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A young black bear looking for salmon on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Interesting to observe them (from a safe and respectful distance) and see their different characters. This young bear had the attitude of a teenager, challenging the alpha bear in the group and trying to get salmon from others.

#wildlife #photography #photographie #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife #bears

Black bear standing on a rock near a river.

A dust lichen on a tree trunk. Lepraria inana. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/11/green-dust.html #VancouverIsland #Lichens #NaturePhotography #LichenSubscribe

Pale green lichen covers the bark of a tree. It has the texture of a dust bunny; bubbles and bumps and smears. This lichen is composed of tiny balls of algae wrapped in fungal hyphae (hair-thin threads). A few leafy structures at upper right are another lichen, Cladonia sp., as is the erect stalk at lower right, a fruiting body of that same Cladonia.

A dust lichen on a tree trunk. Lepraria inana. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/11/green-dust.html #VancouverIsland #Lichens #NaturePhotography #LichenSubscribe

A sea otter (Enhydra lutris) emerges from the sea after looking for crabs and clams in a kelp bed. I was sitting on a rocky outcrop on the edge of the water hoping that it would come closer so I could get a clear shot with my telephoto lens.

#SeaOtters #wildlife #photography #photographie #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

Sea otter poking its head out the water after a dive looking for crabs or clams.

A couple seals checking things out. #sidney #vancouverisland #britishcolumbia

Summer 2024.
#PacheedahtBeach in #PortRenfrew on #VancouverIsland in #BritishColumbia #Canada.

#Westcoast #wilderness #PacheedahtTerritory #PacificCircleRoute #WildBC #landscape #FreshAirFriday #ocean #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW

Beach landscape with a gray, misty sky and blue water. A light-colored, sandy beach stretches horizontally, in front of a line of trees and low mountains, partially obscured by the mist. The ocean water occupies the foreground.

This is one of my favourite photos of mushrooms taken in one of my favourite places for photography. That forest never disappoints. There are black bears, beavers, river otters, minks, barred owls, bald eagles, herons, red-tailed hawks, and many other bird species. That's where I go when I need a break. Pack a lunch, water bottle and my camera.

I hope you have the chance to go outside this weekend.

#FungiFriday #nature #photography #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia

Dozens of little brown mushrooms grouped together on green grass. There is dew on the grass and a small maple leaf is resting on the side of the cluster of mushrooms. Photo taken at ground level.

#Hands at work. Chopping up #garlic & #carrots.

From yesterday's #Soup stocks making, free #community #workshop with North Park Community Assn.
https://npna.ca/programs-initiatives/

#Cooking #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #FoodPrep #Teamwork #Kitchen #FoodSafe #SoupMaking

A three-panel composite image showcasing food preparation, with hands in clear plastic gloves holding knives and cutting garlic and carrots on cutting boards. The top right shows a carrot being trimmed, the lower right panel shows carrots being chopped, and the lower left panel shows garlic being cut up.

"Use one thumb sized piece of ginger."

We found a perfect thumb sized piece of #ginger that also resembled a thumb 😊👍

From yesterday's #Soup stocks making, free #community #workshop with North Park Community Assn.
https://npna.ca/programs-initiatives/

#Cooking #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland

Close-up of a person's gloved hand holding a piece of dried plant root, possibly ginger, wrapped in a clear plastic bag, with two other people and kitchen equipment in the blurry background.

My #photos #slideshow from #Soup stocks making, free #community #workshop with North Park Community Assn.
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/olBGHBGfh8I

https://npna.ca/programs-initiatives/

I'm an old school #GenX punk rocker & used the #DeadKennedys Soup is Good Food song for my slideshow ☺️

#Cooking #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland

#Soup stocks making, free #community #workshop with North Park Community Assn.
https://npna.ca/programs-initiatives/

#Cooking #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland

Two women in a commercial kitchen setting hold up small, filled, white mesh bags. The woman on the left, wearing eyeglasses and a gray sweater, smiles and raises a bag towards the camera while wearing clear gloves. Me, on the right, wearing a "AnarchoSocialist" hat and sequin mask, also holds a bag, wearing a Palestinian scarf and embroidered flower Asian earrings. A cutting board with a knife and chopped vegetables is on the counter in the foreground.

Three smiling women posing in a kitchen, with me, in the center wearing a sequined face mask, giving a thumbs up, with the other two smiling and one wearing a clear glove, kitchen cabinets and appliances in the background.

Earlier, before we started cooking in the pots.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/7o02haAACdw

#Soup stocks making, free #community #workshop with North Park Community Assn.
https://npna.ca/programs-initiatives/

#Cooking #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland

I like all the different textures and colours of these trees and plants in a marsh in Cumberland, BC. It reminds me of pointillism.

J'aime bien les différentes textures et couleurs des arbres et des plantes dans ce marécage. Ça me rappelle le pointillisme.

#LandscapePhotography #nature #photographie #photography #Cumberland #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

A marsh with dry yellow grass in the foreground and different types of bushes and trees in the background. Some have small yellow leaves, others have small green leaves, some bush have red branches, one tall tree is covered by lichen. There is a lot of texture from the vegetation.

California #poppies.

#Bloomscrolling #flowers #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #perennials #botanical #florespondence #plants #monochrome #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #photography #BWCA #BWphoto #sepia

Two California poppy buds with white petals, stems, and flower bases, set against a blurred background, appear in a sepia-toned close-up. The focus is on the poppy buds, which have unique shapes.

One of favourites from my little trip to Tofino this last weekend. It was perfect weather while we were there. This is from Cox Bay.

#tofino #vancouverisland #photography

Black and white of beach with surfer walking out of the water with their board.

Meanwhile on Vancouver Island, fern grows on moss-covered trees...

#nature #photographie #photography #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #FernFriday #mosstodon #VancouverIslandWildlife

Here's our #LifecyclesProjectSociety numbers for our 2025 season:

Total #harvest: 64,691lbs

Total (A-Grade) donated to 75+ service agencies though the #FoodShare Network: 32,883lbs.

Total kept by pickers and harvest leads: 14,245lbs.

Total kept by stewards: 4,460lbs.

Total used by Lifecycles for fruit processing & pressing: 7,240lbs.

Total compost (none to the landfill!): 5863lbs.

https://lifecyclesproject.ca/

#WorkLife #Teamwork #LifecyclesProjectSociety #FoodSecurity #FruitProcessing #Esquimalt #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #nonprofit #RescuedFruit #FoodRescue #FoodEquity #FeedingCommunity #FruitTreeProject #nonprofit

Me, with rainbow-colored hair and a purple hat that says "NOT FLIRTING JUST AUTISTIC" holds two apples in front of several cardboard boxes of apples, outside of LifeCycles office.

Started out using a coleman camping cooler lol!
“The recipe traces back to an early experiment by former sales manager Rick Adam, who first tested smoke flow using a modified Coleman camping cooler – a trial that eventually evolved into the specialized smoke room the company uses today.
The final product is smoked with locally sourced Vancouver Island wood, lending it what the company calls a distinctive “West-Coast flavour.””

#Courtenay #Comox #VancouverIsland

https://cheknews.ca/island-cheesemaker-wins-gold-only-western-producer-recognized-at-world-cheese-awards-1291537/

Mama bear and her cub on the shore on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. They were looking for something to eat.

#wildlife #photography #photographie #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife #bears