#wsanec — Public Fediverse posts

Small creeks are essential life feeders in forests. This small creek is a part of our local watershed. It is small, yet mighty with it's life-source; sustaining life for many cedar trees & the plants that grow on forest understory. Creeks need protection as much as big rivers do 💧🌲💧

#nature #hiking #Saanich #waterway #cedar #trees #watershed #creek #ecosystems #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #Wsanec #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #ForestWalks #Cascadia #PNW #ecological #stewardship #conservation #biodiversity #environment #TakeAHike #GetOutside #DisabledHiker #ecology #NaturalWorlds #SacredNature #WaterIsLife #NatureEducation

#SilentSunday

A small, relatively unknown, Saanich community park. I discovered it over a decade ago. Jada found it about 2 years ago. She was surprised that I'm very familiar with this park because no one else she knows has been there before. We both love it because we see no other humans while visiting & exploring trails. I was telling her that you can find native sundew plants by lakeside & it's a good place to harvest fiddleheads & look for mushrooms. Told her about the beaver history of this tiny lake/wetlands spot too. The older huge beaver lodge was decimated a few years ago, due to human impact/road construction near their wood harvesting areas. The beavers weren't seen for awhile after that. They returned sometime over past 2 years & built a new beaver lodge - it's currently about 1/3 size of the previous lodge. No photos of it because we didn't go close to lakeside on our hike. Neither of us were into getting super muddy yesterday.

This park space features:
- multiple hiking trails from relatively easy to moderate levels
- diversity of native plants/wildflowers
- native amphibians are present; many frogs & turtles live there
- healthy biodiversity of insects & invertebrates
- birds diversity
- beavers habitat
- trees diversity
- wetlands & marshes
- fish bearing habitat
- mix of sunny & shady rest spots; no benches or tables but some larger, open spaces that are good for resting at
- community stewardship

Super limited parking space. Only room for 2 cars on side of road, by the small park sign. Very easy to miss the sign if you're not paying close attention.

#nature #hiking #Saanich #CommunityPark #forest #trail #footpath #wetlands #ferns #ecosystems #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #Wsanec #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #ForestWalks #Cascadia #PNW #lake #ecological #stewardship #conservation #biodiversity #environment #TakeAHike #GetOutside #DisabledHiker #DisabledPhotographers #NaturalWorlds #SacredNature #WorldInMyEyes #photography #NatureLovers

I'm getting some resources this week, to put together several free #GarryOakEcosystem #nature #zines to give away in my #LittleFreeLibrary all through this Spring & Summer.
It's part of my ongoing personal efforts to boost #NatureEducation / #NatureTeachings - right from the front of our home; so more people can learn about amazing local #biodiversity in our local #ecosystems 🙂
People who learn more about nature, will learn to love, respect & protect nature life systems 💚☘️

#FreeZines #NatureZines #KeystoneSpecies #GarryOaks #Wsanec #Saanich #CommunityBuilding #CommunityEducation #CommunitySharing #CommunityLibrary #EverythingIsFree #Ecological #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #YYJ #VanIsle #PNW

Brown #centipede friend by our composting area. These are fab creatures to have around exterior of home/gardens 💚👩‍🌾🙂👍

Slugs, worms, spiders & flies make up the bulk of their diet. Their leg count will top out at 15 pairs when fully grown.😀
They don’t eat plants, but they'll eat things that eat your plants! Centipedes are “Gardener’s Friend.”

#anthropods #nature #wildlife #Beneficial #PestEater #GardenersFriend #GardenerHelpers #Saanich #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #nature #CreatureIdentification #WhatsInMyGarden #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW

I met Harold Joe, a #Cowichan based #Indigenous knowledge keeper/teacher, actor & film producer, in 2015. He had come to Victoria to audition for a lead role in the Telus Optik webseries that I worked on for a few years. We casted him.
He's now co-owner & producer at Orca Cove Media with my old film production executive producer, Leslie Bland.

There's two #IndigenousFilm screenings at #UVIC in March with 2 films from Ocra Cove.

https://events.uvic.ca/finearts/event/106012-film-screening-the-great-salish-heist

https://events.uvic.ca/finearts/event/106018-film-screening-sweet-summer-pow-wow

Check out these public #FilmScreenings if you're interested in watching more #NativeFilms & you can meet the producers at the screenings too.

#YYJFilm #IndigenousBC #IndigenousCanada #FirstNations #FilmDiversity #InclusionInFilm #VictoriaBC #Saanich #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CoastSalish #IndigenousActors #IndigenousMovies

Home. While my dinner is cooking, I'm updating with more #BackyardFungi that I found growing, from earlier today 😀

Both of these were growing from hardwood, on an old chair.

