Fantastic light yesterday as a cold/storm front approached. The trees with fresh bright green leaves, were still catching sun against a nearly black sky, making it look as though they were pasted onto the scene. #nature #weather #spring #Alberta #Canada #GetOutside #GoOutsideForMe #SolaceInNature #BorealForest #CountryLiving
Snowshoe #Hares can be common here, though I think we've been in a low point in their population cycle the last couple of years. Even when abundant they are elusive, so it's always a treat to see one + get pictures/video.
This one popped out when I was in a willow thicket photographing catkins. Special visitor sent by #GreatMother for #MayDay ? pics + YouTube link, #Spectra to follow
https://youtube.com/shorts/l3XcAN6s92o?feature=share
#nature #photography #Alberta #Canada #BorealForest #wildlife #pagan #Goddess #animist
@plants
video of Shepherdia Buffaloberry now loaded, and the Early Blue Violet is on the way.
Since I already posted stills (above in this thread) I'll include both the #Spectra #peertube link (which will show an image in this post) and the YouTube link below that.
#spring #video #nature #GetOutside #GoOutsideForMe #BorealForest #Alberta #Canada #NativePlants #permaculture #BloomScrolling
https://spectra.video/w/5tBuffdiu78iP1cJzyRLQx
https://youtube.com/shorts/lVnpeqtLw_o?feature=share
#Rain and #snow yesterday means happy #lichens -unlike the calves I showed earlier!
Balsam Poplar Populus balsamifera for #ThickTrunkTuesday with a generous coating of tiny tiny lichen
#LichenSubscribe #nature #Alberta #Canada #BorealForest
#FirstFlowers of the year have arrived: Aspens Populus tremuloides are starting to fully open their catkins (willows are just behind, first few open). They may be tiny, but there are millions! Officially wind pollinated, but they do draw insects.
#nature #BloomScrolling #Florespondence #WildflowerHour #Alberta #Canada #BorealForest #photography #GetOutside #GoOutsideForMe
A little #ForestFloor vignette from yesterday afternoon. There is no fresh green here, yet, though Aspen and Willow catkins are bursting out and should soon be flowering, leaves and non-woody plants will follow..
Meantime #WildflowerWednesday #WildflowerHour will have to settle for the resilient leaves of Pink-flowered #Wintergreen Pyrola asarifolia against a backdrop of beautiful #lichen on a fallen bit of birch trunk. #LichenSubscribe #BorealForest #Alberta #Canada #spring #SolaceInNature
So,I *took* the photos on #MonochromeMonday lol..I hadn't checked on #aspen #catkins for a couple of weeks- just emerging last time I looked; I knew the cool/snowy weather we had would keep them in suspended animation. It's been warmer for the last week though, a few days into the mid teens C/ even near 20C/68F, so I wondered if they'd matured. Nope! Farther along but still not fully extended/open.. soon though..
#nature #trees #spring #BorealForest#Alberta #Canada #animist #GoOutsideForMe
I mentioned a couple of days ago that we had a #weather forecast for #rain + #snow possibly quite a bit. It stayed rain longer than forecast, finally going white (for a short time) late his morning; stopped for now, but still a possibility of 10-20cm through tomorrow night. Yesterday afternoon when it was just wet / kinda dark I took a short walk on the acreage- I like the #forest best when it's wet! #mosstodon #GoOutsideForMe #GetOutside #Alberta #Canada #SolaceInNature #nature #BorealForest
I took #photos on #MacroMonday but just getting some posted today! How about #TextureTuesday ? or #TwiggyTuesday #TranquilTuesday
These are Aspen Populus tremuloides catkins just beginning to emerge.
#nature #Alberta #Canada #GetOutside #GoOutsideForMe #BorealForest #spring #winter #sprinter
Watched news this morning- Canadian (mostly about coming election: worrying but not full on devastation at the moment) + U.S./International (mostly devastation by U.S. actions and other regional dictators). Yikes. Now YouTube has recommended a woman in evening dress playing a huge harp on the beach for nearly 90 minutes. Sure, I'll take that, along with editing some #nature photos!
#SolaceInNature #love #solidarity #GoOutsideForMe #BorealForest #Alberta #Canada #photography #SelfCare #positivity
A couple of #morning views, one from yesterday with #frost kissed tree tops and today with fresh #snow #CountryLiving #Alberta #Canada #winter #spring #sprinter #March #GoOutsideForMe #BorealForest (those are wild native spruce trees behind the house) #garden (the mound to the right in second shot is a #RockGarden with a native Aster at the edge) #photography #weather #SolaceInNature
#SnowMother #Blessing
#Spring #snow? Maybe kinda but really early March is still winter here. After warm and dry weather for a while, we had fresh snow Monday- not cold, just near average- a little above freezing daytime, colder nights. The moisture is important for soil, trees, wetland recharging etc.
Short video, YouTube link; Spectra to follow.
#winter #pagan #Alberta #Canada #BorealForest #GetOutside #GoOutsideForMe #nature #WednesdayWoodland
https://youtube.com/shorts/3Piet6paG-8?feature=share
#Coyote tracks in soft #snow -- we are in a warm spell now with days well above freezing (nights below). In mid-afternoon, the snow is a bit slushy, edges and dry areas starting to bare, but there's still plenty of snow around.
Bit of a stretch for #ThickTrunkTuesday ? but #mosstodon works for 3rd pic and #LichenSubscribe
#Alberta #Canada #BorealForest #weather #photography #nature #GetOutside #SolaceInNature #GoOutsideForMe
12 Now the same videos, on #Spectra #Peertube
5 -25C/-13F Walk in the Frosty Woods #Alberta #winter #GetOutside #BorealForest #SolaceInNature