nature_jcp @nature_jcp@qoto.org

Gorgeous day for a drive southeast of #ottawa

I'm sitting in the screen shelter almost asleep, when I notice this chipmunk on the edge of the flower bed has beaten me to it.

Visited the #CapitalUkrainianFestival in #Ottawa today. Immensely affecting display of doors damaged during #UkraineRussiaWar. Came home and donated (again) to #RedCrossCanada

Beautiful drifts of flowering creeping thyme are taking over this neighbour's lawn. She loves it because it needs no watering and stays short without mowing.

I'm going to claim this butterfly as a Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis) although it could also be an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus).

Odawa Pow Wow, wonderful to be back!

Horse chestnut blossom.

Lovely walk in a gentle but constant rain.

The size of these bumblebees is amazing!

Always heartening to get confirmation that a new addition to the garden has survived its first winter. Acer palmatum dissectum "Tamukeyama" budding out nicely.

Anthropologist discovers abandoned early jewelry workshop.

Lichens and a tiny millipede (ca. 1.3 cm).

Look carefully, a White-Breasted Nuthatch is looking carefully at me. #Ottawa #DewberryTrail

Apparently the other side of the street has power. #Ottawa #IceStorm2023

After a dump of new snow yesterday, today it's sunny and 2C (feels like 8C) so I brought my #knitting out into a corner of sunshine.

Dear snow plow guys, I don't think this is the pavement. Oh, never mind, you found it.

Had the tree guy in today to thin out our sugar maple. He trimmed off a small branch with this gorgeous frilly boll. East #Ottawa peeps needing a good tree guy, DM me.

There was some freezing rain during the day yesterday, followed by snow.

Shadows and twigs.

You could ski down this evergreen tree.