to disappear in a forest by day🤷‍♂️ #Mammals #Ontario #Canada