I've since identified the bracket/shelf ones as a turkey tail lookalike, Trametes pubescens. https://ultimate-mushroom.com/inedible/155-trametes-pubescens.html

I have true turkey tails - tons of them - growing on multiple dead branches. A vid of more of them will be posted.

Found more yellow witches butter jelly fungi too.

#mushrooms #nature #BackyardNature #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #biodiversity #RainsBringMushrooms #FalseTurkeyTail #WitchesButter #JellyFungi #ShelfFungi #NatureVideos #Autumn #WinterFungi #FungiID

Thousands of baby #chinooks at a local #FishHatchery.

#SalmonFry #StagesOfLife #fish #salmon #KeystoneSpecies #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #SaveWildSalmon #WildSalmonAlliance #FishFarmsOut #WildFirst #ProtectTheWild #SalmonStewardship #BCWildSalmon #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #nature #wildlife #conservation

A local Indigenous artist/jewelry maker friend is teaching this workshop with Oasis Society. Please pre-register if you're interested.

Join Oasis Society and Sara Santana to learn about different #feathers and their meanings while we decorate and take home our own feather.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/craft-connect-with-oasis-society-feather-teaching-tickets-1661229675679?

#IndigenousCrafts #FeatherSymbolism #ArtsAndCulture #CommunityWorkshop #HandsOnLearning #NativeCrafts #IndigenousCulture #CulturalConnecting #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #CoastSalish

#SilentSunday
Sitting, above the docks of the bay...

#Scenic #PhotoArt #Marine #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #boats #SafeHarbour #NorthSaanich #BrentwoodBay #SaanichInlet #WorldInMyEyes #PhotoEdit #Saanichton #VisionsOfBC #CoastalBC #CoastSalishTerritories #ShelteredHarbour

#SilentSunday
Sitting, above the docks of the bay...

#Scenic #PhotoArt #Marine #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #boats #SafeHarbour #NorthSaanich #BrentwoodBay #SaanichInlet #WorldInMyEyes #PhotoEdit #Saanichton #VisionsOfBC #CoastalBC #CoastSalishTerritories #ShelteredHarbour

#SilentSunday
Sitting, above the docks of the bay...

#Scenic #PhotoArt #Marine #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #boats #SafeHarbour #NorthSaanich #BrentwoodBay #SaanichInlet #WorldInMyEyes #PhotoEdit #Saanichton #VisionsOfBC #CoastalBC #CoastSalishTerritories #ShelteredHarbour

#SilentSunday
Sitting, above the docks of the bay...

#Scenic #PhotoArt #Marine #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #boats #SafeHarbour #NorthSaanich #BrentwoodBay #SaanichInlet #WorldInMyEyes #PhotoEdit #Saanichton #VisionsOfBC #CoastalBC #CoastSalishTerritories #ShelteredHarbour

#SilentSunday
Sitting, above the docks of the bay...

#Scenic #PhotoArt #Marine #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #boats #SafeHarbour #NorthSaanich #BrentwoodBay #SaanichInlet #WorldInMyEyes #PhotoEdit #Saanichton #VisionsOfBC #CoastalBC #CoastSalishTerritories #ShelteredHarbour

Shiny, satiny petals on Mom's burgundy red #TigerLily plant. The flowers have so much #pollen. They attract multiple different #pollinators ❤️

#Bloomscrolling #florespondence #floral #Summer #Wsanec #flowers #botanical #perennials #nature #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #Zone8 #plants #photography #PollinatorGarden #lily #lilies

Please boost 🙌

Our local #IndigenousMusicFestival is back! It's happening on the fields of Hampton Park behind the Victoria Native Friendship Centre again. Come on out for one or both nights & support #IndigenousMusicians at this open air #MusicFestival Enjoy some #IndigenousDancers performances. Buy #NativeArts & #NativeCrafts & #IndigenousFood at the vendors/food trucks zones. Family friendly, all ages, #cultural #CommunityEvent.

https://www.saanich.ca/EN/main/parks-recreation-community/community-services/events-and-festivals/indigenous-music-festival.html

#Wsanec #Saanich #Songhees #Esquimalt #Lekwungen #CoastSalish #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NativeCulture #NativeMusic #CulturalEvent #Concert #LiveMusic #ConcertsInThePark #OutdoorConcerts #OpenAirMusic #CulturalMusic #NativeMusic #SaanichParks

#MosstodonMonday

Young #cedar #tree is all dressed in magnificent #mosses & #lichen 💚
One of the lovely sights you can see & admire, while exploring the coastal temperate rainforests in BC.

#Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #nature #wilderness #forest #green #rainforest #ecological #biodiversity #ecosystems #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #BCForestryReform #ProtectForests #ProtectTheWild #NatureFirst #StopDeforestation #TreesAreEarthsLungs #mosstodon

Pixie cup & lipstick #lichens & #liverwort mixed in with assorted #mosses. Super green microworlds 💚
Just another ecological component of a healthy & biodiverse, coastal temperate rainforest ecosystem on #Wsanec territory.

#Saanich #nature #mosstodon #lichensubscribe #forest #green #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #VictoriaBC #YYJ #WorldInMyEyes #ecosystem #biodiversity #botanical #NaturalTextures #SilentSunday

Dead #trees are not wasted timber dollars - they are sources of food for literally thousands of beings in a #forest #ecosystem, from tiny microscopic beings to insectivorous birds. Standing dead trees are known as snags, while a fallen dead trees are nurse logs. A cut or natural stump can serve the same #ecological function as a #NurseStump.

Nature wastes nothing. If there is a nutrient source to be had, there is a being to benefit from it. Nurse logs, standing snags & nurse stumps play hosts to all sorts of mosses, lichens, fungi, insects & arthropods, many hidden deep inside, as well as other living beings that prey on them.

Nurse #stumps are still deeply rooted; new plant, tree & fungi life grows out of their tops. Nurse stumps & dead stumps that have no new growth atop are like anchor systems for living trees growing in forests. You destabilize the ecosystem when you remove them from their natural #environment.

#NaturalistNotes #Educational #VancouverIsland #nature #wilderness #GetOutside #photography #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Cascadia #VanIsle #mosstodon #Wsanec #CommunityForest #ForestStewardship #ForestProtection #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #YYJ #ProtectTrees #SaveForests #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #BCForestryReform #Degrowth

#ThickTrunkTuesday
Magnificent #OldGrowth red #cedar #tree 😍

#AncientTree #ElderTree #Wsanec #Saanich #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #YYJ #PNW #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #Trees #Nature #SaveOldGrowth #CarbonSinks #AncientForest #ProtectForests #WorthMoreStanding #StopDeforestation #TreesOverGreed #TreesAreEarthsLungs #ClimateChange #Ecology #ecosystems #Environment #forest #BCForestryReform #CedarTreeOfLife

I had an excellent morning meeting at Burnside Gorge Community Assn. I got a small tour of their community event spaces inside the building. I'll be covering their Halloween event on October 24th. We will also be discussing accessibility in near future as well. I'll also be documenting their popular community Christmas hampers for local families program & their annual family friendly, free community Christmas event.

#Lekwungen #Wsanec #VictoriaBC #YYJ #CommunityCentre #CommunityBuilders #CommunityPartners #NonProfit #ContributeToCommunity #CommunityCollaboration

This #buoy looks like a giant #RedPill 😆

#VancouverIsland #ocean #Wsanec #Saanich #nautical #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #VictoriaBC #mariners #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #Sailing #WorldInMyEyes #PacificOcean #CadboroBay #RoyalVictoriaYachtClub

Seen while sailing.
Fried egg #jellyfish.

#VancouverIsland #Scyphozoa #nature #SalishSea #Wsanec #ocean #marine #CadboroBay #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #WorldInMyEyes #NaturePhotos #MarineBiology #Nautical #UnderTheSea #SeaCreatures #wildlife #PacificOcean

Shots from the car, en route to marina.

#Saanich #CadboroBay #Wsanec #OnTheRoad #VintageTruck

Please come out & join me & my friends at the 4th annual #IYAḴT #Indigenous #MusicFestival! It will be great fun! Bring your friends & family!

A #free 2 night event for Indigenous & non-Indigenous folks. Celebrate #IndigenousPerformers from across #VancouverIsland who will be performing folk, rock, hip hop & more.
Craft & food vendors on site as well.

Location: #HamptonPark

Friday, July 26 from 6:00 to 8:00pm

6:00-6:15pm Welcome & #Esquimalt
#Drummers & Dancers
6:15-6:45pm A.N.S.W.E.R Drum Group
7:00-8:00pm OTR (Off the Reservation)

Saturday, July 27 from 4:00 to 8:00pm

4:00-4:20 Welcome & #Lekwungen #TraditionalDancers
4:30-5:30 Gary Petterson
5:45-6:30 Paint the Town Red
6:50-8:00 Myc Sharratt

#Wsanec #Saanich #IndigenousMusicians #IndigenousTalent #IndigenousLed #NativeMusicians #YYJevents #YYJFreeEvents #SaanichParks #FamilyFriendly #AccessibleEvent #AllAges #InclusiveEvent #VictoriaBC #IndigenousEvents #TourismBC #TourismVanvouverIsland #IndigenousCulture #VancouverIslandEvents #VanIsle #CoastSalish #PacificNorthwest #PNW #FirstNations #YYJ #NativeCulture #Grassroots #CommunityCulture #IndigenousBC

#IndianGhostPipe - #MonotropaUniflora

Herbaceous, #perennial flowering plant.

