Drove across the island to Ucluelet and Tofino yesterday... the drive is beautiful and the coast is stunning. It's a 2.5 hour drive, but I'd totally do it again to spend a whole day at Long Beach.
#VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #PacificNorthwest #Beach
#Tomatoes #transplanting.
Ensure that you pile up the soil at base of your plants. Tomato plants are happier, when you mound up the soil & transplant them deep into pots(if you're not putting them into ground). Banana peel & fish head parts are at bottom of every tomato planter to ensure they are constantly fed from the bottom up 👩🌾
I'll update in 1-2 weeks on how I use alfalfa feed pellets when my tomato plants start to produce their first fruit babies.
#FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowTomatoes #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle
Benham Falls
Benham Falls comes alive in this striking nature photograph, capturing the Deschutes River as it surges over rugged volcanic rock and winds through a lush Oregon forest. Sunlight filters through towering evergreens, illuminating the cascading water and creating a serene, immersive atmosphere.
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#BenhamFalls #BillGallagherPhotography #DeschutesRiver #Waterfall #Wilderness #Nature #PacificNorthwest #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Oregon
Pretty pink #CherryBlossoms.
It's that time of year again 🌸
The cherry blossom is associated with love & femininity in Chinese culture. It's a symbol of hope/renewal. The delicate, ephemeral nature of cherry blossoms are a reminder to appreciate our present moments & to cherish the beauty of life.
#Spring #Wsanec #Yinghua #Hanami #sakura #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #symbolism #AsianMastodon #flowers #PrettyInPink #blossoms #blooms #nature #Saanich #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #April #Seasonal
#Peaceful #tranquility 💚 #W̱MÍYEŦEN #Nature #Sanctuary.
#Wsanec #CoastSalish -> wh-my-eh-then: Place of the Deer🦌🙏
#Nature #MonochromeMonday #FavePlaces #NatureConservation #Lake #monochrome #BWphoto #landscape #ecosystem #ecological #stewardship #environmental #Saanich #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity
The Oregon Coast feels beautifully wild.
Beautiful, informative #GarryOak #ecosystem #InterpretiveNature #signs.
At the nature trails entrance to #UplandsPark.
Created by Briony Penn, naturalist/activist/educator/artist.
brionypenn.com/
The seasons art sign is based upon #Wsanec / #CoastSalish #13Moons teachings.
#Nature #biodiversity #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #flora #fauna #educational
Brown #centipede friend by our composting area. These are fab creatures to have around exterior of home/gardens 💚👩🌾🙂👍
Slugs, worms, spiders & flies make up the bulk of their diet. Their leg count will top out at 15 pairs when fully grown.😀
They don’t eat plants, but they'll eat things that eat your plants! Centipedes are “Gardener’s Friend.”
#anthropods #nature #wildlife #Beneficial #PestEater #GardenersFriend #GardenerHelpers #Saanich #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #nature #CreatureIdentification #WhatsInMyGarden #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW
It's been too long since I visited the Oregon coast, but I'm sure it will be waiting for me, on that magical section of Route 101 that has some of the (many, *many*!) best views of a sunset out world has to offer...this "Sentinel of the Sea".
Captured near Gold Beach, July 2025.
#art #photography #sea #ocean #rock #sunset #sky #clouds #cloudscape #skyscape #PacificOcean #WestCoast #Oregon #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #PacificCoast
Saltwater marsh/lagoon & driftwood.
#Nature #driftwood #intertidal #marsh #lagoon #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #textures #ecosystem #ecological #biodiversity
Join SNEMITIYE Dominque James & Special Bird Service for a springtime Camas Meadow Medley at Cattle Point and Uplands Park.Early April marks one of the most vibrant seasonal shifts on southern Vancouver Island.Zeffy
#FootpathFriday
Old E&N railway tracks are now part of the E&N nature rail trails on #VancouverIsland.
#MonochromeMarch #Footpath #RailTrail #Abandoned #railway #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #footpath #monochrome #BWphoto
Like many things Pacific Northwest few outsiders are aware of it, but wine country extends into *Idaho*, courtesy of the gorges of the Columbia and Snake River systems that place you in a realm evocative of an alien planet.
A capture of that vibe one summer evening in far western Idaho: "Golden Hour in Wine Country".
#art #photography #AmericanWest #wine #vineyard #Idaho #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #sky #skyscape #sunset #landscape
Oliver Lake, near Prince Rupert, BC is an area where the poor growing conditions stunt the tree growth, leading to shapes resembling a natural bonsai.
#photo #photography #PrinceRupert #BC #BritishColumbia #PacificNorthwest #OliverLake #blackandwhite #CaptureOnePro #notAI
I love this time of year. When many trees/plants emerge from their Winter dormancy 😍
More Japanese cherry tree blossoms.
