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Susannah 🍁

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I photograph and write about the world I see around me here on Vancouver Island: the forests and hllls, things green and wet, the none- to multi-legged critters that scramble, ooze, and slither on our beaches, birds and the occasional beast.

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A gull flying, seen from behind, wings spread wide; one goes off the edge of the photo. In the centre, the white feathers of his tail are fanned out, and beneath them are the pink feet, dangling. He just left a rock, seen below, covered with barnacles and dark algae. Background; blue sky, blue hills, clouds.

A gull flying, seen from behind, wings spread wide; one goes off the edge of the photo. In the centre, the white feathers of his tail are fanned out, and beneath them are the pink feet, dangling. He just left a rock, seen below, covered with barnacles and dark algae. Background; blue sky, blue hills, clouds.

I was too slow, but I like those pink feet! #VancouverIsland #Birds #Birding #Gulls #NaturePhotography

01.03.2026 08:22 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
A sandy beach. The outgoing tide has left waves in the sand. And spotted here and there are the "cake decoration" fecal castings of lugworms; round, coiled, tube-like masses of clean sand. The worms in their burrows swallow the sand, digest the organic detritus, and poop out the rest onto the surface.

A sandy beach. The outgoing tide has left waves in the sand. And spotted here and there are the "cake decoration" fecal castings of lugworms; round, coiled, tube-like masses of clean sand. The worms in their burrows swallow the sand, digest the organic detritus, and poop out the rest onto the surface.

Worm poops on the sand. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/of-t... #VancouverIsland #PolychaeteWorms #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

28.02.2026 05:22 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Three sea anemones just underwater. They have short pink, white and cream tentacles around the mouth and a yellowish-green, knobby base. One has a mouth full of sand; another has a piece of seaweed. They're on sand with bits of seaweed and barnacle shells; there's a green blade of translucent sea lettuce.

Three sea anemones just underwater. They have short pink, white and cream tentacles around the mouth and a yellowish-green, knobby base. One has a mouth full of sand; another has a piece of seaweed. They're on sand with bits of seaweed and barnacle shells; there's a green blade of translucent sea lettuce.

Pink-tipped green anemones in the upper intertidal zone. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/when... #VancouverIsland #Anemones #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

25.02.2026 07:40 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Top view of a birds' nest fungus. Like a tiny, beige bowl with a brown rim. Inside the bowl are the spore containers, called periodoles. These look like sugar cookies, plain, without icing. Bonus: on the left side of the fungus, there's a small black fly with grey wings. Beneath, an old 2x4, split and stained, with tips of cedar needles.

Top view of a birds' nest fungus. Like a tiny, beige bowl with a brown rim. Inside the bowl are the spore containers, called periodoles. These look like sugar cookies, plain, without icing. Bonus: on the left side of the fungus, there's a small black fly with grey wings. Beneath, an old 2x4, split and stained, with tips of cedar needles.

Birds' nest fungus, with periodoles that look like sugar cookies. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-wi... #VancouverIsland #Mushroms #Fungi #BirdsNestFungi #NaturePhotography

21.02.2026 08:21 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Pale pinkish mushroom, probably Mycena sp. Straight, smooth stalk, rounded cap with a hint of gills showing through near the rim. It stands surrounded by fern-like moss, possibly a step moss. With a blackened Douglas-fir cone at the bottom, black twigs behind the mushroom.

Pale pinkish mushroom, probably Mycena sp. Straight, smooth stalk, rounded cap with a hint of gills showing through near the rim. It stands surrounded by fern-like moss, possibly a step moss. With a blackened Douglas-fir cone at the bottom, black twigs behind the mushroom.

Mushroom and moss. #VancouverIsland #Mushroms #Fungi #Moss #Mosstodon #NaturePhotography

18.02.2026 08:03 — 👍 27    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
A small lake at the end of winter. Blue water, blue sky, white clouds. And in the middle of the lake, a tiny islet where a short tree stretches out its winter-bare branches. On the islet, on the shores, and even in the water, dead grasses, a warm brown, wait for spring. Evergreen trees, hemlock and Douglas-firs, line the far shore; behind them can be seen the tops of blue mountains.