It can't generate its own chlorophyll & is #parasitic - specifically #mycoheterotroph. Its #symbiotic #fungi hosts are in the #Russulaceae family.

Through the fungal web of #mycorrhizae, #GhostPipe roots sap food from where the host fungi are connected to the #photosynthetic #trees. Clustered node roots of this plant are covered in hairs called #cystidium. The #cystidia found on these roots allow easy attachment to #FungiHyphae. As it's not dependent on sunlight to grow, it can grow in very dark environments, like understories of forests.

#Indigenous #Cherokee peoples feature the "pipe plant" in some of their #CreationStories. The legend states that the plant was named "Indian pipe" due to a group of chiefs quarreling without resolution, while passing a pipe around during the dispute; the Great Spirit then turned the chiefs into the plant, as they should have smoked the sacred pipe after making peace with each other. The plant is said to grow wherever friends have quarreled.

Native to #PacificNorthwest & a few other areas too.

#NotAFungi #PlantIdentification #PlantLovers #ParasiticPlants #InterestingPlants #Wsanec #Saanich #PNW #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #cascadia #LearnAboutPlants #Bloomscrolling #StrangeFlowers #ForestPlants #YYJ #Nature #WildPlants #NativePlants

#EightSpottedSkimmer #dragonfly

Native to #PacificNorthwest area.

Dragonflies are one of nature's insect indicators. They're only seen in healthy ecosystems.

#Nature #insects #Skimmers #FlyingInsects #entomology #DragonflyIdentification #InsectIdentification #Wsanec #Saanich #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #Cascadia #PNW #BCNativeInsects

Visuals of some local, suburban #rewilding efforts in #RoyalOak. Much of the area has been heavily developed. There's lots of fab rewilding work being done in some areas - almost all due to local volunteers/nature stewards & kind donations from public.

The efforts have paid off, after several decades of community volunteer efforts. Many wildlife & pollinators have safer habitat to live in. There's enough food for them to share in rewilded areas.

#VancouverIsland #nature #botanical #PollinatorGardens #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #GrowPlantsNotLawns #PlantLovers #meadows #AntiLawns #ClimateAction #GardeningForTheClimate #ClimateConsciousGardening

#GeraniumNodosum - Knotted #Cranesbill
#PapaverCambricum - Welsh #Poppy
#HelleborusUshba - Ushba #Hellebore
#StachysByzantina - Lamb's Ear

#VancouverIsland #nature #botanical #PollinatorGardens #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #NatureLovers #YYJ #PNW #VanIsle #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification #bloomscrolling #florespondence #PlantLovers #flowers

#Pulsatilla #alpina #seeds head
#CoralBells
Dwarf #Alyssum
#ChinaPink / #DianthusChinensis

#pasqueflower #AlpineAnemone #herbaceous #perennials #bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGarden #WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #VictoriaBC #Gardening #Zone8 #YYJ #Spring #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #botanical #PlantIdentification #FlowersIdentification

Additional #FoodGarden photos.

My red #lettuce is massive 👩‍🌾

#FoodPlants #FoodSecurity #GrowingFood #GrowYourOwnFood #plants #Gardening #GrownFromSeed #Zone8 #Saanich #YYJ #GrowFoodNotLawns #VictoriaBC #FoodGrowers #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #EdibleGardening #PlantsYouCanEat #FoodGarden #VanIsle #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodShareFood #Chives #SnapPeas #RedCurrants #RedLettuce

#FlashbackFriday

#Shipwreck at #CadboroBay beach.

#Wsanec #Saanich #VancouverIsland #boat #Abandoned #VanIsle #marine #PacificNorthwest #PNW #SalishSea #WorldInMyEyes

Water lilies foliage 💚

#NupharVariegatum is the yellow pond lily that's native to BC. The leaves are usually seen floating on water. The lake levels are very low right now. Hundreds of leaves are seen sticking out of water.

#WetlandsConservation #WaterLilies #Leaves #foliage #green #wetlands #marsh #riparianZone #ecology #ecosystem #greenbelt #nature #conservation #Wsanec #Saanich #VictoriaBC #YYJ #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia