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Dorothy Jill Westerman
@djill.bsky.social
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Born in Nova Scotia, live in Canada’s North, entranced by the South Pacific. Alumna of St. F.X. U - B.A., & U of King’s College - B. Journalism. News reporter of community/territorial news. Adore my family, friends, adventure & my Smooth Fox Terrier. 🐕💙
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An #eagle, silhouetted by the morning #sun, sits quietly and observantly on a rock in #Yellowknife Bay, #NorthwestTerritories, #Canada
#photography
#wildlifephotography
#raptor
#apexpredator
#bird
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Good morning from #Canada, friends. Wishing you all a peaceful and enjoyable weekend.
#photographyofBluesky
#photography
#sunrise
#Canadianflag
#NorthernCanada
October 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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A quiet morning on a glassy lake. Autumn in Canada’s North.
#Canada
#NorthernCanada
#lake
#boats
#NWT
#NorthwestTerritories
#autumn
October 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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A ##tipi sits at the edge of a lake on the Ingraham Trail, outside of #Yellowknife, NWT, #Canada.
#autumn
#NorthernCanada
#photography
October 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Hundreds of #seagulls line the shores of the #wetland at Rotary Park in #Yellowknife in preparation for their annual migration south to warmer climates.

#NorthwestTerritories
#Canada
#photography
#landscapephotography
#YellowknifeBay
#GreatSlaveLake
September 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Clouds drift over a sun halo as tourists from a cruise ship walk along the #Halifax, Nova Scotia waterfront boardwalk.
#photography
#NovaScotia
#photographyofBluesky
#Halifaxwaterfront
#Canada
#EastCoast
#sunhalo
August 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Love in all its forms: 🩵🐕
August 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Waiting for morning in 24-hour light. #subArctic #Northern #summer #Leica #photography
#BlueSkyphotography
#SmoothFoxTerrier
#Canada #daylightatnight
#Jett
diffuse light shines through a window in a darkened room
July 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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The early morning serenity of #KyeBay #ComoxValley
#Courtenay #Comox #VancouverIsland #photography #photographyofBluesky #beach #ocean #SalishSea #Pacific #beautifulBC #Canada #Landscapephotography
Kye Bay beach on Vancouver Island
June 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The @cfsnowbirds were practicing over #Comox skies the past week. It’s like watching a ballet performance in the air with an incredibly beautiful backdrop of mountains & ocean.
#snowbirds
#airplanes
#canadiansnowbirds
#ComoxValley
#VancouverIsland
#BC
#PhotographyofBluesky
#cfbsnowbirds
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May 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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The colours of a #WestCoast #sunrise illuminate the landscape.
#ComoxValley
#Royston
#Comox
#Courtenay
#VancouverIsland
#firstlight
#photography
#natgeoyourshot
#islandlife
#Blueskyphotography
#landscapephotography
sunrise over the ocean sunrise over the mountains and sea
May 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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The overwhelmingly lovely sign of spring time in the #Comox Valley is evident everywhere. #Cherry #blossoms, an array of colorful flowers, & happy people enjoying their beautiful island surroundings.
#cherryblossoms
#Courtenay
#VancouverIsland
#Canada
#natgeoyourshot
#WestCoast
#photography
Cherry blossoms line a street Cherry blossom time
April 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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#Canadian #NDP leader Jagmeet Singh received a warm welcome from supporters attending a rally in #Comox, B.C. on Easter Monday. The election is one week away, on April 28th.
#JagmeetSingh
#federalelection2025
#VancouverIsland
#BC
#politics
#Canada
#campaigning
#photography
#photographyofBluesky
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April 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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From my archives: #Turkey talk: #turkeys talking turkey. Along the #Alaska Highway. #AlaskaHighway #gobbledegook
#photography
#photographyofBluesky
#yardbirds
#birdsofafeather
Three turkeys in a yard. A bathtub is in the foreground with greenery in it and one turkey is sitting on an old bedframe that has vegetation in it.
April 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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In the words of beloved poet Elizabeth Bishop: ‘The art of losing isn’t hard to master’.
#lostmittens
#foundmittens
#NWT
#photography
#thingsyousee
#photography
#photographyofBluesky
#Canadiana
#coldhands
Lost/found mitten board
March 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Part of a #frozen #Yellowknife Bay conveniently turns into a #runway for Air Tindi. Passengers can be seen waiting to board the #aircraft. The plane taxis down the #ice runway & heads skyward. #photography #icerunway #photographyofBluesky #YellowknifeBay #airplane #NorthernCanada
an airplane sits in the foreground and in the background passengers await ti board an airplane that uses a frozen lake as a runway. An airplane turns on the frozen snowy surface of a lake in preparation for take off. An airplane taxis down a runway built on a frozen lake. An airplane lifts off from a frozen lake
March 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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I met up with a #fox basking in the sunshine on a very cold Northern day.
#photography
#photographyofBluesky
#redfox
#wildlifephotography
#wildlife
#Canadianwildlife
a red fox a red fox basks in the sunlight a red fox a red fox yawns
March 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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This is the 30th anniversary of the #SnowKing ice castle being built on #Yellowknife Bay on #GreatSlaveLake.
#icecastle
#SnowKingwinterfestival
#photography
#photographyofBluesky
#construction
#NorthwestTerritories
#castle
#winterphotography
People stand in front of an ice castle being constructed. An ice carving inside an ice castle. A person walks up an ice ramp in a partially constructed ice castle. A volunteer dubbed ‘Ice Man Abe’ stands inside an ice castle being constructed.
March 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I will be on the right side of history in standing with #Ukraine.
Ukraine Zelenskyy support
February 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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They are everywhere this year…in trees disguised as snowballs, pecking on roads & buried in #snow nests …the #bird version of a polar bear 😃🐻‍❄️ - #ptarmigan - they even have fluffy feathered feet.
#photography
#birdphotography
#photographyofBluesky
#Northernbirds
#Canadianbirds
#winterphotography
A fluffy feathered ptarmigan bird sits on the snow
February 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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On the lake on a winter’s day.
#photography
#photographyofBluesky
#GreatSlaveLake
#winter
#ice
#Northernwinter
#iceroadfun
A tiny person and their dog standing on the ice in the distance.
February 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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A little goes a long way…although there never seems to be enough of it sometimes.
#respect
#photographyofBluesky
#photography
#Dettah
#NorthwestTerritories
#Canadianphotos
#Canadiana
A dilapidated house bears a ‘respect’ sign
February 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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An #unkindness (or #conspiracy, take your pick) of #ravens perch outside their favourite #Yellowknife restaurant…aka the Yellowknife #dump.
#photography
#photographyofBluesky
#NorthwestTerritories
Ravens sit amongst leafless trees
February 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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From my archives: Love never goes out of style.
#VancouverIsland
#PointHolmes
#beachart
#photography
#photographyofBluesky
#heart
#Valentine
Heart shape of rocks and shells near a beach
February 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Poem
February 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM