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🍃 Seeing beauty in everyday nature
👻 Creator of ‘Grimwood’: Video series on folklore, urban legends, and spooky tales.
Southwestern ON 🇨🇦
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Another sign of spring - the chorus frogs are out! 🐸
April 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Signs of spring. Rain and puddles sure but also the skunk cabbage coming up quickly.
Duck Toller dog on wooden walking bridge. Back of Duck Toller dog walking along wooden boardwalk in spring. Raining and puddles. Skunk cabbage beginning to unfurl.
April 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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The depth of snow ❄️
Evergreens heavy with snow. A path veers to the right. Otherwise the snow in front of the trees is untouched.
February 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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A group of snowshoers (and a dog!) seen today on hike 9 of my #52hikechallenge - a 2.9k snowshoe. Another beautiful day to get outside!
A group of snowshoes and a small dog with a red jacket cross a large expanse of snow with a forest in the background.
February 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Today is National Flag Day in Canada and I think I spent it in a fitting way - skating on an outdoor trail on top of Blue Mountain 🇨🇦 I haven’t been skating in 2 years so I had a big grin a lot of the time. And while this wasn’t hiking, I’m counting it as “hike” 8 of the #52hikechallenge.
February 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Have you ever heard of a wind phone? It’s a phone without a dial tone installed on a nature trail. You use to connect with a deceased love one.

This wind phone is at the Ausable River Cut Conservation Area just outside of Port Franks, Ontario. I think it’s a beautiful idea.
February 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Between shopping and sushi got in a short but beautiful 3.3k hike on the Grand Valley Trail. A crisp but sunny day for hike 6 of the #52hikechallenge. ☃️☀️
winter landscape featuring a snow-covered trail leading to a wooden bridge. The bright sun shines in a clear blue sky, casting long shadows on the snow. A frozen body of water stretches into the distance, surrounded by leafless trees. Two people in dark winter clothing are seen walking near the edge of the ice.
February 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I love how hiking forces your mind to focus on the present. On this trail, step after sideways step down the hill. #hiking
A snow-covered forest trail winding through tall evergreen trees, with branches dusted in fresh snow. The sky above is a soft mix of blue and white, with faint snowflakes falling, creating a peaceful winter scene.
January 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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A frozen and snow covered Ausable River Cut on my hike today. #ausablerivercut
tree-covered ridge and a frozen body of water in the foreground.
January 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Sunset walk to film my next episode of #grimwood. Crisp and cold at -13C/8F. Weather that makes you feel alive!
winter scene featuring a snow-covered landscape with bare trees, a rustic log building, and a soft pastel-colored sky at sunset. A picnic shelter with snow on its roof is visible in the foreground A close-up of a log cabin covered in snow during the winter. The scene captures a vibrant sunset, with colorful clouds in the background and bare trees surrounding the cabin. Woman smiling with toque on snowy path
January 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Hike #3 of the #52hikechallenge. 5.75 km on a new trail for me - the Vansittart Woods in Woodstock, Ontario. A nice easy trail (although crunchy with snow and ice). I loved the signs they had to tell hikers to stay on the trail. #hiking #hikingadventures
Sign in a snowy, grassy area reading, ‘We don’t walk on your food, please don’t walk on ours! Please stay on the trail. Thanks, The Deer,’ featuring an illustration of a deer and a deer hoof print. Sign in a snowy forest reading, ‘We don’t jump on your head, please don’t stomp on ours! Please watch your step and stay on the trail. Thanks, The Frogs,’ with an illustration of a frog and a frog footprint. A smiling woman outdoors on a snowy day, wearing a blue knit hat, black winter coat with a fur-lined hood, and a teal backpack. The background features snow-covered ground and blurred trees. Close-up of bird tracks in the snow, showing small, distinct three-pronged footprints against a white, snowy surface.
January 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Hike #2 of the #52hikechallenge. A wee 3.1k hike in the woods in an area I was visiting this weekend. Today was the perfect snowy winter day. And after, I was glad to get home to Marco who missed me and is cuddly.
January 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Tonight’s sunset 🌅
January 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Hike 1 of the #52hikechallenge. Patterson CA in SW Ontario. 3.6k.
A rustic wooden cabin with a snow-dusted roof stands amidst a winter landscape. A large tree with bare branches is in the foreground, partially obscuring the cabin. Sparse snow covers the ground, with evergreen trees in the background under a pale sky.
January 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Facing the day.
Canada goose standing at the edge of gentle waves on a sandy beach, with the golden light of sunset reflecting off the water and highlighting the rippling waves.
December 29, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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Walking the Lake Erie beach.
Beach scene with gentle waves washing ashore on a sandy coastline. In the distance, a lone figure walks along the shoreline under a cloudy sky. Cliffs covered in sparse, leafless trees line the horizon.
December 28, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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Only ran into two birders. Quiet time amidst the business of the holiday.

#naturelovers #naturephotography
wetland landscape with bare trees in the background, calm water with a log in the water, and scattered snow patches on the foreground vegetation and shoreline.
December 24, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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Winter minimal on my drive home. #winterdays
A view of a snowy field and trees. The bare trees are left-centered, standing starkly against a backdrop of a dense, shadowy evergreen forest under a soft, cloudy sky. A black-and-white winter landscape featuring an open snowy field with a distant treeline. A small group of bare trees stands prominently in front of the darker pine forest under an overcast sky.
December 19, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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Tall, dark and deciduous 😁 #trees
Silhouette of tall, bare trees against a moody, overcast sky.
December 18, 2024 at 2:13 AM
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Louring: look dark and threatening (related to the sky, weather or landscape). #logophile
Black and white image of an old, weathered church with peeling paint and an aging steeple. Bare trees surround the building.
December 14, 2024 at 9:38 PM
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Animal highway! #animaltracks
December 13, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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Christmas “sleigh” ride! #christmastradition
Evening horse-drawn carriage ride surrounded by festive lights and a cheerful crowd
December 11, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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Misslieness (n.): A feeling of loneliness caused by the absence of something or someone who is usually around. (Scottish)

From: ‘A Winter Dictionary”, Paul Anthony Jones

#logophile #winterwords #wintertime
A black-and-white photo of a snow-covered landscape with a small, fenced graveyard in the foreground. The graveyard contains a few tombstones, surrounded by bare, leafless trees. The background is shrouded in mist, with faint silhouettes of distant trees and a forest edge visible.
December 10, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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Hemel (n.): A freezing fog.

From, “A Winter Dictionary”, Paul Anthony Jones

#winterwords #winter #logophile
Snow-covered rural road lined with leafless trees fading into a misty, foggy background, creating a serene and minimalist winter scene.
December 9, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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Beware the watchful eyes of the Yule Cat 🐾 This towering feline isn’t just a festive myth—it reflects the cultural values of preparedness and resourcefulness during harsh winters. Will your new clothes keep you safe?

#grimwood #folklore #yulecat #icelandictales #spookystories #winterlegends
December 8, 2024 at 6:46 PM