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I travelled out to the centre of the eclipse (which for me was the Mégantic region close to the boarder of Main) and got to witness a spectacular view of the mountains and the eclipse.

It was so eerie hearing all the birds erupt into trills and calls as the light dimmed with the growing cold and then the sudden hush as everything went dark. It was so dark a few stars and planets could be seen. Really a one of a kind experience I will never forget.

#eclipse #eclipse 2024 #appalachia

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Beautiful raven I encountered on a bike ride. One of my favourite birds.

#backyard birds #bird photography #raven #birding

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Celebrating world migratory bird day with some new friends coming in from their winter vacation

These friends include: the great egret

And here she is again fine dining with crow

Next we have the lovely eastern kingbird of the tyrannical flycatchers

And finally the red-winged black bird singing his heart away. If you pause and listen maybe you too can hear him on the spring breeze

#great egret #world migratory bird day #birds #eastern kingbird #red-winged black bird #birding

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Some snap shots of a little Vermont adventure

Bonus Pharaoh found in a Vermont cemetery (gave him a little coin offering)

#vermont #photography #exploration #mountains

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I love driving around and finding ✨weird ass structure✨ and going to investigate. Found this bad boy in Stansted, Qc.

Some days when you’re on the road you want to stop for a ritual along with your coffee to get you through the long drive. Beseech the old gods etc. etc.

Self care is laying down in the centre of a stone ring and watching the clouds pass.

#adventure #stone circle #oooh what is this thing #winter

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Visited the peat bog up in parc Frontinac some weeks ago and forgot I wanted to slap that in here.

It was so pretty, walking through silent forests blanketed emerald moss and still pools of clear and tranquil waters. The thick conifer forests start to thin the closer to the peat bogs you get until green moss slowly is exchanged for rusty sphagnum.

The trees here are thin and become loose in rank the further out into the soft peat that stretches out far into the distance.

Hidden gems lay hidden, nestled within the humid moss and decaying foliage like this purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea). The peat bog is a rich ecosystem harbouring beautiful orchids and hungry carnivores plants.

It was a beautiful hike and once the spring comes, I will return again with the blooming of the orchids.

#peat bogs #Quebec #hiking #exploring #adventure #plants

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Kicking off this blog/journal entry with this lovely abandoned church in Montreal. There’s something slightly otherworldly when you find yourself amongst the bones of forgotten buildings in the deepening dusk. The sun has set literally and figuratively on this place of worship.

These empty hallways call to me yet I fear the answers that lie therein.

#montreal #why do I do this to myself I’m literally afraid of the dark #exploration