#CherryBlossoms #JapaneseCherryTree #Trees #Spring #Bloomscrolling #florespondence #flowers #blossoms #March #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #nature
I liked these #GarryOak #trees with lots of #daffodils - up on a grassy/mossy hill. Spotted/shot through a chainlink fence.
#Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NativeTrees #oak #biodiversity #ecosystem #nature #TreeLovers #TreeHugger
Update on my longterm backyard soil remediation project & trying to replace lawn with alternative groundcover/edible & medicinal plants/wildflowers. This is part of the patch that I did cardboard/seaweed/leaf mulching on last year. It now has mixed #clovers & #DeadNettles & #chickweed. These will all attract more pollinators, when they flower too 🐝🦋
#landscaping #GrowFoodNotLawns #GrowMedicineNotLawns #GrowFlowersNotLawns #AntiLawns #SoilRemediation #biodiversity #gardening #Rewilding #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Green #SolarPunk
They lie down a road seldom traveled, but it's perhaps the most beautiful grassland in the world: the Palouse Hills. When the fields bloom and the long, warm days of summer hit them just right, it does something for the soul...
"Rolling Dreams", captured by yours truly.
#art #photography #landscape #beautifullandscape #Palouse #PacificNorthwest #AmericanWest #WashingtonState #Northwest #grassland #prairie #fields
#ThickTrunkTuesday
Mighty, gnarly, #GarryOak #tree.
#TreeLovers #TreeHuggers #TreesAreFriends #Nature #biodiversity #VanIsle #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #NativeTrees #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Tree #AncientOak #ElderTrees #Saanich
#photo #photography #bc #BritishColumbia #InsidePassage #BCFerries #coast #water #ocean #PacificOcean #PacificNorthwest #rainbow #notAI #CaptureOnePro
#Starfish for Saturday.
#MarineAnimals #Wsanec #seaweed #SeaCreatures #wildlife #MarineLife #Lowtide #VancouverIsland #nature #ProtectOceans #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #PNW #VanIsle #WildFirst #ProtectTheWild
Inside Passage
#photo #photography #bc #BritishColumbia #InsidePassage #water #ocean #PacificOcean #PacificNorthwest #panorama #CaptureOnePro #notAI #BCFerries
Please consider becoming a member!
The #CoastalISC is a #nonprofit organization composed of local citizens, representatives from First Nations, governments, utilities, natural resource industries, academia and conservation groups, and others who share a common concern about the impacts of invasive alien plants in #CoastalBC. The Coastal ISC serves the geographic area of #VancouverIsland, the #GulfIslands, and the #SunshineCoast.
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#Naturalists #NatureGuardians #BCInvasivePlants #conservation #stewardship #Environmentalists #EarthFirst #ProtectNativeSpecies #BritishColumbia #Canadian #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #PNW
The boat launch isn't accessible.
#VancouverIsland #Wsanec #Ocean #Beach #driftwood #nature #environment #waves #SaltwaterForTheSoul #WestCoast #landscape #Isolated #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #SalishSea
Ferry on the Puget Sound from Pike Place Market
Shot on Portra 400 pushed to 800.
#pikeplacemarket #filmphotography #analogphotography #pnw #pikeplace #filmisnotdead #film #pacificnorthwest #ferry #pugetsound
A little something from the Pacific Northwest.
(Edit: should have mentioned this is Wahkeena Falls along the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. We hiked up as far as we could go along the water.)
#SilentSunday #Nature #Waterfall #PacificNorthwest #Oregon #PNW #Photography
Purple #deadnettles growing amidst white & red #clovers. Both attract #pollinators.
#plants #foliage #groundcover #botanical #LawnAlternatives #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Green #photography #PlantID
A very small island out in the Puget Sound. The last time I checked this location out, it was covered in harbor seals, this time it was bare! I later found a group of seals swimming and hunting for food.
#island #drone #landscpapephotography#photography #dronephotography #nature #washington #PacificNorthwest #pugetsound
#Snowdrops are blooming at #WellandCommunityOrchard 😍
#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #flowers #InBloom #perennials #SignsOfSpring #botanical #plants #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #WhatsBlooming #nature
New #lupine #foliage emerging & bearded #iris shoots coming up 🙂
#perennials #SignsOfSpring #botanical #plants #garden #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #WhatsInMyGarden #nature
Low tide along the Puget Sound.
Bright moss against dark rock and a foggy shoreline.
I noticed how the moss stays bright even on a gray day.
