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Add a touch of nature to your dining experience with this floral-themed placemat.

These hydrangea flowers were grown from a donation in which all but one of the three donor plants had died--but the sole survivor proved to be extremely prolific, and generated big fluffy blossoms in the softest pastel shades of pink, purple, and blue.

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Heavenly Pink and Baby Blue Hydrangeas Placemat

Add a touch of nature to your dining experience with this wildlife-themed placemat. 

This is the third sighting we have had of a Hermit Thrush, a lovely singer, in the yard in the past two years, but the only time we have spotted it on the front lawn -- this time, perfectly posed on the pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet Firethorn). The warm yellow you see in the backyard is the neighbor's weeping alder.

This chubby little number didn't seem the least bit fazed to be photographed. Taken from 20 feet away--this was my second attempt to photograph it in just a few minutes. So thrilled to see this bold little berry eater. Photographed on October 21, 2016.

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Hermit Thrush Songbird on Scarlet Firethorn Placemat

Add a touch of nature and elegance to your dining experience with this floral-themed placemat. Community gardens are a wonderful place to see not just veggies and fruits, but a great variety of beautiful flowers. These beardless purple irises caught my eye at Richmond's Terra Nova Rural Park in late spring 2015.

Dutch Iris Purple Sensation Placemat

Add a touch of nature to your dining experience with this wildlife-themed placemat.

A juvenile Double-Crested Cormorant swims by and gives me a cursory once over at Ladner Harbour Park. One of three juveniles swimming in the marina (fairly close to the wharf), and one of five such individuals in the general area. The youngsters have much lighter plumage than the adults, but by the time the former have matured, they're also less likely to be so close to humans. Even from a distance, this species of cormorant is readily identifiable, thanks to its bright yellow face patch.

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Profile of a Double-Crested Cormorant Placemat

Add a touch of nature to your dining experience with this floral-themed placemat.

Also known by their other aliases of "Red Star" and "Rosy Posy" (my favourite), I found a bed of these small but hardy South African perennials flourishing in one of our local public gardens. Summer brings forth bright pink star-shaped flowers with their telltale hidden hearts -- low growing plants that make great ground cover.

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Rhodohypoxis / Red Star / Rosy Posy Placemat

Add a touch of nature to your dining experience with this placemat. Also known as the Mosquito Plant (a type of Geranium, which does repel mosquitoes when its leaves are rubbed on the skin), this Citronella Plant is flowering with pretty small pink blossoms.

Citronella Flowers Placemat

Add a touch of nature to your dining experience with this wildlife-themed placemat. Another gorgeous loner, a late migrant Whimbrel, wanders the autumn shores on an early sunny afternoon at the south side of the Tsawwassen Ferry Jetty in its (highly successful) search for crabs. This wading bird--normally gone by early fall in Metro Vancouver--has overstayed its welcome, to the delight of wildlife photographers, instead of heading to South America with its chums.

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

Profile of a Whimbrel Placemat

Add a touch of nature to your dining experience with this elegant, wildlife-themed placemat, 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.

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Stunning American Avocet Wading Bird at the Beach Placemat

Offer a bit of nature and inspiration with these floral-themed hand sanitizers, which feature the variegated leaves of the tropical fittonia aka mosaic or nerve plant.

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Fittonia Mosaic Nerve Plant with Variegated Leaves Hand Sanitizer

Chubby White-Crowned Sparrow in the Winter Sun Coaster

Puffy White-Crowned Sparrow Songbird in Winter Sun Postcard

Chubby White-Crowned Sparrow in the Winter Sun Pillar Candle

Chubby White-Crowned Sparrow in the Winter Sun Mug

The rounder the songbird, the cuter it is. This little puffball is ready for a chilly weekend of sub-zero temperatures in Metro Vancouver! An adult White-Crowned Sparrow cuts a dashing figure at Boundary Bay Regional Park in South Delta, British Columbia, Canada, on the first day of the Great Backyard Bird Count 2018.

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WWN Chubby White-Crowned Sparrow in the Winter Sun

Add a touch of nature and whimsy to your golf game with this wildlife-themed club head cover!

The first time I've had the opportunity to shoot a Bewick's Wren out in the open, and at fairly close range. This beautiful long-tailed songbird must have sensed that I wanted to photograph it, and returned my curiosity with its own by posing on this branch for a few moments. Photographed in January 2017.

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A Curious Bewick's Wren in the Tree Golf Head Cover

Stunning Tropical Kingbird on Blackberry Branch Ceramic Tile

Show off your love of nature with this wildlife-themed tile, which features my first encounter with a Tropical Kingbird at Boundary Bay Regional Park in beautiful Tsawwassen, British Columbia. An unusual visitor during Pacific Northwest autumn months, the Tropical Kingbird adds a cheery bit of color to the fall with its striking butter yellow belly. This dazzling creature was relaxing in the early afternoon sun while a host of wildlife photographers quietly captured it in all its glory. Moments later, this large tyrant flycatcher was swallowing a Blue Darner dragonfly that it had swiftly and successfully hunted! Photographed in late October 2023.

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

WWN Stunning Tropical Kingbird on Blackberry Branch

Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this challenging, wildlife-themed puzzle is great for improving muscle memory. Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! Oh wait, it is a bird. Probably one of us, coming in for a landing.  I was surprised to see Snow Geese goosestepping at Iona Beach Regional Park. I am used to seeing thousands of these geese in flight, and, less often, an equally large number on farms in the fall, winter, and spring--usually from a great distance, which makes closeups impossible. Never have I seen them in the wild so close, almost patently ignoring the humans among them. As the sun slowly slipped to the horizon, wave after wave of Snow Geese would descend to the grounds, making me witness to many white and reddish faces, juveniles and adults, those infamous grin patches, and varying plumages of white and grey.

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

A Curious Gaggle of Snow Geese Jigsaw Puzzle

Show off your love of nature with this floral-themed luggage tag!

Mid-summer is the time of the season for lilies, and these delightfully pink Oriental lilies amazed me with their large size, abundance, and delicate beauty. Photographed in early August 2017 at a private garden. 

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

Elegant Floral Pink Oriental Lilies Luggage Tag

Add a touch of nature and wonder to your walls with this floral-themed decal!

After the time of many showy blooms had passed at the end of July, this lovely ornamental flower, a South African native also known as the River Lily or Crimson Flag, continues to awe and hold its own at the UBC Botanical Garden. 

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

Heavenly Pink and Baby Blue Hydrangeas Placemat

Heavenly Pink and Baby Blue Hydrangeas Placemat

More from Walks with Nature

Other table placemats from various stores