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

They seem like brittle beauties, but these purple star-like flowers are surprisingly hardy, drought-resistance perennials, especially given their South African roots. Purple ice plants bloom throughout summer and make for colorful groundcover.

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Purple Ice Plants Placemat

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

The second time I've seen Dunlins since first spotting a small flock huddled together in their breeding plumage (with their trademark black belly patches), on a cold spring day on the Iona Jetty spit in 2010. Three were part of a larger group of 10-12, who were fraternizing with a larger flock of Sanderlings (60) and a single out-of-season Semipalmated Plover (not pictured here).

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Flock of Dunlins and Sanderlings at the Beach Placemat

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

Mid-autumn brings the return of Buffleheads to the George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary. While one or two of these diminutive ducks will partake of the birdseed thrown in the water, the rest generally keep their distance from humans and the other duck species.
 
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Male Bufflehead Duck in the Afternoon Sun Placemat

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

My second (and closest) encounter with the magnificent cheetah on a hot afternoon in September 2014 at the local zoo. This big cat was pacing restlessly around in his cage, but he did stop once, and our eyes locked through the chain link during this moment. There is something so visceral about making a connection with wildlife.  

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Trading Glances with a Magnificent Cheetah Placemat

Add a touch of nature and whimsy to your dining experience with this wildlife-themed placemat. A rare moment of co-operation and tenderness between Sanderlings (who are more likely to go solo or chase each other during their hunts) in their search for snacks on the shore.

Cute Pair of Sanderlings Sandpipers Shares a Meal Placemat

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

A young sub-adult male Anna's hummingbird was taking five in the scarlet firethorn next to its pommes on an unseasonably prolonged cold snap. Unlike most other birds who frequent this bush in the fall and winter, he didn't seem to mind that I wrestled the window open (however softly I did it), and took a few shots of him next to the bunch of berries that's almost as big as he is. Photographed in mid-December 2016.

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Adorable Anna's Hummingbird on Berry Bush Placemat

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

A dark, overcast day lends a painting-like effect to my photo of this Chestnut-Backed Chickadee, who was perched on one of the fruit trees in our backyard and in no particular hurry to nab a seed from the hanging feeding stations.

Cute Chestnut-Backed Chickadee on the Pear Tree Placemat

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

My introduction to the Satyr Comma / Anglewing. Apparently these little, bright orange butterflies are supposed to be skittish, but don't tell this beauty that ... it posed for several shots on a blade of marsh vegetation. Photographed on July 2, 2016 at Campbell Valley Regional Park.

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Beautiful Orange Satyr Comma Butterfly Placemat

Bring a bit of furry whimsy with you, wherever you go, with this adorable, dog-themed tote, which features perhaps the cutest of all Spitz dogs, the enthusiastic little package known as the Pomeranian! 

Ella the Pomeranian was so happy to be the focus of attention that she forgot (for once) to run to the photographer, and instead cracked a smile for me. Photographed in late June 2018.

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Cute Laughing Pomeranian Dog Tote Bag

Nothing says "you complete me" or "your better/other half" than these whimsical, wildlife-themed lovers' mugs. 

The brighter-colored male on the left was temporarily stunned when he flew into window mesh a few days before Christmas 2014, but, after a few minutes, flew off, none the worse for wear. Photographed almost a year later, the female on the right was busy indulging in bright orange pyracantha pomes (that match her plumage!) on a rainy day in mid-November 2014.

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Varied Thrushes Coffee Mug Set

Cute Sanderling Sandpiper Strolls Wintry Beach Apron

Cute Sanderling Sandpiper Strolling Wintry Shores Large Christmas Stocking

Cute Strolling Sanderling Sandpiper on the Shore Doormat

Cute Sanderling Shorebird Wanders a Winter Beach Coaster

Cute Sanderling Sandpiper Strolls Wintry Beach Wall Decal

Sanderlings are tiny -- and surprisingly, quite approachable -- migratory shorebirds which can be easily found on Vancouver beaches in the coldest winter months. This one was strolling quite leisurely on the shoreline. Photographed on a very sunny and busy winter afternoon at Boundary Bay Regional Park.

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WWN A Cute Sanderling Strolls a Winter Beach

Add a touch of nature and elegance to the home or office with this floral-themed wall hanging! Sometimes a mistake can be the path to a new technique. This Crested Iris was actually photographed outdoors under natural daylight after I forgot to reset shutter speed and aperture settings from the previous photo.

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Elegant Japanese Miniature Crested Iris on Black Canvas Print

Add a touch of nature to treasured memories and moments with this wildlife-themed binder! The perfect choice for bird 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.

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Adorable Rufous Hummingbird on Branch Binder

Part brainteaser, part assemble-it-yourself art, this challenging and elegant wildlife-themed puzzle is great for improving muscle memory.

A presumed hobby farm escapee, this adult male Mandarin Duck has been seen in the company of the Wood Ducks of Piper Spit. He has called Burnaby Lake home since he was first spotted in 2018. His stunning pastiche of ruffs, dazzling color palette, and "fins" make him such a dreamboat to photograph. Mother Nature left nothing to the artist's imagination when she made this creature! Photographed at Burnaby Lake in early March 2020.

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Beautiful Chatty Mandarin Duck on the Shore Jigsaw Puzzle

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

A closeup of a gorgeous young male Golden Eagle, who immediately proved restless and eager to fly free from his handler and exhibitor. My first encounter with this species.

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Purple Ice Plants Placemat

Purple Ice Plants Placemat

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Other table placemats from various stores