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I had the privilege of helping out one of our resident male Anna’s hummingbird, PeeWee, the other day. It had been a cool rainy day and I saw him sitting at the feeder looking unwell, and he sat for what seemed a long time, and disheveled looking. He didn’t even chirp at me when I got up closer to the opened door as he usually does. I saw him feed slowly but then squirt (diarrhea like) then he’d try to take off but dropped down and hit the patio glass railing and fell into my potted hydrangea pot was fluttering. I made the decision to go check up on him, he was fluttering frantically and then stopped, all splayed out in the pot, unable to get out and seemed stunned. Being that they can walk, there was no where to perch and not enough wide area to take off in his condition. I was worried, so made the call to picked him up gently and protect him from getting hurt, or hurt further. He was damp, and I could feel him seeming a bit limp. I went and got the tea towel to lightly shelter my hand and him to keep him warm. I think maybe he somehow ran out of steam and was cold from being a bit unwell. For a few minutes he sat in my loosely cupped hand with his translucent tongue pertruding out. After those minutes I started to feel warmth coming from him and more vibrations and his tongue moved a bit, so I let go of my hand and put my hand held nectar feeder to his beak. He seemed to have taken a sip. In another minute when I opened the tea towel up, he took flight up, hovered to the side of me, then took off out the patio door, maneuvered over the railing without issue, though still a little sluggish in speed. Hopefully he had recovered fully. I saw him later on at the feeder, phew! All is well again.

I checked the towel I had him in, he def had as bout of the squirts, maybe having eaten some spoiled nectar elsewhere or the store bought. Then I went back to check the planter and found this one tail feather of his. A lovely memorabilia of this encounter. He was so petite and stunning. When he was splayed out his feathers all were shimming the electric green and magenta, breathtakingly beautiful. I still can’t believe I had him in my hand, trusting me to care for him. ❤️

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from when I lived in Zhuhai, China for just under a year, and this was one of the condominium common area pool. I had lived sitting at this bench to just absorb the view, despite there being a street just in behind it. So lush, my favorite colours

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A bonny morning it was today; happy that I was able to get out for a pre-work walk to enjoy some vitamin D, light ocean breeze, bird song and the serene water view

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Be a nature and wildlife ambassador so that you can help to protect what you enjoy. Educate others. Together we can make sure we coexist with nature and wildlife with respect and harmony to build sustainability and legacy

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My newish dog niece, Farrah. Today was an unexpected treat to get to catch up with my sister and spend time with this young adult fur ball. I met Farrah twice last year when she was under one year old, and found I was very allergic to her. Now that she’s out of puppy phase, I’m less allergic to her. Yay! Still asthmatic, but minor! And none of the itchy sinus or eyes. Sweet!

She’s shown me much love, lots of gentle nose kisses, paw on my hand or arm to hold and lick. A lovely gift of love. Super smart girl, I look forward to being able to hang out with her around more.❤️ She reminds me of a snow ?… Lol

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Found a variety of fungi that I had never seen before ❤️? Does anyone know what the name for these are? They’re so pretty! Like ornate vintage buttons… Loved our forest walk today despite very few mushrooms to be found, too cold I suspect. I had the pleasure of so many dogs that came upto me on their own to say hello, lush greens, Pacific wrens happily singing, and freshest of tree scented air

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Pic1: The faces of those who make up the annual gathering at Frenchman Coulee… ages range from 45 to 70+. The shared laughter, stories, and new experiences.
2: The ever windy trek over the Vantage Bridge
3: Dana, my fur friend
4: View from above the plateau down into Sunshine Gullies
5: View down onto Frenchman Coulee and the basin to the right where the camping area is. You can see my orange tent in the top right corner.
6: View from Frenchman Coulee over to the Columbia River basins, and see if you can spot the baby marmot on the rock nearby.
7: The morning after 18hrs of terrible winds, which also blasts silica along it (free facial micro dermabrasion anyone?), still gusting and storm clouds move in. We’re in a traffic jam, waiting for crews to clear the road debris from an earlier accident.
8: Snow fall on Snoqualmie Pass.
9: our rain set-up
10: Glorious sunshine and misty morning. And envying camper vans.
This trip’s experiences included a few firsts, such as seeing the landscape so lush as never before, seeing marmots up close and having their babies come out to hang out while we tested nearby, the crazy winds actually made us retreat back to the PNW and rain for the last night, witnessed the aftermath of what the wind gusts can do to a tractor trailer (unfortunately 2 lives were lost), encountering snow driving through the Snoqualmie Pass while making our way to camp out the last two nights in Birch Bay State Park, and camping through 12 hours straight of rain from noon till midnight… Awaking the next morning to sunshine.

I made a dog friend, Dana, whose family travelled from Creston, BC to climb. She’s a Aussie Shepard mix and she made her rounds with every campsite, choosing to hangout even longer during dinnertime, lol. She was so awesome though, very obedient as she followed my commands, and a food hound (no handouts from us) with a wagging nose! Too cute

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The abundance of flora from the cooler and wetter spring… Mother nature replenishes the landscape post wild fires from the year(s) before.

It was a beautiful contrast to see the new lush growth surrounding the black burnt trees left behind… For the first time in the many years I’ve done this annual trip, we saw lush green lawn-like grass growing! All the grass nibblers were enjoying the tender growth.

I had never expected in this climate to see mushroom growth, but they were plenty, esp. flourishing in thr small holes dug by either wild rabbits or marmots. The variety of lichen and in technicolour patterns were interesting and such eye candies. The wildlife was in abundance too… We’ve spotted at least 3 marmot dens with wee ones foraging, heard many coyotes with young ones yelping and howling at night. Had many a cute desert mice running our feet, including juvenile one which took their time to be curious. Otherwise plenty of mice, we also heard owls out hunting after the mouse came out at dark. Rich and abundant wildlife, a lovely contrast to two springs ago when it was so quiet, with very few wildlife sightings. So happy to have experienced this lush spring in an otherwise arid landscape

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