#PacificNorthwest
#PugetSound
#CoastalLandscape
#WinterShoreline
#PNWPhotography
Land reclamation and irrigation in Malheur County, Oregon
#MalheurCounty #Oregon #SoutheastOregon #MalheurCountry #Vale&OwyheeProjects #MalheurRiver #PacificNorthwest #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
Sunset Reflections
While on a run the other night I had to stop and take photos along this pond as the scene was just surreal. Notice the rain falling from the clouds.
#sunset #sunsetlovers #running #reflections #clouds #rain #weather #pond #nature #peaceful #silentsunday #washington #pacificnorthwest #pnw
#FootpathFriday
Life is more memorable, when you take a few wilderness footpaths, along the way.
#forest #hiking #trail #nature #adventures #woodlands #BWphoto #monochrome #footpath #Pacheedaht #backwoods #wilderness #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #boardwalk
My #calendula has produced a new #FlowerBud - 6 days before Christmas 😊
#Bloomscrolling #Autumn #flowers #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #ToughPlants #botanical #florespondence #plants #FallFlowers #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #HardyPlants #RainyDay #Saanich #VictoriaBC #gardening
#PacificNorthwest #flooding offers sneak peek of hotter climate's toll
The ocean-crossing #storms known as #AtmosphericRivers are nothing new: They deliver precipitation up & down the #WestCoast every winter & are the source of close to half of W. Washington & W. Oregon’s precipitation from Nov to April. But #climate scientists expect them to grow more powerful, arrive more frequently, & last longer as Earth’s climate keeps warming.
#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather
kuow.org/stories/northwest-flo…
“The science is clear that floods are going to become larger and more frequent in the future,” Washington State Climatologist Guillaume Mauger said.John Ryan (KUOW Public Radio)
Someone #lost their #gloves at the lake.
#Autumn #SilentSunday #Nanaimo #VancouverIsland #NorthCowichan #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW
A Gentle Shift: Welcoming Autumn with Art
Late September in the Pacific Northwest brings crisp mornings and softened light. It’s a season of reflection—and the perfect time to refresh your space with art that inspires calm and connection.
Read more: stevebisig.com/a-gentle-shift-…
#blackandwhitephotography #landscapephotography #pacificnorthwest #fineartphotography #photography
Discover how the quiet shift of late September invites reflection and renewal. Explore how art can refresh your space during the autumn season.Steve Bisig (Fine Art Black & White Photography of the Pacific Northwest)
Really nice conditions on Portage Inlet & the Gorge Waterway, today👌
I'm home & making some pho ga (chicken pho) now.
#Wsanec #Esquimalt #Songhees #waterway #watershed #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #waterscapes #seascapes #water #nature #wildlife #seals #PaddleOn #GetOutside #FreshAir
Pretty #lacecap #hydrangeas in our front #garden.
#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #floral #Summer #Wsanec #flowers #botanical #perennials #nature #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #plants #photography #AsianMastodon
#FootpathFriday
I discovered this old, seaside walkway nestled in a small waterfront pocket park in Esquimalt, 20 years ago. The end of the walkway & rocky beach area has views of CFB Naden, which is beside the park. There's a fence/gate to block access to this concrete footpath now - I climbed around it. I've done many past photoshoots at this location with various models.
#Esquimalt #Songhees #waterfront #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #oceanside #PacificNorthwest #PNW #ocean #pathway #walkway #geological #DennistonPark #footpath #coastline #WorldInMyEyes #photography #PacificOcean
#Hydrangeas #bouquet that I picked for Mom.
I got the thick, blown glass vase for free, from the side of a road, a few years ago. It was & still is in perfect condition. I'm a frugal/freebies hunter ✌️
#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #floral #Summer #Wsanec #flowers #botanical #perennials #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #photography #AsianMastodon
Please boost 🙌
Our local #IndigenousMusicFestival is back! It's happening on the fields of Hampton Park behind the Victoria Native Friendship Centre again. Come on out for one or both nights & support #IndigenousMusicians at this open air #MusicFestival Enjoy some #IndigenousDancers performances. Buy #NativeArts & #NativeCrafts & #IndigenousFood at the vendors/food trucks zones. Family friendly, all ages, #cultural #CommunityEvent.
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#Wsanec #Saanich #Songhees #Esquimalt #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NativeCulture #NativeMusic #CulturalEvent #Concert #LiveMusic #ConcertsInThePark #OutdoorConcerts #OpenAirMusic #CulturalMusic #NativeMusic #SaanichParks
#Lavendar & #catmint in #PollinatorGarden. Good companion #herb plants. Both draw in thousands of #pollinators 🐝🦋
#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #floral #Summer #Wsanec #flowers #botanical #gardening #perennials #nature #Saanich #gardens #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #plants #photography
#SilentSunday
Moody Westcoast #seascape.
#landscape #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #photography #WorldInMyEyes #DisabledPhotographers #Scenic #coastal #BritishColumbia #MistyMountains
