March Thaw, Morin Heights Edwin Holgate c. 1940

This made me spill my coffee!

A waste disposal facility for the oil and gas industry opened in Rolla, B.C. in 2010. For years, some neighbours say their homes have been hit with foul odours — and they still can't find out what's causing them. thenarwhal.ca/oil-and-gas-... #bcpoli

Getting a cold snap so maybe some ice climbing next weekend! 4 month Shiba(#2) was enamoured with the snow. Shiba(#1) was enamoured with her breakfast.

Listening to the birds singing before the sunrise makes me smile. They have no concern for human constructs like daylight savings.

Using a new computer to print another batch of my Raven cards. Testing the colour print profiles - a little too much blue in the grey! I love watching Ravens in the local mountains, this one was at Cypress a few years ago. Highly intelligent, large, and always a little mystery about them.

Some more photos from ice climbing in mid February. On a good day, ice climbing is beautiful and intimate, tranquility of frozen waterfalls, you can see and feel all the details in the ice.

Switzerland Just Lost 3% of Its Glacier Ice in a Year As the Alps Heat Up Switzerland’s glaciers are disappearing faster than ever — and the Alps may never look the same.

Our many aging cherry trees, originally a gesture of friendship by pre-war Japan, blossomed last week. Lovely, but: global warming.

A few more photos from the ice festival - next day doing “dry tooling” where ice tools like crampons and ice axes on rock to climb. The points of the tools make contact with the tiniest of holds in the rock and usually there’s a lot of tension through your body to hold it. Very challenging!

At midnight, the ice wall we were climbing collapsed. Temperature in the day was 5c. Dropped to around -8 at night. The area was too risky to continue climbing. The debris would have been catastrophic if it happened during the day.

I’m out at the Lillooet Ice Festival - this has been an extremely warm winter but we have a pocket of ice - though we need to be gentle with it to keep it intact. Really interesting to hear how climate change has impacted/changed cycles of snow & freezes. Here’s a climber from yesterday.

#cdnpoli #ClimateChange #ClimateSky #CanadaSky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I just saw a bear in my neighborhood. They should be hibernating. Spring like winter is screwing everything up. The bear will try and fail at foraging for food, and come into conflict with humans, either directly or into people’s garbage. No good outcome for it.

It is pretty heartbreaking to see the local mountains so barren of snow. I think this is the warmest winter on record. This is likely the new norm, with “good snow” days becoming an anomaly. This will lead to drier mountains in the summer, fire risk, right outside the city.

Forever & Ever Nicki Ault 2023

Garibaldi Lake at winters dawn, with the Black Tusk in the background. #photography @photos.bsky.art @bsky.art #vancouver

Tusk Elyse Dodge n.d.

I’m attending an ice climbing festival in 2 weeks. There’s a high risk there will be no ice in a very reliable area. This may be the first year it happened. The evidence is there that climate change is happening, now, and you can see it with your own eyes if you’re willing to look.

Not an ideal spot to camp last weekend, but I ran out of light and didn’t feel comfortable navigating the rest of my trip on unknown terrain in the dark. I pitched my trusty @tarptent.bsky.social scarp1 near the trees to stop (maybe) sliding over the edge on the sloped ice overnight. Great sunrise!

A rare blue sky over Black Tusk last weekend in Garibaldi Provincial Park. #photography @photos.bsky.art @bsky.art #vancouver

After a brutal 15km up some very steep icy mountains, the sun went down before I reached where I was expecting to arrive. However, the sunset (and sunrise) were incredible and makes it worth it.

Hockey at Garibaldi Lake. It’s been an unusually (or perhaps it is usual now) warm winter, and Garibaldi Lake is not covered in snow. A perfect opportunity for Canadians to play hockey! They hiked in 9km with their sticks and skates. #photography @bsky.art

@timmaughan.bsky.social Happy belated. Still have my copy of Paintwork!

This is a commissioned painting that was recently delivered to its new owner in Ontario. Do you recognize the location? 'The Tree' 24x36 acrylic on canvas

Black Tusk at Dawn. There is a delightful amount of snow in the alpine so early in the season, I just had to get out and enjoy it! #photography #landscapephotography @photos.bsky.art

Paige and Steph were invited by Lil'wat and N'Quatqua to see why the temporary park closure matters, not only to the First Nations but to the park itself. A beautiful story to read & witness on the last day of the fall closure.

The fact that we are so late in the game that we are engineering artificial glaciers should scare the hell out of everyone.

Friends, I’ve missed sharing our fellow Earthlings with you, and happy to share that I have a new podcast coming out called This Is Wild! All about the amazing creatures we share our planet with and how we are protecting them! 🐼✊🏽💗https://youtu.be/EsOrlNaCfc8?feature=shared

What gives you hope?

We are a small part of beautiful planet - let’s protect it. Once the sun starts going down ideas for shots come fast and furious! It’s incredible that these delicate alpine flowers grow in such a tough environment. #photography @bsky.art #landscapephotography @photos.bsky.art

This area typically has beatify sunsets and yesterday evening didn’t disappoint! #photography #landscapephotography @photos.bsky.art

I’ll be at Opus Art Supplies in downtown #vancouver on July 6 if you want to drop by and chat about landscape photography! opusartsupplies.com/products/bol...

Thinking of my dad recently, I pulled up the GPS marker where I put his ashes on my phone while training to work. Travelling west, a little surreal to watch the KM’s count down, being that much closer.

If you’re in Vancouver and want to chat about all things photography with me, drop by Opus Art Supplies on July 6, between 2:00 and 3:00 pm! #photography #vancouver opusartsupplies.com/products/bol...

Winter twilight. Light from the fading sun created such an interesting light on the landscape, repainting it with hues of purple. #photography @photos.bsky.art

If only we could slow down and observe time the way a camera does. #photography @photos.bsky.art

That was unexpected. I couldn’t see the Aurora with the naked eye, maybe a dim glow. The moon behind lighting the landscape up didn’t help! A long exposure has no trouble capturing it though - compressing time into a single moment. #photography @photos.bsky.art

A kiss goodbye from Winter last weekend with some decent snow fall. Same peak, a month and a year apart. Left, April 13, 2025 Right March 16-2024 #photography

I want expecting the weather to be this intense. It’s definitely clearing up now, hoping for some stars and calm winds tonight. My dog is very well suited to the snow and there is s -32c sleeping bag to keep her cozy, she loves it (just not the wind)

Some pretty gnarly spring weather today. Love my @thenarwhal.ca toque!

Super happy to share that Plastic People has been nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards: Best Science/Nature Documentary; Best Direction in a Documentary & Best Picture Editing. Eee! 🤗

Composite photos from ice climbing in February. This is a sport I really enjoy - getting to hang out on frozen waterfalls is pretty cool! I left the camera well back (to avoid falling chunks of ice) and had it do a time-lapse.

Plastic People is on CBC The Nature of Things tonight! I wrote about my experience: www.cbc.ca/documentarie...

Printing, preparing and packaging! I love making my work tangible - there is a deep satisfaction, but always the urge to do a little more after looking at them again. These will be in a local store next month.

Been pretty busy but managed to get away last weekend for some ice climbing! I left my camera running on an interval timer and got some nice shots! Last one is me from my friend. I didn’t have much time to get artistic, but ice is always beautiful. #photography @bsky.art

The Milky Way off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, the beach lit by campfires. As you look at this picture, I have an ask: Do something, no matter how small, to help others. It matters. #photography #landscapephotography @photos.bsky.art

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”