Vanessa Westerfield

Happy Valentine's Day

#catsofbluesky

The song of the Red Winged Blackbird is one of my favorites. I grew up in a mobile home park with a creek behind it (yes I'm a little bit trailer trash) so it's pure nostalgia and peace for me to hear them just as I did so often as a child playing at that creek.
#birds #nature

Very excited to be digging into this on this rainy day. Have you read it?

#nature #books

Beautiful shot

Things that are less parasitic than ICE, part 1. Barnacles! Most people think barnacles parasiticize the organisms they cling to, however they are mostly harmless unless the host is already sick or immune compromised. They also provide microhabitats for smaller organisms and filter water. #nature

I can't believe Willow is already 8 years old. She's a shepherd pit mix of absolute perfection. So far she's as active and healthy as she's always been, and I hope we have years of adventures together still to come.

I've long been a photographer of both nature and urban life. I now work in graphic design and have recently become certified as a California Naturalist. I'll be studying botany starting in the fall and hope to work in ecology or conservation in the future. Follow along to learn with me! #botany

Allow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Vanessa, and this is my best nature adventure companion, Willow. This is us standing beneath a massive California Bay Tree we found today. I'm an artist, Naturalist, gardener, and occasional wordsmith. Cont'd

#nature

A cluster of California Mussels crowded together on a rock close up with variations of brown, blue and black shells.

Mussels, one of the ocean's filters. They absorb excess nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorous, while providing a crucial food source for many marine species. An abundance of mussels is a good indicator of clean water and a healthy marine ecosystem. This is in Bodega Bay.

#marinelife #tidepools

Brothers

YouTube video by jenbungle atmosphere - the things that hate us

"America the beautiful, that's how she played us. Wasn't that cute, must have been her makeup."
Early 2000s Atmosphere is some of the most emotionally raw underground hip hop of all time.
Boy does this lyrics stand out now.
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MAGA are simply people who are easy to program. They are so programmed they will double down on believing the evidence before their own eyes is not true, because their leaders said so.

#fuckice

Willow and I are walking 31 miles in January to raise money for Best Friends Animal Society! Did mile 5 today! You can pledge and donate here: gofund.me/d99ccc25b

Descending into the fog. I love living in the valley because the fog gets trapped in between the hills for hours on fall and winter mornings, creating a mystical blanket of moisture.

#nature #fog #california

Thank you!

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.

Wintery glow on Kodak Ektar 100.

#photography #believeinfilm

Betty’s family announced her passing and has requested privacy during this time. In lieu of flowers, they’ve asked that those wishing to honor her legacy consider donations to Betty Reid Soskin Middle School and to a forthcoming film documenting her remarkable life.

Yuuussssss!!

Black and white photo of the interior of a laundromat, no people present. Rolling laundry baskets carts are strewn about and shiny metal washing machines and dryers line the walls.

Unfondly remembering laundromat days.

#believeinfilm #filmphotography #photography

Funeral Bells on a decaying Bay Laurel

#nature #mushrooms #fungi

Nothing regulates my nervous system like an after rain hike. Found some really cool mushies today and shot a roll of Cinestill 400D.
Are you a winter lover or summer person?
#hiking #nature #winter #california #forest

This year, AI produced a carbon footprint nearly equal to New York City and used as much water as the bottled water industry.

The amount of captions I see on major instagram pages that are obviously written by ChatGPT is increasing every day. It's boring. Use your brain.

#ai #stopai #chatgpt

I do photography because words aren't always enough.
My husband and our girl at Fort Ross, on his 7th anniversary of sobriety.

#photography #dogsofbluesky

My niece is 7 here, and just turned 14 last week. Can't believe it's been 7 years. This was not long after I acquired my favorite medium format, my Pentax 67 and 90mm f2.8. Still my most used camera and lens.

#believeinfilm #photography

I'm forever the girl who will wander into dark alleys and abandoned buildings. I love the string of red lights leading your eye through the alley.

Sound up btw

Call of the wild
Eerie winter hikes are the best.

#hiking #nature #adventure

Just a love fest over here

#dogsofbluesky #catsofbluesky

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