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Add a touch of nature to the kitchen or dining room with this whimsical, wildlife-themed sandstone coaster. 

Diminutive Bufflehead ducks tend to be a challenge to photograph since they keep their distance, but there's always one in the flock who takes his patrol duty very seriously -- giving me a quick onceover as he swims by. There was just enough filtered sunlight on this inaugural spring afternoon to make the colours of his iridescent head visible.

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

Curious Cute Bufflehead Duck on the Pond Coaster

Add a touch of nature to the kitchen or dining room with this whimsical, wildlife-themed sandstone coaster. 

There's lots to be admired when you're a Hooded Merganser. Crests are your specialty, whether you're the male or the female. The ladies have lovely cinnamon crests, and the gentlemen inflatable black-and-white numbers complemented by a one-size-fits-all black tux for all seasons with a swath of reddish brown on their sides.

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

A Meeting of Hooded Merganser Ducks at the Pond Coaster

Add a touch of nature and whimsy to the kitchen or dining room with this wildlife-themed sandstone coaster. 

With water beading off his inflatable crest, and a simultaneously striking and conservative palette of blacks, whites, and cinnamon brown, the adult male Hooded Merganser is one winter duck species that makes you stop and stare. They will swallow large fresh pond fish whole by stretching that normally hidden neck of theirs to a foot in length. This handsome, unperturbable gent was swimming in the ponds at the local wildlife sanctuary--not surprised to see so many humans moving in a like direction--in late December 2019.

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

Stunning Hooded Merganser Duck Swims By Coaster

Add a touch of nature to the kitchen or dining room with this whimsical, wildlife-themed sandstone coaster. 

My first encounter with a bold and friendly Ash-Throated Flycatcher, who was only too happy to crack a large and ebullient smile for my lens between hawking for grasshoppers on a sunny autumn afternoon. Photographed in mid-October 2020.

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

Smiling Ash-Throated Flycatcher on Hawthorn Branch Coaster

Add a touch of nature and elegance to the kitchen or dining room with this wildlife-themed sandstone coaster. 

Being an escapee from an Oregon farm did not diminish the appeal of this adult male Mandarin Duck, whose flight to freedom was rewarded with a constant supply of bird seed and the company of Wood Ducks at Piper Spit. I was gifted with the privilege of his metamorphosis over many agonizingly slow months, as I watched him exchange his post-breeding plumage for the magnificent feathers and stunning color palette that make him a dream to photograph (and a hit with the females of his kind). Mother Nature left nothing to the artist's imagination when she made this creature! Photographed at Burnaby Lake in mid-October 2018.

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

Beautiful Mandarin Duck in the Pond Coaster

Add a touch of nature to the kitchen or dining room with this wildlife-themed sandstone coaster. Perfect for bird lovers!

The rapture of a raptor in flight! I wanted to have a closeup of this Bald Eagle roosting at the top a dead birch tree ... but it decided, at 30 feet away, that it was time to go. This was the most dramatic part of its takeoff.

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

Stunning Bald Eagle Bird of Prey in Flight Coaster

Add a touch of nature that's uniquely Canadian to the kitchen or dining room with this floral-themed sandstone coaster, which features Canada 150 maple leaf tulips isolated on a black background. Great in the kitchen or dining room.

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

Elegant Red White Maple Leaf Tulips Coaster

Add a touch of nature to the kitchen or dining room with this wildlife-themed sandstone coaster. 

Chasing the blue and gold: my first day with the 100mm macro lens. The allure of our front lawn California Lilac in full bloom with hundreds of bluish-purple clusters on the front lawn is irresistible to local honeybees and other pollinators. In fact, this bush resembles a purple beehive in late spring/early summer. 

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

Beautiful Honeybee on the California Lilac Coaster

Take a bit of nature with you, wherever you go with this elegant, floral-themed drawstring backpack, which features bedewed bright orange double-flowered daylilies.

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Elegant Bedewed Orange Double Flowered Daylilies Drawstring Bag

This stunning wildlife design features a rather talkative adult male Green-Winged Teal duck, having a chinwag with the photographer at a local lake in the winter time.

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A Chatty Green-Winged Teal Duck at the Pond Face Mask

Take a bit of nature with you, wherever you go with this elegant, wildlife-themed drawstring backpack! 

It's not a Pacific Northwest winter unless you see the Varied Thrush. One of my favorite backyard birds to see (and a highly elusive one at that), this songbird has a stunning beauty to match the hauntingly beautiful timbre of its song. This handsome fellow was foraging in the backyard with several other wintering birds when I photographed him from the second floor--giving me a rare bird's eye view of t him. We almost never see them during the summer when they spend that season northwards in Alaska, but the call of the colder seasons of the year brings them back to us. Photographed in mid-January 2017.

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Bird's Eye View of a Varied Thrush Songbird Drawstring Bag

Add a touch of the great outdoors to festive year-end celebrations with this Christmas stocking. Personalize with a name (or names). Reverse (for double-sided option) shows identical design. 

I witnessed a beautiful moment of friendship between these two gorgeous chestnut horses. Were they mother and child; siblings; or simply stablemates without shared blood? It didn't matter what their relationship to each other was. The importance was the now of the moment. Not even a nicker did I hear pass between them; the simple act of touching spoke volumes for both. 

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

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Two Beautiful Chestnut Horses in the Sun Large Christmas Stocking

Fluffy White Clouds in the Blue Sky Wall Sticker

Be Inspired Everyday: Fluffy Clouds in a Blue Sky Hand Sanitizer

Dreamy Fluffy Clouds in a Blue Sky Lumbar Pillow

The poetry of fluffy white clouds in a blue sky in late spring demanded to be captured, and I did so with a borrowed point-and-shoot camera. 

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

WWN Fluffy Clouds in a Cerulean Blue Summer Sky

Add a touch of nature and warmth to any room with this wildlife-themed candle, which features my first encounter with an American Avocet at Boundary Bay Regional Park in beautiful Tsawwassen, British Columbia. This elegant wading bird is rarely found in Canada's westernmost province, so to discover two adults spending a week there during the early stages of fall migration, enjoying the local amenities and completely at ease with the photographer in their midst, was a real treat. Photographed in early September 2022.

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

Stunning American Avocet Bird Strolling the Beach  Pillar Candle

Add a touch of nature to your correspondence with these elegant, wildlife-inspired address labels.

This Blue and Gold Macaw was more than happy to post for a photo. One can't help but notice these large and talkative parrots. There's nothing dull about the plumage or the personality of this extremely sociable and long-lived birds.

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

Curious Cute Bufflehead Duck on the Pond Coaster

Curious Cute Bufflehead Duck on the Pond Coaster

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Other coasters from various stores