A small lake at the end of winter. Blue water, blue sky, white clouds. And in the middle of the lake, a tiny islet where a short tree stretches out its winter-bare branches. On the islet, on the shores, and even in the water, dead grasses, a warm brown, wait for spring. Evergreen trees, hemlock and Douglas-firs, line the far shore; behind them can be seen the tops of blue mountains.

Snakehead Lake, mid-February. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/reac... #VancouverIsland #Trees #Landscapes #NaturePhotography

17.02.2026 07:57 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A rock outcropping with patches of moss fills the bottom half of the photo. Above, against a clear blue sky, a hemlock branch reaches out from the right. A pine tree fills the left side. Below, on the rock, there's a crawler: a remote-controlled all-terrain vehicle, an adult toy. It has attempted a slope too much for it and has fallen and lies, wheels up. (Not to worry; the owner is on the rock above.)

A rock outcropping with patches of moss fills the bottom half of the photo. Above, against a clear blue sky, a hemlock branch reaches out from the right. A pine tree fills the left side. Below, on the rock, there's a crawler: a remote-controlled all-terrain vehicle, an adult toy. It has attempted a slope too much for it and has fallen and lies, wheels up. (Not to worry; the owner is on the rock above.)

Top of a mossy rock. And a fallen crawler. Look for it! New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/meet... #VancouverIsland #Moss #Rocks #NaturePhotography

16.02.2026 10:15 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A stone surrounded by moss. The top of the stone is mostly covered by a whitish lichen with many round, black fruiting bodies like tiny buttons. Black borders mark off individual lichens. A few small clumps of moss have taken root in cracks in the stone.

A stone surrounded by moss. The top of the stone is mostly covered by a whitish lichen with many round, black fruiting bodies like tiny buttons. Black borders mark off individual lichens. A few small clumps of moss have taken root in cracks in the stone.

A "black button" crustose lichen on a rock. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/gree... #VancouverIsland #Moss #Lichens #CrustoseLichens #NaturePhotography

15.02.2026 08:44 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
A view from a mossy rock outcrop; at the bottom of the photo it's all bright yellow-green (chartreuse?) moss. Beyond this, a stand of Douglas-firs, and in the gaps between the trunks, the stripy blue water of a lake. On the right, branches of a pine tree fill the upper part of the photo.

A view from a mossy rock outcrop; at the bottom of the photo it's all bright yellow-green (chartreuse?) moss. Beyond this, a stand of Douglas-firs, and in the gaps between the trunks, the stripy blue water of a lake. On the right, branches of a pine tree fill the upper part of the photo.

Bright yellow/green moss on a rocky outcrop over McIvor Lake. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/shin... #VancouverIsland #Moss #Mosstodon #Green #NaturePhotography

14.02.2026 07:56 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A large patch of a "bone" lichen. Pale green tubes, mostly hanging down, somewhat bent, lumpy. Some are darker green, others almost white. Among them are several fruiting bodies, apothecia; they are like bowls with pale rims and painted a greenish brown inside. Background; dark brown Douglas-fir trunk, green of the forest behind.

A large patch of a "bone" lichen. Pale green tubes, mostly hanging down, somewhat bent, lumpy. Some are darker green, others almost white. Among them are several fruiting bodies, apothecia; they are like bowls with pale rims and painted a greenish brown inside. Background; dark brown Douglas-fir trunk, green of the forest behind.

Lichen on an evergreen trunk. Probably Hypogymnia enteromorpha. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/on-s... #VancouverIsland #Lichens #NaturePhotography

13.02.2026 07:47 — 👍 21    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Swirls and dancing worms. Northern lights.

11.02.2026 19:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The trunk of a tree wearing pale green lichen that looks like a messy moustache. Markings on the trunk could be eyes, and there is green lichen hair over where the ear should be. :) Background; sunlit forest.

The trunk of a tree wearing pale green lichen that looks like a messy moustache. Markings on the trunk could be eyes, and there is green lichen hair over where the ear should be. :) Background; sunlit forest.

