Dragonfly Ian
@tigerswallowtail.bsky.social
🍁Canadian. Retired Educator. Interested in environment, nature, wildlife, and haiku. Fav season is Autumn. Love travelling through mountains. Love Dragonflies. Water Watcher. Essex, Ontario, Canada. Earth is my Church-Nature is my Spiritual Connection.
Clouds trying to block out the sunlight.
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Clouds trying to block out the sunlight.
Sandhill Cranes and Canada Geese.
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Sandhill Cranes and Canada Geese.
Red Autumn Leaves. Most are falling since cold temps have arrived.
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Red Autumn Leaves. Most are falling since cold temps have arrived.
Good use of the stump of a tree.
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Good use of the stump of a tree.
Autumn Colours - blue Sky - Clouds Pleasant to view.
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Autumn Colours - blue Sky - Clouds Pleasant to view.
Windy Day = Waves on Lake St. Clair, Belle River, ON, CAD
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Windy Day = Waves on Lake St. Clair, Belle River, ON, CAD
Monarch Butterfly larva on our milkweed. Our granddaughter is visiting and she loves looking for them. Sometimes I catch a glimpse, but her young hawk eyes zoom in on these little munchers. We are always pleased to see them.
July 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Monarch Butterfly larva on our milkweed. Our granddaughter is visiting and she loves looking for them. Sometimes I catch a glimpse, but her young hawk eyes zoom in on these little munchers. We are always pleased to see them.
Oregon Coast Bridge. As we travel, I like to take pics of bridges we cross. We travelled from British Columbia, Canada to northern California and back. I find most bridges become landmarks after they are built.
May 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Oregon Coast Bridge. As we travel, I like to take pics of bridges we cross. We travelled from British Columbia, Canada to northern California and back. I find most bridges become landmarks after they are built.
Canada Goose family walked across the fairway today while I sauntered down the fairway chasing a yellow golf ball. It was a pleasant moment with clear blue skies and warm sun.
May 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Canada Goose family walked across the fairway today while I sauntered down the fairway chasing a yellow golf ball. It was a pleasant moment with clear blue skies and warm sun.
Our Redbud Trees have leaves that have or are opening. They are heart-shaped and have a brilliant green colour. The new leaves have a soft reddish tinge to them. This is a wonderful tree to have in our garden.
May 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our Redbud Trees have leaves that have or are opening. They are heart-shaped and have a brilliant green colour. The new leaves have a soft reddish tinge to them. This is a wonderful tree to have in our garden.
We have poppies growing in our backyard and one popped today!
It reminds me to be grateful to my father and grandfather who served in WW2. Grandpa served in WW1 too.
They both survived to return to their families thankfully.
It doesn't have to be Remembrance Day to be grateful for their service.
It reminds me to be grateful to my father and grandfather who served in WW2. Grandpa served in WW1 too.
They both survived to return to their families thankfully.
It doesn't have to be Remembrance Day to be grateful for their service.
May 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We have poppies growing in our backyard and one popped today!
It reminds me to be grateful to my father and grandfather who served in WW2. Grandpa served in WW1 too.
They both survived to return to their families thankfully.
It doesn't have to be Remembrance Day to be grateful for their service.
It reminds me to be grateful to my father and grandfather who served in WW2. Grandpa served in WW1 too.
They both survived to return to their families thankfully.
It doesn't have to be Remembrance Day to be grateful for their service.
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So 8 Cinco De Mayo's ago....😅
May 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
So 8 Cinco De Mayo's ago....😅
Volunteers have pulled hundreds of tires from our local Little River. It was hard to believe another tire appeared 22 April, Earth Day! We think the Winter season causes the tires to heave out of the mud at the bottom of the river.
May 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Volunteers have pulled hundreds of tires from our local Little River. It was hard to believe another tire appeared 22 April, Earth Day! We think the Winter season causes the tires to heave out of the mud at the bottom of the river.
Our Windsor-Essex community planted over 2000 trees and shrubs yesterday to celebrate Earth Day. We saw Canada geese, Mute swans, Red-winged blackbirds and Mallard ducks. A Red-tailed hawk soared high above also. We like to see this wildlife using the natural area while we plant trees and shrubs.
