We had 200mm (8 inches) of rain over a couple of days. Mushrooms are, well, mushrooming everywhere!
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Month: November 2025
blind man
This large bronze statue in the garden at Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts is based on an illustration Beatrice created in 1917—“an insolent, high-stepping stick figure thumbing its nose at the world”—for the cover of the Dadaist magazine, The Blind Man. It was also used on the advertising poster for the Blindman’s Ball that same year. I haven’t been able to find the name of the sculptor; he or she is referred to in several places as “a different artist.”
old time fiddlers
I’ve been wanting to visit the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts for a long time. A rainy day free concert was the impetus to finally go.
birdrise
Watercolour, coloured pencil, crayon, cut paper.
Astraeus
I’m always happy to come across an earthstar, especially in my own backyard.
rainy day collage
cyclops
Accipiter striatus
I thought it was a kestrel, but iNaturalist told me it was a sharp-shinned hawk lying dead beside the main road, its eyes being devoured by ants. I didn’t have any gloves or a bag or anything with which to safely examine it, so I just turned it over with a stick and took some photos.
Suillellus amygdalinus
Fungi season has begun.
waterfall
My niece is visiting; I took her to Sisar Canyon and we hiked further and found a waterfall off a side trail. Magic!
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