Trail companion. With a green moustache. New blog post. wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/met-... #VancouverIsland #Pareidolia #Humour #Lichens #NaturePhotography

10.02.2026 07:22 — 👍 30    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
A large, old stump, well rotted, on the forest floor. The wood is reddish, crumbling, covered with patches of various lichens. On top, there's moss. And on the sides and top, the stump supports evergreen salal bushes, huckleberry bushes, and several hemlock saplings. Besides, unseen, a community of critters, spiders, etc. On either side and behind the stump there are the trunks of young Douglas-firs; thin, straight brown trunks. Greenery behind the stump is mostly salal; in front, it's moss.

A large, old stump, well rotted, on the forest floor. The wood is reddish, crumbling, covered with patches of various lichens. On top, there's moss. And on the sides and top, the stump supports evergreen salal bushes, huckleberry bushes, and several hemlock saplings. Besides, unseen, a community of critters, spiders, etc. On either side and behind the stump there are the trunks of young Douglas-firs; thin, straight brown trunks. Greenery behind the stump is mostly salal; in front, it's moss.

Old stump, still hard at work. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/gran... #VancouverIsland #Stump #Trees #Forests #Moss #Mosstodon #Old-growthTrees #NaturePhotography

09.02.2026 08:57 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
On a bed of moss, one single Reindeer lichen, Cladonia portentosa, stands out: almost pure white, with twice- or thrice-forked tips. One stalk is broken, showing that it's a hollow tube. Between the branches, there's a fruiting body of another Cladonia. Off to the right there are two Ladder Cladonias, a pixie-cup lichen, unique in that from the centre of the cups, sprout new stalks, each with its own cup. The cups are light brownish with reddish rims.

On a bed of moss, one single Reindeer lichen, Cladonia portentosa, stands out: almost pure white, with twice- or thrice-forked tips. One stalk is broken, showing that it's a hollow tube. Between the branches, there's a fruiting body of another Cladonia. Off to the right there are two Ladder Cladonias, a pixie-cup lichen, unique in that from the centre of the cups, sprout new stalks, each with its own cup. The cups are light brownish with reddish rims.

Reindeer lichen, Cladonia sp., and tiny Cladonia verticillata, Ladder lichen, on a mossy bank. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/opor... #VancouverIsland #Lichens #CladoniaLichens #NaturePhotography

07.02.2026 05:31 — 👍 24    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

05.02.2026 11:50 — 👍 32251    🔁 13854    💬 589    📌 1599
Turn your sound up 😄🎶❄️🎶 snowgeese flying through the fog - Roberts bank BC 🇨🇦 5 Feb 2026
YouTube video by Pacificnorthwestkate Turn your sound up 😄🎶❄️🎶 snowgeese flying through the fog - Roberts bank BC 🇨🇦 5 Feb 2026

Turn your sound up 😄🎶❄️🎶 I could hear them flying towards me through the fog - I wasn’t sure I’d be able to even see them! Snowgeese at Roberts Bank in Delta BC 🇨🇦 Thursday 5 February 2026 - youtube.com/shorts/TIcoA...

05.02.2026 19:14 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 0
A bright green lichen (because it's raining) on a stump. Upright stalks or clubs (podetia) covered with lumpy granules. Beneath them on the wood of the stump, there are tiny, scale-like thalli. A fallen, brown Douglas-fir needle gives an idea of the size. Background; more lichens in the shadow of the hole in the stump.

A bright green lichen (because it's raining) on a stump. Upright stalks or clubs (podetia) covered with lumpy granules. Beneath them on the wood of the stump, there are tiny, scale-like thalli. A fallen, brown Douglas-fir needle gives an idea of the size. Background; more lichens in the shadow of the hole in the stump.

Cladonia lichen with Douglas-fir needles. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/colo... #VancouverIsland #Lichens #CladoniaLichens #Green #NaturePhotography

05.02.2026 06:56 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A hillside covered with dead or dormant bracken ferns; when they froze they turned a bright red. A small evergreen to one side provides contrast. Behind the ferns, yellow-green moss carpets the rock. In the distance, there is dark, misty forest, evergreens in various tones of green, spring-like bright green to deep, dark, blue-green.

