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Mary
@pattycake77.bsky.social
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I’m here. One day I’ll update this. Don’t worry, I mainly post my photography in December and lurk the rest of the year.

YEG Treaty 6

Profile photos is two white pelicans swimming in a lake.

Banner photo is a moose grazing in a shallow lake.
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Day 23 of #ArtAdventCalendar - pink joy! One more sleep!
Colour close up photograph of a pink poinsettia
December 24, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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Day 22 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Let It Snow
Colour photograph showing a snowy, foggy forest.
December 23, 2024 at 7:50 PM
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Day 22 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Joy!
Colour photograph showing red and green glass Christmas ornaments strong along a birch branch.
December 22, 2024 at 11:16 PM
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Day 21 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Frosty nights
Colour photograph showing an wire/mesh/fairy light polar bear. The bear is surround by Poinsettias.
December 21, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Cameron Falls. Waterton National Park.
Black and white photograph of a series of water falls. The shutter speed was slowed down to blur the water.
December 20, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Froze his head off. The Alberta version of the headless horseman.
Colour photograph showing a metal statue of the headless horseman. The statue is standing on the side of a rural Alberta road, by a fenced field.
December 19, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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Day 18 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Prairie Church.
Black and white photograph showing a small Orthodox church (with the traditional domes). The church is in front of a row of trees on a snowy winter day.
December 18, 2024 at 10:38 PM
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Day 17 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Kuang Si Waterfalls, near Luang Prabang, Laos
Colour photograph showing a small set of waterfalls. The water is cascading over several rocks. The background is a treed jungle area.
December 17, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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Day 16 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Ta Prohm temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Colour photograph showing sunlight filtering through trees and haze over an ancient temple.
December 17, 2024 at 1:32 AM
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Day 15 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Been Fishin' . A photograph from a few years ago (2021), taken in Jasper National Park.
Colour photograph showing a belted kingfisher with a small fish in its beak. The bird is wet looking and is perched on the top of a pine tree.
December 15, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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Day 14 of #ArtAdventCalendar - That's the Spot
Colour photograph showing a plains bison rubbing their neck along a dead tree branch. The bison has its eyes closed.
December 14, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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Day 13 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Grousing Along
Colour photograph of a grouse walking along the forest floor.
December 13, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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Day 12 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Terrace of Leper King, Angkor Thom complex, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Black and white photograph showing rows of apsara (celestial beings in Hindu and Buddhist culture). It dates from the late 12th century
December 12, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Wading into my Dreams. Jasper National Park.
Black and white photograph showing the silhouette of a moose wading into Cavell Lake. Mount Edith Cavell is the background of the photograph.
December 11, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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Day 10 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Waiting. A porcupine hanging out in a tree, waiting for me to hike on by. Jasper National Park.
A black and white photograph of a porcupine sitting in a spruce tree, watching the photographer carefully.
December 10, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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Day 9 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Textured over Time. One of the elephants located within the Elephant Conservation Centre, near Sayaboury, Laos.
A black and white photograph showing a close up of an Asian elephant. the photograph shows one eye and part of the truck. The elephant skin is very wrinkley.
December 9, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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Day 8 of #ArtAdventCalendar -Great Horned Owls. Taken at dust so the photo quality is low but it was the first time I had observed this species.
Colour photograph of an old barn with an adult great horned owl with two chicks. The adult is sitting on the corner of the barn and the two chicks are sitting on a ledge.
December 8, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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Day 7 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Battle Scars. Plains Bison, Elk Island National Park.
A colour photograph. It is a close-up of one of the horns on a plains bison. The horn shows nicks and scratches.
December 7, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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Day 6 of #ArtAdventCalendar - it is also the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. I don't normally photograph people, but in memory of the 14 women lost 35 years ago, I am sharing some of the photos of women taken throughout my travels in SE Asia this year.
Colour photograph of a women and two young women receiving a water blessing in a Cambodian temple. A orange clad monk is in the background emptying a green bucket of water on them. Colour photograph of three women, a man and two young children receiving a water blessing in a Cambodian temple. A orange clad monk is in the background emptying a green bucket of water on them. A colour photograph of a woman wearing a yellow dress with a flower in her hair and carrying a traditional umbrella. She is standing in front of an ancient Cambodian temple. A colour photograph of a woman squatting in front of a bowl within a smokey room. She is holding a green bowl full of shrimp that are being preserved using traditional methods.
December 6, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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Day 5 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Great Northern Diver. A common loon floating along a lake in Jasper National Park.
A colour photograph showing a close-up of a common loon swimming in a lake. The bird is swimming right to left. The lake is still and there is a reflection of the bird in the water.
December 5, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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Day 4 of #ArtAdventCalendar - time to travel ... rural Laos, near Vang Vieng
A black and white photograph taken in rural, mountainous Laos. The photograph looks across a valley at hazy, vegetation covered mountains. Patches of light trickle across the landscape.
December 4, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Treats for Snow White. Playing with table top/still life photography.
Colour photograph showing two red apples. The apples are covered in water droplets. There is a black background. The apples are increasingly darker down the photo, disappearing into the background.
December 3, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Peering at Great Gray Owl through the forest.
A colour photograph of a Great Grey Owl sitting on a tree stump. The photograph was taken through the forest on a snowy day so there are lots of faint tree branches and snow flakes.
December 2, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Trying to get back into the swing of #ArtAdventCalendar. Past and Present.
Black and white photograph of a modern, round grain bin next to a older wooden grain bin. Photo taken on a snowy winter day.
December 1, 2024 at 6:33 PM