It used to be said that the American dream included owning a house with a white picket fence. By osmosis, it has been the Canadian dream too. It’s a wonderful idea to own a piece of land on which to design

After a brief detour, I finally got back on track and followed the trail along the northern shore of the city. In the early part of the highly urbanized path, the ocean is not all that visible, but in

I was passing along one particular neighbourhood following a trail on the north shore, when I came across an intriguing idea called a mini-forest. What is a mini-forest? According to the info-board beside

The map app clearly marked and tracked the path that I was to take in this carefully planned urban hike on the north shores of the city. I made it to the starting point, more or less, double-checked the

I live in the Great White North, very far away from lands where Alpacas roam free. As you can imagine, I haven't had many opportunities to enjoy some alpaca time, or commune with the mighty llamas, which

The street cat population appears to be a problem on the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico. There were multiple signs throughout the old city warning about the government's plans to reduce their population.

Scientific illustrations are fascinating to me because they can summarize great amounts of information at a glance, as long as they’re accurate. They also look cool when you add some design stylings that

I had the pleasure of visiting a sunflower farm last year on the outskirts of town, where they had extensive fields of sunflowers in full bloom. They also had many other types of flowers such as dahlias,

Winter sees the arrival of migrating species and residents that remain in the relatively balmy seashores along the Pacific. I caught a dashing group of Barrow's Goldeneye that were swimming along the shore

I spotted a couple of harbour seals swimming around in the waves at sunset. Unless they’re lying on a log or rocky shore somewhere, they’re challenging to photograph because they’re excellent swimmers

In the fall, when the temperatures begin to drop in the northern hemisphere, plants react immediately to the change, and all too soon they lose their flowers and leaves then enter their long metabolic

Technically, it is still winter on this western end of the country, but in contrast to the eastern regions, it has been a relatively warm winter with only a few minutes of snow. Migratory birds are returning,

I recently created an AI animated piece to discuss one quirky thing that happens when people are disoriented: they walk in circles. When there are no reliable cues to navigate an environment, humans can

Should this tree collapse, it will fall off a cliff and down to a river below. It makes me wonder how it grew this way in the first place. Perhaps from a fallen tree that still had some fight in it. Nature

Sparrow followed her uncle Deertooth across the forest and into the gathering place at the foot of the mountains. She was careful not to make any sounds as she followed him through the dense foliage and

I enjoy seeing the differences in urban wild life between countries. I was fascinated by one particular bird during a trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico. These birds are fast, smart, and sport stealthy black

If you’re the adventurous type who thinks that sticking bolts on the side of a mountain to put a walkway and enjoy the wonders of nature while thrillingly defying certain death among the rocks below is

Winter sports are all the rage right now, and I decided to play around with Seedance 1 Lite (via PeakD AI) to generate video of a skate in motion. I used Google Nano Banana (also available via PeakD) to

The romance between flowers and insects began millions of years ago, as soon as flowers appeared on the scene, flashing their pollinated goods, and the game was on. Flowers and insects co-evolved to develop

Charles Darwin called the quick and sudden rise of flowering plants 130 million years ago an "abominable mystery." This aromatic explosion is strange because there appears to be no obvious ancestor.