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Add a touch of nature to your next spring or garden party with these floral-themed paper plates, which feature a stunning and colorful medley of osteospermums aka African daisies or daisybushes. These early spring blooming beauties are works of art that have both the hand of man and Mother Nature in their creation.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

Colorful Medley of African Daisies Flowers Paper Plates

Add a touch of nature to your next spring, summer, garden or wedding party with these floral-themed plates! 

Marigolds aren't just eye candy; they've been used for culinary (teas, salads) and medicinal (anti-inflammatory) purposes for hundreds of years in European cultures. These beautiful, aromatic and showy blooms bloom all summer long into fall and even until the first frost. They are a natural mosquito repellent, and may also keep flower munchers like deer from the pride and joy in your garden. Photographed in mid June and mid July 2016 at local public and private gardens.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

A Medley of Red and Yellow Marigolds Paper Plates

Add a touch of nature to your next spring, summer, garden or wedding party with these floral-themed plates! 

Wax begonias are popular flowers and long-lasting summertime perennials. The gardener who planted these white, pink, and red varieties had a great eye for color and layout! Photographed in late August 2016 on the outskirts of the UBC Botanical Garden.

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Colorful Wax Begonias Paper Plates

Add a touch of nature to your next party with these floral-themed plates! 

Living in a place where the colors change as the seasons each have moments in time to express themselves is always something wondrous to witness. From left to right: winterberries (Fall), rudbeckias (Summer), and sun-dappled green leaves in the forest (Spring).

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Colors and Seasons of Nature Triptych Paper Plates

Add a touch of nature to your next spring, summer, garden or wedding party with these whimsical, wildlife-themed plates! 

A most enchanting discovery in the California Lilac on the front lawn in mid-April 2017-- a young female Rufous Hummingbird, guarding "her" nectar feeder and gaining some protection from this large, cage-like bush. These migratory hummingbirds spend their spring and summer "vacation" in the Pacific Northwest, and, although smaller than the resident Anna's hummingbirds, are far feistier, often chasing the latter out of their territories for the duration of their five-month stay in the Northern Hemisphere.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

Rufous Hummingbird on California Lilac Branch Paper Plates

Add a touch of nature to your next event with these elegant, wildlife-themed plates! 

With a freshly caught field mouse clutched in its furry feet, a Short-Eared Owl surveys its hunting grounds for opportunistic Northern Harriers who would not hesitate to take advantage of the fruit of its hunting prowess. Sudden gusts of wind fluff this hunter's head feathers, revealing the short ear tufts for which this owl is named. Photographed on a late afternoon in late November 2017.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

Short-Eared Owl with Vole in the Marshes Paper Plates

Add a touch of nature to your next spring, summer, garden or wedding party with these floral-themed plates! 

Poinsettias are most often associated with Christmas, and, the speckled leaves of this particular variety -- known as Shimmer Surprise Poinsettia -- add an even more festive touch to year-end holidays as a popular centerpiece.

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Festive Red White Floral Poinsettias Paper Plates

Funny Owl We Want for Christmas ... Snowy Owls Paper Plates

Owl you'll want is right here! Wildlife and the magic of the holiday season go hand in hand, and the no bird wears winter better or is more strongly associated with the season of cold than the charismatic Snowy Owl. The largest owls in North America only show up in Metro Vancouver every few years, and their appearance during our winters causes crowds of admirers and fans to form and flock. 

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

WWN Family of Smiling Snowy Owls

I encountered a party of eight (plus a diminutive Baird's Sandpiper, who managed to sneak into the photo) juvenile Pectoral Sandpipers at the Boundary Bay Wildlife Management Area as September 2018 passed its halfway mark. Like the other shorebirds who normally prefer the grassier, less muddy parts of the beach to forage from, these medium-sized migratory shorebirds did not mind me in their midst. Photographed on a sunny and slightly breezy afternoon on a fairly low high tide that let me walk out a few hundred feet from shore to observe the visiting fauna in close quarters.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

Party of Baird & Pectoral Sandpipers at the Beach Poster

Add a touch of nature to your travels with this wildlife-themed luggage tag. The perfect choice for bird lovers!

