Blackcap
@blackcap.name
Citizen of Annares, born on Earth by mistake. Your authoritarian systems suck, Terrans, but I love your rain forests. Could you please respect them more?
Xerocomellus diffractus, the red-cracked bolete. As one photo shows, it often turns blue when bruised or cut.
October 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Xerocomellus diffractus, the red-cracked bolete. As one photo shows, it often turns blue when bruised or cut.
Suillus lakei, matte Jack.
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Suillus lakei, matte Jack.
Eventually, I found the chanterelles I was seeking. But while I was getting cranky about looking and not finding any, I stumbled across this beauty. Hericium abietis, the bear’s head.
October 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Eventually, I found the chanterelles I was seeking. But while I was getting cranky about looking and not finding any, I stumbled across this beauty. Hericium abietis, the bear’s head.
One more from Stein Valley.
September 27, 2025 at 5:48 AM
One more from Stein Valley.
Stein Valley pictographs. Taken last week.
September 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Stein Valley pictographs. Taken last week.
Sitka Mountain-Ash (Sorbus sitchensis), at Mt. Seymour Provincial Park yesterday.
September 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sitka Mountain-Ash (Sorbus sitchensis), at Mt. Seymour Provincial Park yesterday.
Narrowleaf Stephanomeria (Stephanomeria minor). Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, BC.
September 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Narrowleaf Stephanomeria (Stephanomeria minor). Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, BC.
Second batch of jam in as many days. This time, blackberry.
August 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Second batch of jam in as many days. This time, blackberry.
Lilium columbianum, Columbia Lily. Taken a few days ago in Skagit Valley Provincial Park.
July 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Lilium columbianum, Columbia Lily. Taken a few days ago in Skagit Valley Provincial Park.
Kennedy Falls, North Vancouver
June 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Kennedy Falls, North Vancouver
Someone’s dropped keys. What did I do about it? Nothing, absolutely nothing. Did not even touch them. Left them exactly where they fell.
Why? Because their rightful owner will miss them soon enough, then retrace their steps.
Why? Because their rightful owner will miss them soon enough, then retrace their steps.
June 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Someone’s dropped keys. What did I do about it? Nothing, absolutely nothing. Did not even touch them. Left them exactly where they fell.
Why? Because their rightful owner will miss them soon enough, then retrace their steps.
Why? Because their rightful owner will miss them soon enough, then retrace their steps.
Anticipation.
The anticipation of thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus), one of the tastiest of berries. The botanical name of this species is a misnomer due to confusion in a herbarium; parviflorus means “small-flowered,” yet this species has some of the largest flowers of any Rubus.
The anticipation of thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus), one of the tastiest of berries. The botanical name of this species is a misnomer due to confusion in a herbarium; parviflorus means “small-flowered,” yet this species has some of the largest flowers of any Rubus.
June 9, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Anticipation.
The anticipation of thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus), one of the tastiest of berries. The botanical name of this species is a misnomer due to confusion in a herbarium; parviflorus means “small-flowered,” yet this species has some of the largest flowers of any Rubus.
The anticipation of thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus), one of the tastiest of berries. The botanical name of this species is a misnomer due to confusion in a herbarium; parviflorus means “small-flowered,” yet this species has some of the largest flowers of any Rubus.
Penstemon serrulatus, the Cascade Penstemon. 95% sure this is what it is. Not 100% because Penstemon is a huge genus and I didn’t have my technical flora and my hand lens with me at the time.
June 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Penstemon serrulatus, the Cascade Penstemon. 95% sure this is what it is. Not 100% because Penstemon is a huge genus and I didn’t have my technical flora and my hand lens with me at the time.
While camping earlier this week, I disposed of the remains of the mattress foundation that I could not give away.
June 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
While camping earlier this week, I disposed of the remains of the mattress foundation that I could not give away.
And now my bedroom windows have screens, too. My own self-designed attaching system, using Velcro, that allows them to swing open to operate the windows (no fussy wicket screens needed), and which does not involve drilling any holes into the frame.
May 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
And now my bedroom windows have screens, too. My own self-designed attaching system, using Velcro, that allows them to swing open to operate the windows (no fussy wicket screens needed), and which does not involve drilling any holes into the frame.
Spent the whole day making one rat-proof screen for the window that is close to ground level. A royal PITA because metal screening is harder to work with than fibreglass, and it takes an extra level of hardware cloth (custom install needed, standard frames do not accommodate it) to be rodent-proof.
May 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Spent the whole day making one rat-proof screen for the window that is close to ground level. A royal PITA because metal screening is harder to work with than fibreglass, and it takes an extra level of hardware cloth (custom install needed, standard frames do not accommodate it) to be rodent-proof.
Nobody sells full or queen size platform beds, at least nobody I have found (and I did A LOT of searching). So the only way to get one is to make your own. Which I just did.
May 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Nobody sells full or queen size platform beds, at least nobody I have found (and I did A LOT of searching). So the only way to get one is to make your own. Which I just did.
Prosartes hookeri (syn. Disporum hookeri), Hooker’s fairy bells. Named after English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, Charles Darwin’s closest friend.
May 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Prosartes hookeri (syn. Disporum hookeri), Hooker’s fairy bells. Named after English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, Charles Darwin’s closest friend.
Pacific bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) flowers going to seed. A classic sign that spring is passing in northwestern North America.
May 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Pacific bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa) flowers going to seed. A classic sign that spring is passing in northwestern North America.
Ribes bracteosum. It has a derogative common name (stink currant), which I dislike, because it doesn’t “stink” so far as my nose is concerned. It is more woodsy and aromatic. I can think of any number of artificially-scented consumer products that, unlike this plant, truly “stink.”
May 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Ribes bracteosum. It has a derogative common name (stink currant), which I dislike, because it doesn’t “stink” so far as my nose is concerned. It is more woodsy and aromatic. I can think of any number of artificially-scented consumer products that, unlike this plant, truly “stink.”