A hillside covered with dead or dormant bracken ferns; when they froze they turned a bright red. A small evergreen to one side provides contrast. Behind the ferns, yellow-green moss carpets the rock. In the distance, there is dark, misty forest, evergreens in various tones of green, spring-like bright green to deep, dark, blue-green.

Colours on a grey day. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/colo... #VancouverIsland #Ferns #Plants #Red #WinterColors #NaturePhotography

04.02.2026 09:42 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A bit of wet forest edge. Evergreen sword fern growing in a hole, with a few dead fronds, tree trunks with white lichen markings, small, broken log. All the ground is carpeted in a deep layer of bright green moss.

A bit of wet forest edge. Evergreen sword fern growing in a hole, with a few dead fronds, tree trunks with white lichen markings, small, broken log. All the ground is carpeted in a deep layer of bright green moss.

Mossy nook. New blog post:
wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/esca... #VancouverIsland #Noss #Ferns #Plants #Green #NaturePhotography

03.02.2026 07:05 — 👍 22    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Tiny creek on a rainy afternoon. New blog post:
wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/esca... #VancouverIsland #Water #Waterfalls #NaturePhotography #Video

03.02.2026 06:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A narrow, two-lane highway runs between massed evergreens (Douglas-fir) on the right, there are groups of trees, conifers and deciduous, and weedy areas covered with frost on the left. In the distance, the highway curves to the right, behind the evergreens. Beyond that, there's a green slope; mist comes down to hide the top and the mountains in the distance.

A narrow, two-lane highway runs between massed evergreens (Douglas-fir) on the right, there are groups of trees, conifers and deciduous, and weedy areas covered with frost on the left. In the distance, the highway curves to the right, behind the evergreens. Beyond that, there's a green slope; mist comes down to hide the top and the mountains in the distance.

The road runs west. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/01/last... #VancouverIsland #Landscapes #Winter #Highways #Frost #NaturePhotography

31.01.2026 22:30 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Close-up of the face of a deer, showing from the top of the nose to the bottom half of an ear. The focus is on the brown eye, with its eyelashes; short, black eyelashes at the top of the eye, and then a dozen or so much longer lashes, longer than the length of the eye opening, seen against the grey sky.

Close-up of the face of a deer, showing from the top of the nose to the bottom half of an ear. The focus is on the brown eye, with its eyelashes; short, black eyelashes at the top of the eye, and then a dozen or so much longer lashes, longer than the length of the eye opening, seen against the grey sky.

Eye of a deer at my window. Look at those eyelashes! New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/01/thos... #VancouverIsland #Deer #Mammals #Wildlife #Eyes #NaturePhotography

30.01.2026 05:10 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Looking down a forested road covered in snow. The incredibly bright moon shines down through the clear sky and lights everything up as though it is daylight.

Looking down a forested road covered in snow. The incredibly bright moon shines down through the clear sky and lights everything up as though it is daylight.

Who needs street lights when you’ve got a moon like this? Made for a lovely walk this evening.

30.01.2026 02:26 — 👍 354    🔁 33    💬 9    📌 3
A swampy area; dead trees, assorted shrubs, green water. And standing in the water, a large, dark brown, furry creature. A heavy body, with a thick, crocodilish tail; the head has a long, curved snout, a baleful eye, and a wide-open mouth. Looks dangerous! (But may be just an old log with its roots.)

A swampy area; dead trees, assorted shrubs, green water. And standing in the water, a large, dark brown, furry creature. A heavy body, with a thick, crocodilish tail; the head has a long, curved snout, a baleful eye, and a wide-open mouth. Looks dangerous! (But may be just an old log with its roots.)

