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ijlaba.bsky.social
Izabella Laba 🇨🇦
@ijlaba.bsky.social
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Mathematician. Childless cat lady. Noise is the new secondhand smoke.

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Y'all, octopus eggshells are so incredibly beautiful. Like jewels. These, from Haida Gwaii, were just about the right size to put on your finger.
Two transparent octopus eggshells on a pebble beach.
November 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Out for a walk.
Skyline at sunset, with the last rays of the setting sun on high rise buildings.
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Fall is beautiful here when it's not raining.
A fountain where the water flows down black pebbles, with fall leaves on it. A view of False Creek, with fall foliage in the front and the Cambie Bridge in the background. A view of the marina, with colourful sailboats in the front and highrise buildings in the background. A view of Granville Island, with highrise buildings in the background. The landscape and the clouds are reflected in the calm water.
October 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Yesterday on campus.
A round fountain pool with trees reflected in it. It's a sunny day and the tree leaves are turning yellow and orange. Another view of the same pool, with an orange dog.
October 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Fractal broccoli, sautéed with zucchini and red peppers.
September 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Experiments show that the fractal broccoli falls apart a little bit when you use it in soup.
Red lentil soup, with no broccoli visible.
September 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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The mythical fractal broccoli is real. (From a local farmer’s market.)
An actual real-life sighting of the broccoli-cauliflower cross that looks like a fractal with pointed tips.
September 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Ok, timeline cleanse. Please post a photo from your summer that confers peace
Pebble beach, sea, and an island visible in the distance
August 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Pics from Mayne Island. More to come.
Boats docked at a pier in a bay surrounded by islands, on a cloudy day, with late summer starting to point gently towards fall. Arbutus tree growing on a cliff above the sea. Sandstone formation with trees behind it. Sandstone formation at low tide, with a pool of water in front of it.
August 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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More pics from Alert Bay.
Pebble beach on a cloudy day. In a foreground, a washed-out tree with a massive crown of roots. A gentle view of the sea, grass, and some trees on a cloudy day. Dead tree stumps stick out from the bog on a clear sunny day. (The trees died from water inundation.) Pebble beach with stones and driftwood.
August 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Pics from Alert Bay to improve the timeline.
A road along the sea, with a pebble beach. Vegetation on the shore, in red and green. In the background, the sea, blue sky, and islands far off. Young conifers looking like Christmas trees decorated with lichens. A log in an overgrown bog, covered in lichens and other vegetation.
August 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Picspam from Alert Bay coming up. For now, I like this one.
Pier and marina with boats, on a partly cloudy day with the clouds reflecting in the water and mountains in the background.
August 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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#caturday
Black and white cat lying belly up on the grass and, partially, on my shoe.
August 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Even our trees show up for diversity.
A tree with foliage arranged in strips of different colours: dark green, light green, yellow, orange, red. A closer view of the same tree.
July 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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More pics from around Hope, BC.
Othello Tunnels, originally built for a railway but now just a tourist attraction. Another view of the Othello Tunnels. The entrance to one of the short tunnels, with both the exit and the entrance to the next one visible in the back. Just a mountain stream surrounded by green vegetation. Mountains reflecting in a pond on a calm late afternoon.
July 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Pics from the Coquihalla Provincial Park, BC.
River surrounded by mountains, with a white pebble beach. Mountain river with large rocks in the middle of it. Another view of the river, white pebble beach, and mountains in the background. A fragile tree appears to be holding a large rock from falling. (It's not - the tree just grew up there with that rock hanging over it.)
July 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Someone was posing for photos today.
Mockingbird considering a red flower. Mockingbird drinking from a red flower.
July 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Some pics from Bridal Falls and Harrison Hot Springs last week.
Large waterfall in a forest, with very small human figures at the bottom. Peaceful lake view, with trees in the foreground and mountains in the back. Peaceful lake view, with a row of trees along the narrow sand strip between a laguna and the lake proper. Cloudy sunset lake view, with the clouds tinged pink and orange.
July 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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More landscapes from Ucluelet and Tofino.
Rocky shore with a lighthouse further away. Dark rocks on an otherwise sandy beach, on a cloudy day. A small bay with dark, jagged rocks and forest on the other side. Two rock outcroppings on a sandy beach, covered with trees and vegetation. They look like a gate you can walk through.
June 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Who else still buys CDs?
Two CDs on a table: Baby Rose and MRCY. Both highly recommended.
June 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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More rainforest pics. These were taken from a boardwalk into the forest, otherwise it would not have been possible for me to walk in there.
Fallen log among shrubs, with lichens and mushrooms growing on it. New vegetation growing all over the remains of an old tree. A few trees in a messy tangle of shrubs, tree branches, and lichens.
June 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Rainforest pics. Most places, you can't just walk on the forest floor because the forest floor is not always a well-defined concept. It could be a layer of moss several feet deep, or it could be a swamp just barely covered by vegetation, or who knows what.
Forest: coniferous trees covered in lichen, with ferns on the forest floor. Close-up of the rainforest floor, with messy vegetation and some water pools showing. Deeper into the rainforest, the forest floor gets messy and there is more lichen.
June 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Pacific Rim pics! This one might be my favourite so far.
A rugged rocky shore with small bays and tidal pools, some vegetation in the front and a forest further away. The day is clear, with fluffy white clouds across a blue sky.
June 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Rocks and surf!
Sharp rocks along the beach, with white-capped waves breaking on them.
May 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Yeah well. They had a good life.
A well worn hiking shoe with the sole coming off
May 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM