Irenehi 🇨🇦
@irenehi.bsky.social
I live to read, sometimes occasional amateur photographer, cats, care about this beautiful world and social justice. I help raise money to plant trees. “In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.” - Blaise Pascal. Kindness always. 🇨🇦
Late for #SmallBeautiesHour. … it’s been raining a lot here, but the colour has been glorious.
October 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Late for #SmallBeautiesHour. … it’s been raining a lot here, but the colour has been glorious.
I’ve been indoors a lot this week - quite rainy. So I am beginning to tackle decluttering. It is daunting. I need to be the words on this rock (seen outside in 2020). Each thing I recycle/donate IS a #smallbeauty
#smallbeautieshour
#smallbeautieshour
October 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’ve been indoors a lot this week - quite rainy. So I am beginning to tackle decluttering. It is daunting. I need to be the words on this rock (seen outside in 2020). Each thing I recycle/donate IS a #smallbeauty
#smallbeautieshour
#smallbeautieshour
September 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Some dahlias that we purchased from someone who has had to give up gardening (from her garden), which we planted too late, just bloomed. We had no idea what they would look like.
#smallbeautieshour
#smallbeautieshour
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Some dahlias that we purchased from someone who has had to give up gardening (from her garden), which we planted too late, just bloomed. We had no idea what they would look like.
#smallbeautieshour
#smallbeautieshour
Last week I went apple picking. I did not photograph the apple trees, but I did take photos of the pumpkin field at the same farm.
#SmallBeautiesHour
#SmallBeautiesHour
September 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Last week I went apple picking. I did not photograph the apple trees, but I did take photos of the pumpkin field at the same farm.
#SmallBeautiesHour
#SmallBeautiesHour
For #smallbeautieshour. This has been a true nothing week. So another photo from Mill Bay, Vancouver Island the previous week. And a resolution - no more nothing weeks.
September 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
For #smallbeautieshour. This has been a true nothing week. So another photo from Mill Bay, Vancouver Island the previous week. And a resolution - no more nothing weeks.
#SmallBeautiesHour. View of the ocean, near Dallas Road, Victoria BC.
September 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
#SmallBeautiesHour. View of the ocean, near Dallas Road, Victoria BC.
#SmallBeautiesHour. Went to an exhibit about Indian chintz at the Royal BC Museum. Beautiful material and clothing and interesting history. Its role in the development of the Industrial Revolution and the growth of slavery in North America because of greater demand for cotton.
September 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#SmallBeautiesHour. Went to an exhibit about Indian chintz at the Royal BC Museum. Beautiful material and clothing and interesting history. Its role in the development of the Industrial Revolution and the growth of slavery in North America because of greater demand for cotton.
September 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
September 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Late for #SmallBeautiesHour many big and small beauties on Vancouver Island last week.
My favourite kind of place to be. Beside the ocean in Mill Bay,
My favourite kind of place to be. Beside the ocean in Mill Bay,
September 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Late for #SmallBeautiesHour many big and small beauties on Vancouver Island last week.
My favourite kind of place to be. Beside the ocean in Mill Bay,
My favourite kind of place to be. Beside the ocean in Mill Bay,
View from a path in Victoria, BC.
August 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
View from a path in Victoria, BC.
One of my favourite things - pathways with over arching trees. This one is on Vancouver Island, near Victoria.
August 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
One of my favourite things - pathways with over arching trees. This one is on Vancouver Island, near Victoria.
I’ve been lax about getting up and looking for small beauties for #SmallBeautiesHour this week. It’s been a lot of reading this week. Many small beauties in this book - which I keep coming back to again and again and again.
August 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I’ve been lax about getting up and looking for small beauties for #SmallBeautiesHour this week. It’s been a lot of reading this week. Many small beauties in this book - which I keep coming back to again and again and again.
I breathed the freshest air I have in forever on Vancouver Island last week. Probably the sea air, kelp, and abundance of trees. Here is fun sparkling on the water in Genoa Bay.
#smallbeautieshour
#smallbeautieshour
August 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I breathed the freshest air I have in forever on Vancouver Island last week. Probably the sea air, kelp, and abundance of trees. Here is fun sparkling on the water in Genoa Bay.
#smallbeautieshour
#smallbeautieshour
I am not fond of heights, so it was a victory for me last week to cross the Kinsol Trestle - once a railway bridge, now a walking trail, on Vancouver Island. Could NOT be the workman checking it for soundness and safety.
#smallbeautieshour
#smallbeautieshour
August 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I am not fond of heights, so it was a victory for me last week to cross the Kinsol Trestle - once a railway bridge, now a walking trail, on Vancouver Island. Could NOT be the workman checking it for soundness and safety.
#smallbeautieshour
#smallbeautieshour
From a visit last week to Vancouver Island - beside the TransCanada Trail on the way to the Kinsol trestle.
(Click to see whole rock)
#SmallBeautiesHour
(Click to see whole rock)
#SmallBeautiesHour
August 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
From a visit last week to Vancouver Island - beside the TransCanada Trail on the way to the Kinsol trestle.
(Click to see whole rock)
#SmallBeautiesHour
(Click to see whole rock)
#SmallBeautiesHour
Also a bit late for #smallbeautieshour
A not shy bunny on the Rowan tree path.
A not shy bunny on the Rowan tree path.
August 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Also a bit late for #smallbeautieshour
A not shy bunny on the Rowan tree path.
A not shy bunny on the Rowan tree path.
A bit late for #smallbeautieshour
Found on my annual looking for Rowan berries walk in our local park.
Found on my annual looking for Rowan berries walk in our local park.
August 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A bit late for #smallbeautieshour
Found on my annual looking for Rowan berries walk in our local park.
Found on my annual looking for Rowan berries walk in our local park.
For #SmallBeautiesHour this week, yesterday, a hot day, I had a walk in the shade in my favourite local park. The creek there is very low right now. It’s feeling the heat too.
July 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For #SmallBeautiesHour this week, yesterday, a hot day, I had a walk in the shade in my favourite local park. The creek there is very low right now. It’s feeling the heat too.
For #smallbeautieshour a memory of a trip to the ocean last week. Nice walk in a park beside the ocean.
July 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
For #smallbeautieshour a memory of a trip to the ocean last week. Nice walk in a park beside the ocean.
For #smallbeautieshour
Enjoying our cactus bloom which miraculously bloom at almost exactly the same time each year.
Enjoying our cactus bloom which miraculously bloom at almost exactly the same time each year.
July 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
For #smallbeautieshour
Enjoying our cactus bloom which miraculously bloom at almost exactly the same time each year.
Enjoying our cactus bloom which miraculously bloom at almost exactly the same time each year.
Bit late for #smallbeautieshour today. I’m getting out and about again. So the day lilies in our garden are starting to bloom. And a neighbour down the street has this beautiful lavender - it was full of bees.
June 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Bit late for #smallbeautieshour today. I’m getting out and about again. So the day lilies in our garden are starting to bloom. And a neighbour down the street has this beautiful lavender - it was full of bees.
For #smallbeautieshour a photo of some daisies taken at a retreat at Rivendell in BC. Once I knew there was a place called Rivendell, I had to go there. Soon I will be back outdoors more often, and taking photos again.
June 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
For #smallbeautieshour a photo of some daisies taken at a retreat at Rivendell in BC. Once I knew there was a place called Rivendell, I had to go there. Soon I will be back outdoors more often, and taking photos again.
June 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM