𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘌.

Reflecting Pool, Milner Gardens & Woodland, Qualicum Beach, BC

Fall reflections.

#autumn
#garden
#nature
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

📷 peytonfoto 2020

Dahlia

Closing in on the dahlia season finale!

#dahlia
#blooms
#bloomscrolling
#garden
#nature
#photography
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

Chrome Island lighthouse in Baynes Sound October 2015

Monday memory:
Peach & purple sunset surrounds the Chrome Island lighthouse in Baynes Sound.

📷 peytonfoto 2015

Empathy + Action = A Better World

Thank you, Jane Goodall

Beautiful work!

Artwork by Jesse Recalma, Qualicum First Nations

“Through the weekend and into Tuesday, our roundabout artwork will be orange to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30.”
~ Town of Qualicum Beach

#EveryChildMatters 🧡
#NDTR
#TruthAndReconciliation
#OrangeShirtDay

🧡 #EveryChildMatters 🧡

#NDTR
#TruthAndReconciliation
#OrangeShirtDay
🇨🇦

Kousa dogwood berries

A Kousa dogwood berry in autumn,… where the dogwood tree flower once bloomed.

#dogwood
#blooms
#bloomscrolling
#garden
#nature
#photography
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

Barred owl

In the early morning quiet, I was serenaded by a Barred Owl calling in the forest.

Listen 🎧 to Canada Wild:
youtube.com/shorts/uqHiG...

📷 peytonfoto 2017

Beautiful!

📷 Murray Sharratt Photography

Marina!
“These red chairs were so inviting and I loved how they looked against the morning blues.
This was a 60 second exposure to smooth out the water and capture a bit of movement in the clouds during a reflective morning at Deep Bay, near Bowser earlier in the week.”
📷 Murray Sharratt Photography

Dahlia

Tangerine dahlia petals edged with white.

#dahlia
#blooms
#bloomscrolling
#garden
#nature
#photography
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

African daisy (gazania)

Timeline break: Gazania gazing.

#gazania
#blooms
#bloomscrolling
#garden
#nature
#photography
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

Dahlia

Still dahlias!

#dahlia
#blooms
#bloomscrolling
#garden
#nature
#photography
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

Gorgeous bloom!

Fall Aster ‘Kickin’ Purple’

Celebrating autumnal equinox with the violet-purple blossoms of Fall Aster ‘Kickin’ Purple’.

#aster
#blooms
#bloomscrolling
#garden
#nature
#photography
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

Gazinia

Autumn colours.

#gazinia
#blooms
#bloomscrolling
#garden
#nature
#photography
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

Dahlia

End of summer dahlia.

#dahlia
#blooms
#bloomscrolling
#garden
#nature
#photography
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

Mother Nature’s brush strokes! 💕

Forest bathing at Milner Gardens & Woodland in Qualicum Beach 2013

Shinrin-yoku among ancient trees at Milner Gardens & Woodland in Qualicum Beach.

#forestbathing
#flashbackfriday
#forest
#nature
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

📷 peytonfoto 2013

Garter snake coiled in front of Rhodo ‘Mardi Gras’

Do not disturb,… cute little garter snake curled up in front of the Rhodo ‘Mardi Gras’ waiting to warm up in the morning sun.

#reptile #snake
#snakescrolling
#bloomscrolling
#garden
#nature
#photography
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

Stunning dahlia photo!

Come sit a spell.

#dahlia
#bloomscrolling
#garden
#nature
#photography
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

Stunning landscape photo!

Fallen Dahlia petals on the grass

Summer’s softly leaving.

#dahlia
#bloomscrolling
#garden
#nature
#photography
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

What’s happening across the Salish Sea!
⬇️

Big Qualicum river view from the bridge at the fish hatchery. #VancouverIsland

Tranquility.

The Big Qualicum river at the Hatchery.
#nature
#VancouverIsland
🇨🇦

Salmon

Salmon anyone?
A warm sunny fall afternoon tour of the Big Qualicum Fish Hatchery.
Blessed to have it lead by a Qualicum First Nations elder sharing his knowledge of salmon and the site.

Malcolm X: “If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”