I can't think of any other bird that reminds me more of winter in Metro Vancouver than the charming Snow Bunting. I'm not sure why this sweet, restless, and solitary male was not in the company of his nine-member flock, but I'm glad to spot him, regardless. My last attempt to find him ended in success, just as I was about to try my luck elsewhere.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

Profile of a Snow Bunting Luggage Tag

Beautiful Mountain Bluebird on Beach Driftwood Trivet

Beautiful Mountain Bluebird on Beach Driftwood Pillar Candle

Beautiful Mountain Bluebird on Beach Driftwood Mini Binder

Beautiful Mountain Bluebird Golf Head Cover

Beautiful Mountain Bluebird at the Beach Golf Head Cover

My second encounter with a male Mountain Bluebird. We are gifted, albeit very briefly, with the presence of these beautiful songbirds at the start of the spring season before they head to higher ground to breed. Those stunning cerulean colors stand out on a dreary landscape, even from a distance. When he wasn't busy diving for insects on the local beach, he was highpointing it on driftwood and stalks of dessicated tansy. Photographed at Boundary Bay Regional Park in early spring 2017.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

WWN Beautiful Mountain Bluebird on Beach Driftwood

Add a touch of nature and wonder to your walls with this wildlife-themed decal! The perfect choice for hummingbird lovers!

Rufous Hummingbirds have usually left Metro Vancouver for Mexico by mid August, so it was a delight to see and photograph this exceedingly feisty straggler in the backyard. This little scrapper has been (successfully, for the past two days) giving grief to the juvenile male Anna's hummingbird who has owned the backyard for most of the summer (as well as the other feathered friends who visit), vigorously defending every flower and feeder in sight. This hybrid fruit tree branch has become its favorite perch, and gave me quite a few photographic opportunities. Photographed on September 4, 2016.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

Adorable Rufous Hummingbird on Branch Wall Sticker

Slate-Colored Dark-Eyed Junco on the Pear Tree

Slate-Colored Dark-Eyed Junco on the Pear Tree Mouse Pad

Slate-Colored Dark-Eyed Junco on the Pear Tree Metal Ornament

Slate-Colored Dark-Eyed Junco on the Pear Tree Round Pillow

Slate-Colored Dark-Eyed Junco Sparrow on Pear Tree Keychain

The first full day of snow in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, saw many fluffed up songbirds in the backyard perched on the fruit trees for most of the day, including at least two Cassiar Dark-Eyed Juncos (an intergrade of Slate-Colored and Oregon varieties), like this chubby little number here.  Photographed on December 9, 2016.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

WWN Slate-Colored/Oregon Dark-Eyed Junco on the Pear Tree

Add a touch of nature to your wheels with this customizable wildlife-themed bumper sticker! 

Normally, I’d prefer not to show photos with cages, but it’s less distracting in the case of this subject because of my distance from both it and the bars. This Golden Eagle is being rehabilitated at the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (O.W.L.) for eventual release back into the wild.

Design © W.H. Sim. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

If I Had Wings I Wouldn't Need ... : Golden Eagle Bumper Sticker

Beautiful Harlequin Duck on the Rock Trivet

Beautiful Harlequin Duck on the Rock Metal Ornament

Beautiful Harlequin Duck on Beach Shoreline Throw Pillow

Beautiful Harlequin Duck on the Rock Notebook

Beautiful Harlequin Duck on the Rock Mouse Pad

Beautiful Harlequin Duck on the Rock Pickleball Paddle

One of a dozen of Harlequin Ducks I had the fortune of meeting at the beach, and my closest encounter with these diving sea ducks. Interestingly, all were adult males in near or full breeding plumage and showing off their slate grey, white, and rich cinnamon feathers, but there were no ladies of their own kind to impress. Photographed on the first full day of spring 2017.

Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

Colorful Medley of African Daisies Flowers Paper Plates

Colorful Medley of African Daisies Flowers Paper Plates

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