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Add a touch of nature to the living room or bedroom with this forest-themed throw!

My mid-morning stroll through an old-growth forest in mid-June 2016 led me to one of those simple, yet breathtaking wonders of nature: the sight of sun-dappled shadows painted on the leaves of trees that have existed centuries before my time. The interplay of dark and light has always fascinated me.

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Sun-Dappled Leaves in the Forest Throw Pillow

Add a touch of nature to the bedroom or living room with this wildlife-themed throw.

Columbian Ground Squirrels are some of the most entertaining wildlife at Manning Park, and the first ones to greet us in the parking lot. These Prairie Dogs of the West were positioned near their network of holes in the ground (or in rotted tree stumps) and often calling in an upright position like meerkats or groundhogs (when they weren't chasing each other around or kissing). We found plenty at Manning Park Resort and Lightning Lake (particularly near the picnic tables). Columbian Ground Squirrels spend the short summer bulking up on fat reserves for their hibernation period, which lasts for seven months!

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Cute Funny Curious Columbian Ground Squirrel Throw Pillow

Add a touch of nature to the living room or bedroom with this floral-themed throw! 

Strikingly colored winterberries have already ripened by late fall at the Boundary Bay Wildlife Management Area in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. One can't help but be dazzled by the scarlet masses of this deciduous holly tree, which keep their crimson hues all the way through winter (if they haven't already been eaten by birds).

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Bright Red Winterberries Holly Tree Berries Throw Pillow

Add a touch of nature to the bedroom or living room with this wildlife-themed throw.

My attempt to photograph a Rufous hummingbird feeding from the hot pink fuschia flowers on a sunny evening in late June 2016 ultimately proved to be fruitless ... but this Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly who came to pose in its stead was a wonderful consolation prize!

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Beautiful Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Throw Pillow

Add a touch of whimsy to the bedroom or living room with this wildlife-themed throw. The perfect choice for bird lovers! 

The skeptical expression on this nuthatch's face seems to say, "Another photo? Really? Don't you have enough already?"  He probably doesn't believe that I don't camp out at the base of the old plum tree with camera and long lens in hand, waiting for him to make an appearance. There are at least three Red-Breasted Nuthatches (two males and one female) who visit the backyard regularly since our first encounter with them last year, and they have been getting progressively bolder and bolder (even more so than the Black-Capped Chickadees, whom this male will even boot off to get to the sunflower seeds).

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A Skeptical Red-Breasted Nuthatch Throw Pillow

Add a touch of nature to the bedroom or living room with this floral-themed throw. 

I am surrounded by a vibrant sea of greens and purples as I take a lavender-lined walk in the summertime in one of the oldest public gardens in Metro Vancouver, Canada.

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Stunning Lavender-Lined Garden Walk Lumbar Pillow

Add a touch of nature to your bedroom or living room with this floral-themed throw!  

Asiatic lilies are a wonderful addition to any summer garden, and this red orange 'Gran Paradiso' cultivar bloomed just a bit earlier to fill the void left by the early blooming roses. Photographed in mid-June 2016.

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Red Orange Asiatic Lilies Gran Paradiso Throw Pillow

Add a touch of nature and whimsy to the living room, bed room, or any room in your home with this wildlife-themed throw! 

A mid-summer walk around Stanley Park's Lost Lagoon yielded the surprise of a raccoon. In fact, this one quietly preceded us, like a tour guide, for a hundred yards, to the cement bridge before joining a haze of other raccoons. S/he even stopped to give me a few angles ... all of which is very unnatural behaviour for a mammal who is more likely to be active at night!

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Face to Face with a North American Raccoon Throw Pillow

Keep notes, reminders, and more in this whimsical, wildlife-themed journal!

Red squirrels on Galiano Island are undeniably bold and saucy, even going so far as to scold photographers and other two-legged creatures who wander into their territory. Photographed on Galiano Island in the early morning of July 4, 2017.

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Saucy Red Squirrel in the Fir Notebook

Beautiful Varied Thrush Songbird in the Snow Neck Tie

Beautiful Varied Thrush on a Snowy Winter's Day Yoga Mat

Beautiful Varied Thrush Songbird in the Snow Placemat

Beautiful Varied Thrush Songbird in the Snow Bathroom Mat

Beautiful Varied Thrush Songbird on Snowy Day Drawstring Bag

After sitting outside for an hour and a half as the afternoon snow fell quickly and in fat clumps this afternoon, this beautiful male Varied Thrush finally ventured to the bowl of the seed on the ground. Occasionally, he would look up and gaze in my direction before resuming his meal. After eating his fill (and keeping the other, smaller songbirds at bay), he returned to flipping leaf litter under the thicket. My first time photographing a Varied Thrush in the snow. Taken in early February 2017. 

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WWN Stunning Varied Thrush in the Driving Snow

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

Isn't she lovely? This female Rufous hummingbird poses calmly for my camera on the old plum tree in the backyard. With the very early arrival (and disappearance) of the males in March and April as they migrate to as far north as Alaska, we have had a veritable dearth of yardbirds. Her continued presence means that life will become much more "interesting" for the resident Anna's (particularly the males). Not coincidentally, we are also seeing more birds in the backyard now.

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Female Rufous Hummingbird on the Plum Tree Golf Head Cover

Add a touch of nature to the kitchen with this stunning, floral-themed all-over-print apron, which features a summery field of oxeye daisies.

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A Summer Field of Oxeye Daisies Flowers Apron

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

Truly an "out-of-water" flower! With the exception of its mesmerizing spore-like center, this large blue anemone (not the sea-dwelling creature) could almost be a daisy. Photographed at the VanDusen Botanical Gardens.

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Elegant Blue Anemone Flower Trivet

Raise a toast to nature with this whimsical, wildlife-themed can cooler, which features a juvenile male Downy Woodpecker, perched on a well-illuminated pear tree branch and looking rather contemplatively at the sky. This gave me the perfect opportunity to capture his profile before he flew off to the newly replenished suet cage. Photographed in late June 2020.

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Cute Young Downy Woodpecker in the Pear Tree Can Cooler

WWN Stunning Black Oystercatcher Shorebird with Clam

WWN A Stunning Trio of American Avocets at the Beach

WWN Black Oystercatcher on Beach Driftwood

WWN Stunning American Avocet at the Beach

WWN Elegant Great Egret in the Reeds

WWN Whimbrel at the Beach

They may not be the dressiest birds, but with their long bills and long legs, wading birds are elegance personified.

Sun-Dappled Leaves in the Forest Throw Pillow

Sun-Dappled Leaves in the Forest Throw Pillow

More from Walks with Nature

Other decorative & throw pillows from various stores