@labyrinths

Last weekend, we observed **[World Labyrinth Day](https://www.worldlabyrinthday.org/wld-2025)**. This is an annual event that takes place on the 1st Saturday in May every year, in…

One of the benefits to having my home office with a ground floor window that faces onto the back yard is that I get a front and center view to much of our local wildlife. Because …

From a birding perspective, we has a somewhat exciting afternoon the other day when a group of Cedar Waxwings *(Bombycilla cedrorum)* came through our area. They seem to be sporad…

One of the the things I like most about summertime is the opportunity to watch some of nature's *smallest* creatures. After a rather long, cold and wet spring and early summer, we…

Been away from bloggish things for a while, but with spring slowly turning into summer, we're spending more time outside, and so it's time to get the camera out again and see where…

Been away from doing much photography, and even from blogging for a while... Happy New Year, everyone! We had a recent extreme cold and snow week, and brings out a lot of birds. …

Because we have had a couple of crisp and beautiful autumn days, we have been going for walks around a local pond/lagoon more often. There are some nice walking trails, and severa…

Yesterday, we went out to one of our large forests to see if we could find any chanterelle mushrooms — it is now close to peak season for them, and since we have had some good rain…

We have quite a large *"extended family group"* of crows in our neighborhood. Our crows are all-black Northwestern Crows *(Corvus caurinus),* and they are a noisy and often curious…

We went for a walk in one of our local parks a couple of days back, on what was a very *still* and sunny autumn day. This particular park surrounds a *"lake"* of sorts, that is ac…

On the wall of our garden shed next to the garage, we have a birdhouse box that has been frequented by House Martins *(Delichon urbicum)* for about six years now. After many years…

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Although we live by the water, it's a sheltered bay, rather than the *"real"* ocean. A few times a year we like to pile in the car and drive the appropriately two hours it takes t…

When I think about the title of this challenge I often think about the word *"amazing"* and how to embody that in what I post here. What does amazing really mean? What does it mea…

<center>  </center> People are beginning to wake up en masse. I see it everywhere. Ever growing pockets of humanit…

Time to get outside and see what's happening in the natural world *right now;* which is a large part of why I like this particular challenge! This is my entry for the **[Amazing N…

A couple of days ago, we had a very colorful visitor in the garden, and I was fortunate enough to have my camera along to snap a few quick photos before this little fellow moved on…

One of the things I really enjoy about photography challenges is the opportunity to get outside *NOW* to see what's there! Although there are 1,000s of images in the archives, I pr…

Spring is a lovely time of the year when the beauty of nature *awakens* after the long cold winter *(depending on where you are)*... I went outside in the sunshine with my camera t…

Since *"the beauty of nature"* is very much a theme that goes hand in hand with labyrinths, I've been looking around the Hive community at some of the different challenges and cont…