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When you're this small and round, even watching you eat is a cute experience! Saw more of the tiny Sanderlings at the Boundary Bay Regional Park beach, just before Valentine's Day 2017. This one was foraging on the shoreline with 20 others of its kind, dining on the remnants of clams that had been already picked apart by gulls. 

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Sanderling Sandpiper Dines on Clam at Beach Postcard

The celebrity of the lilies, Stargazer hybrid Oriental Lily is pure art, combining a wonderfully delicate embodiment of curves and colors with a delightful fragrance that is as lovely as it looks! Photographed in July 2018 and isolated on a black background.

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Elegant Stargazer Oriental Lilies Pink Flowers Postcard

I spotted this youngster sitting on this little island all by itself at Piper Spit, amongst many other recent springtime arrivals from more distant shores. I wondered if independence been foisted upon it at a very early age, for I saw neither mother Mallard nor siblings in the immediate area, and yet this precocious duckling seemed to be more than capable of fending for and feeding itself.

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Cute and Precocious Mallard Duckling Postcard

Our first (and only) attempt (so far) to grow these tart but tasty heirloom tomatoes. So named Green Zebra on account of its exotic and striking dark green stripes on its bright lime green flesh, a two-tone color palette that remains, even when ripe.

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Tasty Green Zebra Heirloom Tomatoes on Vine Postcard

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.

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Stunning Hooded Merganser Duck Swims By Postcard

An itch to go outside and bird on a sunny if moderately windy afternoon in late July 2016 led me to this solitary Black-Bellied Plover on the shores of Boundary Bay Regional Park in Tsawwassen, British Columbia. My subject, sporting worn breeding plumage, was keeping company with a solitary gull. Neither was the least spooked by my presence. Almost as if both were expecting me. Sometimes it really is a matter of asking why not.

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Black-Bellied Plover Shorebird on Shore Postcard

The African Superb Starling is such a beautiful rainbow of colours. When it makes an entrance, it really makes an entrance; it's no shrinking violet. Rare, though, is the moment when it stays still long enough to get a photo of it, but got it I did, as it waited for its turn to bathe in the waterfall.

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African Superb Starling Songbird Postcard

Our second year globe artichokes are no slouch when it comes to flaunting the "purple hair", either. Should you be one of those backyard gardeners who let their artichokes grow old and arthritic--instead of picking them at their juiciest, tastiest stage, this is the lovely result, and a consolation prize of sorts. Photographed in late July 2016.

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Flowering Globe Artichoke Postcard

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

Closeup of an abies icebreaker, a slow growing Korean Fir. Curled, white-frosted needles give this dwarf conifer a distinctive and perpetual wintry appearance. Photographed in mid-June 2020.

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Stunning Closeup Dwarf Korean Fir Jigsaw Puzzle

Cute Papillon Toy Spaniel Dog at the Dock Postcard

Cute Papillon Toy Spaniel Dog at the Dock Notebook

Cute Papillon Toy Spaniel Dog at the Dock Label

Cute Papillon Toy Spaniel Dog at the Dock Pickleball Paddle

Cute Papillon Toy Spaniel Dog at the Dock Tote Bag

Cute Papillon Toy Spaniel Dog at the Dock Gift Box

Celebrate furry whimsy, and raise a beer (or your favorite drink) with this cute, pet-themed can cooler, which features the intelligent, well-mannered, and gorgeous Papillon.

A brief detour from birding led to a chance encounter with two furry new friends at Ladner Harbor Park: a couple of adorable and oh so well behaved Papillon dogs, a very old Belgian/French breed of parti-color toy spaniels so named for their elegant, butterfly-like ears. Photographed in early October 2022.  

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WWN Too Doggone Cute Papillon Toy Spaniel Dog at the Dock

Use this wildlife-themed trivet to protect delicate surfaces, tables, and countertops from hot pots, or as an accent piece for the dining room or kitchen.

My second visit to the Maplewood Conservation Area in North Vancouver produced meetings with not two, but six blacktail deer in a clearing ... four fawns and two does who seemed completely at ease with the small group of photographers in their midst. The younger ones seemed almost as curious about the humans as we were about them! This fawn was extremely happy to be alive, bounding in a very Bambi-esque manner through the forest! Photographed in late August 2016.

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Vignetted Portrait of Smiling Blacktail Deer Fawn  Trivet

Adorable Anna's Hummingbird on Berry Bush Placemat

Adorable Anna's Hummingbird on the Berry Bush Towel

A young Anna's hummingbird 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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WWN Adorable Anna's Hummingbird on Berry Bush

I missed seeing one of these tiny plovers in the summer, but my subject, in its non-breeding plumage, is no less beautiful for it! A rare sight for this time of the year (usually these dainty-looking shorebirds are already wintering along the coasts of the Southwestern U.S., Central America, and South America), this Semipalmated Plover was frequenting the shores of Boundary Bay at Centennial Beach during high tide, in (almost) mid-December, along with a flock of Dunlins and Sanderlings on a surprisingly sunny (and warm-for-almost-winter) day. Based on the original photography of W.H. Sim. All Rights Reserved. See more at zazzle.com/walkswithnature

Beautiful Semipalmated Plover on Beach Mouse Pad

Use this wildlife-themed trivet to protect delicate surfaces, tables, and countertops from hot pots, or as an accent piece for the dining room or kitchen.

A female Great Horned Owl wows the crowds at the Seventh Annual Raptor Festival in Terra Nova Rural Park, Richmond. Owls have ears that are not level with each other — one is higher than the other, and each earhole is even angled a bit differently too. Quite the sound system.

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Staring Contest with a Beautiful Great Horned Owl Trivet

Add a touch of nature to the kitchen with this whimsical, wildlife-themed all-over-print apron!

My second visit to the Maplewood Conservation Area in North Vancouver produced meetings with not two, but six blacktail deer in a clearing ... four fawns and two does who seemed completely at ease with the small group of photographers in their midst. The younger ones seemed almost as curious about the humans as we were about them! This fawn was extremely happy to be alive, bounding in a very Bambi-esque manner through the forest! Photographed in late August 2016.

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

Sanderling Sandpiper Dines on Clam at Beach Postcard

Sanderling Sandpiper Dines on Clam at Beach Postcard

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