Beast from the swamp. The Sasquatch's mascot? New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/01/crea... #VancouverIsland #Wetlands #SwampMonster #Pareidolia #NaturePhotography

29.01.2026 07:03 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Sunrise on Boundary Bay, BC
YouTube video by Pacificnorthwestkate Sunrise on Boundary Bay, BC

Take a moment and watch the dawn with me 🥰❤️ delta BC 🇨🇦

youtu.be/nef72Go5yZ8?...

27.01.2026 23:51 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 2
A green pond, covered with a thin film of ice. On our side, among winter-bare, brown shrubs, a low mound of frosty sticks is the beavers' lodge. It's winter and the water is high; most of the lodge is underwater; water surrounds it on three sides. On the far side of this branch of the pond, a highway runs past; beyond this, a wall of evergreen trees.

A green pond, covered with a thin film of ice. On our side, among winter-bare, brown shrubs, a low mound of frosty sticks is the beavers' lodge. It's winter and the water is high; most of the lodge is underwater; water surrounds it on three sides. On the far side of this branch of the pond, a highway runs past; beyond this, a wall of evergreen trees.

Beaver lodge with frost on top, ice on the water. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/01/ice-...
#VancouverIsland #Winter #Frozen #Wildlife #NaturePhotography

27.01.2026 20:57 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Small salal plants growing in the gravel beside a highway. Salal has evergreen, thick and strong leaves, winter-hardy; here ice crystals form around the rim of each leaf, leaving the centres free. A few dead leaves on a broken stem in front do not grow ice crystals; only the live leaves do.

Small salal plants growing in the gravel beside a highway. Salal has evergreen, thick and strong leaves, winter-hardy; here ice crystals form around the rim of each leaf, leaving the centres free. A few dead leaves on a broken stem in front do not grow ice crystals; only the live leaves do.

Ice crystals rimming the leaves of small salal plants. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/01/good... #VancouverIsland #Winter #Frozen #Plants #NaturePhotography

26.01.2026 07:59 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
The squiggly sutures on the top of a deer's cranium. They wander up and down irregularly, three brown lines coming together in the centre. They seem to draw figures; a man standing waving arms, cacti, bad handwriting. The cranium is clean, creamy bone.

The squiggly sutures on the top of a deer's cranium. They wander up and down irregularly, three brown lines coming together in the centre. They seem to draw figures; a man standing waving arms, cacti, bad handwriting. The cranium is clean, creamy bone.

Skull sutures of a deer. What do you see here? New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/01/teet...
#VancouverIsland #Bones #Deer #Wildlife #NaturePhotography

24.01.2026 08:02 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Artist's conk, a shelf-like polypore fungus, seen from the underside. The pore surface is white, here with a dusting of brown. The face of these conks turns brown permanently with the lightest contact. The top is black, shiny, lumpy. The mushroom grows out of a dark brown, well-rotted stump, broken off just above. Background: moss on another tree, foggy greyish sky.

Artist's conk, a shelf-like polypore fungus, seen from the underside. The pore surface is white, here with a dusting of brown. The face of these conks turns brown permanently with the lightest contact. The top is black, shiny, lumpy. The mushroom grows out of a dark brown, well-rotted stump, broken off just above. Background: moss on another tree, foggy greyish sky.

Large artists' conk. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/01/circ...
#VancouverIsland #Mushrooms #Fungi #NaturePhotography

22.01.2026 19:09 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Sarcomyxa serotina, Winter Oysters. Pale cream mushrooms sprouting from blackened, crumbling wood, seen from below. The mushrooms have deep, widely-spaced gills, and no stem is visible. In front of the one on the left there are white, cottony puffs, probably some parasitic fungus. On either side, lanky moss frames the mushrooms.

Sarcomyxa serotina, Winter Oysters. Pale cream mushrooms sprouting from blackened, crumbling wood, seen from below. The mushrooms have deep, widely-spaced gills, and no stem is visible. In front of the one on the left there are white, cottony puffs, probably some parasitic fungus. On either side, lanky moss frames the mushrooms.

Winter Oyster mushrooms, with moss, on old red alder. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/01/mush...
#VancouverIsland #Mushrooms #Fungi #NaturePhotography

21.01.2026 16:54 — 👍 25    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0