April 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Our Windsor-Essex community planted over 2000 trees and shrubs yesterday to celebrate Earth Day. We saw Canada geese, Mute swans, Red-winged blackbirds and Mallard ducks. A Red-tailed hawk soared high above also. We like to see this wildlife using the natural area while we plant trees and shrubs.
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•INSPIRING AMERICA•
A man stood outside the courthouse of Judge Hannah Dugan and spoke of the horrors that befell his family in Poland and Germany at the hands of the Nazis during WWII — and how we must fight to stop and eradicate fascism in America NOW.
“We know what fascism looks like…
A man stood outside the courthouse of Judge Hannah Dugan and spoke of the horrors that befell his family in Poland and Germany at the hands of the Nazis during WWII — and how we must fight to stop and eradicate fascism in America NOW.
“We know what fascism looks like…
April 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
•INSPIRING AMERICA•
A man stood outside the courthouse of Judge Hannah Dugan and spoke of the horrors that befell his family in Poland and Germany at the hands of the Nazis during WWII — and how we must fight to stop and eradicate fascism in America NOW.
“We know what fascism looks like…
A man stood outside the courthouse of Judge Hannah Dugan and spoke of the horrors that befell his family in Poland and Germany at the hands of the Nazis during WWII — and how we must fight to stop and eradicate fascism in America NOW.
“We know what fascism looks like…
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Former acting Attorney General Peter Keisler and I discuss the many crises of due process in the Trump presidency. Episode 3 of the David Frum Show on YouTube below - or wherever you get your podcasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdBQ...
Peter Keisler and the Crises of Due Process | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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April 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Former acting Attorney General Peter Keisler and I discuss the many crises of due process in the Trump presidency. Episode 3 of the David Frum Show on YouTube below - or wherever you get your podcasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdBQ...
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Exactly. Every Democrat and every centrist in the United States who thinks it would be a good idea for Canada to be the 51st state? If it happened, we would never forgive you
All these articles about Canadians voting Democrat miss two things:
1. Canada would only ever “join” the US by force, in which case they probably wouldn’t let us vote (like Puerto Rico and others).
2. If we could vote, Canadians would vote for Canadian separatist parties more than for Democrats.
1. Canada would only ever “join” the US by force, in which case they probably wouldn’t let us vote (like Puerto Rico and others).
2. If we could vote, Canadians would vote for Canadian separatist parties more than for Democrats.
Column | Canada as hypothetical 51st state would be a ‘nightmare’ for Trump
“This would be a Democratic dream and a Republican nightmare,” one Canadian analyst said.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Exactly. Every Democrat and every centrist in the United States who thinks it would be a good idea for Canada to be the 51st state? If it happened, we would never forgive you
"All it takes is one bloom of hope to make a spiritual garden".
~Terri Guillemets
~Terri Guillemets
April 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"All it takes is one bloom of hope to make a spiritual garden".
~Terri Guillemets
~Terri Guillemets
“It may be that when we no longer know which way to go,
we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings”.
~Wendell Berry
we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings”.
~Wendell Berry
April 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“It may be that when we no longer know which way to go,
we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings”.
~Wendell Berry
we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings”.
~Wendell Berry
Sandhill Crane chick, Florida. We have also seen chicks in Michigan in the Spring.
April 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Sandhill Crane chick, Florida. We have also seen chicks in Michigan in the Spring.
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April 22, 2025
Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day!
April 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
April 22, 2025
Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day!
Hopewell Cape Rocks Beach, Bay of Fundy, East Coast, Canada. This is low tide. Stick around for high tide and you will be severely underwater!
April 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Hopewell Cape Rocks Beach, Bay of Fundy, East Coast, Canada. This is low tide. Stick around for high tide and you will be severely underwater!
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A small pencil. A single box. And the most powerful act in a democracy.
Vote.
Like our country depends on it. Like we’re honouring those who fought to give us that right. Like we care deeply about democracy. Vote like our voices matter, because they really do.
Vote.
Like our country depends on it. Like we’re honouring those who fought to give us that right. Like we care deeply about democracy. Vote like our voices matter, because they really do.
April 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
A small pencil. A single box. And the most powerful act in a democracy.
Vote.
Like our country depends on it. Like we’re honouring those who fought to give us that right. Like we care deeply about democracy. Vote like our voices matter, because they really do.
Vote.
Like our country depends on it. Like we’re honouring those who fought to give us that right. Like we care deeply about democracy. Vote like our voices matter, because they really do.