Ebon Hill

Reading about Edgar Mitchell, who claimed to have psychically contacted friends on Earth while he was in space. Wild! Pretty sure this inspired an X Files episode.

A young black bunny, mid-hop, burying its face in grass. Gravel in foreground. Chain fence in background.

Soft bunny in soft focus. FZ80D. #bunnies #wildlife #nature #photography

Text as follows: But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.

Art by Kahlil Gibran. A nude male and female interlocked on a dark background.

Thinking on love during dark times. Kahlil Gibran. #poetrysky

A night view of the fully-lit Grand Roue de Montreal with a canal mirroring the scene in the foreground.

Night owls have big eyes, they say. GR III. #photosky #photography #architecture #montreal

The underside roof of a Ming Dynasty-styled building built for the Montréal Botanical Garden by the Shanghai Institute of Landscape Design and Architecture.

I severely sunburned my ear for these heavenly details. PowerShot V1. #canon #sooc #architecture #photography

The central interior of a newly grown fern in macro photo style from the top down. A resident of the Jardin botanique de Montréal.

Fern gully. Canon PowerShot V1. #canon #nature #sooc #photography

I STOP WRITING THE POEM to fold the clothes. No matter who lives or who dies, I'm still a woman. I'll always have plenty to do. I bring the arms of his shirt together. Nothing can stop our tenderness. I'll get back to the poem. I'll get back to being a woman. But for now there's a shirt, a giant shirt in my hands, and somewhere a small girl standing next to her mother watching to see how it's done.

Oh this hurt. By the brilliant Tess Gallagher.

Perhaps the greatest genius of this election campaign was the other parties quietly allowing Poilievre to shoot himself in the foot several times over.

Silly today, yes, but it's so interesting how people can accept societal norms at face value. People grew up thinking 'yeah, we'll just shoot each other and that will sort it out' and that idea was accepted as perfectly sound. Sillier still is to think that we have changed.

A sunset falling on a softly winding gravel path of DeBoville Slough. Wild grasses thrive on both sides of the trail. A large tree overwhelms the foreground, off to the side. The sunset is overwhelmingly orange and bright, casting orange on the entire scene. Thick bushy trees can be seen far in the distance.

Another sunset, another day of shooting complete. 13 km walk!

A male osprey, with wings outstretched, drops off a fish for its female mate. The female is nesting on top of a discarded wood piling in Pitt River.

This was my first time witnessing ‘the moment’ and it took my breath away. #birding #birds #wildlife #nature #photography

A nesting female Canadian Goose, likely protecting eggs. She is tucked into a recessed hole on the top of an old wooden piling left behind in Pitt River. It is sunset and the orange light is putting her to sleep.

An alert male Canadian Goose at the edge of a ravine.

The male goose couldn’t fit on the wood piling with his mate so he stood on shore, hissing at people. #wildlife #birding #birds #nature #photography

A surprisingly large garter snake emerging from a thick tussock. It alternates in black and yellow colours with dots of rich orange accents. It easily navigates the dried grass leaves, as evidenced by its healthy constitution.

He poked out, ran away, then came back in view. The glory of internet fame persists. Nikon P1100. #wildlife #snek #nature #photography

A baby bufflehead duck in Minnekhada Lower Marsh. It is causing small ripples in the greenish marsh water. It is looking at the camera with a sly charisma.

A baby bufflehead duck in Minnekhada Lower Marsh. It is causing small ripples in the greenish marsh water. This one is also looking at the camera with a sly charisma. Those sly charming ducks.

Spring baby ducks—what else do you want from me? Nikon P1100. #wildlife #birding #nature #birds #photography

Two turtles on a log basking in the sun. They are facing away so only their backsides are visible. One turtle is lifting his head up, as if to look behind him. The water is a hearty and mucky green-ish brown.

Turtle butts. Nikon P1100. #iliketurtles #nature #wildlife #photography

A wood duck standing in the mucky shoreline of Minnekhada Lower Marsh. It has a very rich dark green head with an orange beak, a berry jam-coloured neck and breast, and highly contrasting white, beige, and black colours on its back. The foreground is reflective mirror-like marsh water. The background is long green grasses with some older beige foliage buried underneath.

That is the duckest looking duck I have ever seen. Nikon P1100. #nature #photography #wildlife #birding

A great blue heron standing still in the marshy waters of Minnekhada Lower Marsh with sickly twigs rising up out of the water near its feet. The waters are a murky green with small clusters of surface dwelling vegetation. There is lush green grass and faded beige foliage in the far background. It is sunny and warm.

It didn’t move a muscle. Lots of blue herons around here but I never get tired of seeing one. Nikon P1100. #wildlife #photography #birding #nature

What is your TRUE measure of success? Podcast Episode · The Photowalk · 2025-04-11 · 1h 55m

One of my favourite podcasts for inspiration. A great discussion on the art of observation. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

An osprey nesting atop the remnants of a piling. The bird watches the water with vigilance. Branches can be seen forming its nest.

I had an incredible chance to see this osprey. First time finding one in my hood. Nikon P1100. #birding #nature #photography #sooc

I am way behind with Thom Yorke. I only recently started to listen to The Smile/Atoms for Peace/solo stuff.

A painted turtle soaking up rays on a log in Minnekhada Regional Park.

We are both here for the sunset. #turtles #naturesky #minnekhada #coquitlam

This too shall pass.

You have walked among us a spirit and your shadow has been a light upon our faces. Much have we loved you. But speechless was our love, and with veils has it been veiled.

An excerpt from The Prophet 1923. With the chaos of today's world, I wonder about our inability to hold value in good things. #kahlilgibran #poetrysky