tomgadd.bsky.social
@tomgadd.bsky.social
Creating micro fiction since 2023.
The true coeur du bois

#wildturkey #Ottawa #Canada #birds
July 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Saw one of those old school blimps floating over the Ottawa River today. #Ottawa #Canada #Blimplife
July 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Met a wild turkey family on the trail today.

#wildturkey #birds #Ottawa #Canada
July 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
July 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Foamflowers bubbling up in the woods. #flowers #woods #Ottawa
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ottawa Tulip Festival in full bloom. #Ottawa #TulipFestival #spring #flowers
May 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Ottawa area finally joining the spring flower party. Trillions of trilliums, trout lilies, coltsfoot (feet?), tiny geraniums and violets. #Ottawa #spring #flowers
May 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Though impossible to see in this photo, several of these Ottawa River white caps are actually Bufflehead ducks. #ducks #Ottawa
April 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today I began my new STILL LIFE diet. For lunch I had a Pissarro inspired four apples and jug of – judging by its colour – Côte-Rôtie Syrah. Supper will be a Dutch cheese stack, some olives, fruit, and a half glass of vin jaune. #diet #art #stilllifefood
April 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The dog pictured here in Caillebotte’s ‘Pont de l'Europe’ was Balthazar DeMordaunt, a companion of Baudelaire and the inspiration for the 19th century flâneur movement.
April 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ah, springtime in Ottawa! Witness the boreal blossoms of the sapin de neige and the delicate snow-drift like petals of the arctic Sakura. #Ottawa #spring
April 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Frosty fungi.
March 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Let's fly back early, he says. Get the best spot for ourselves, he says. Bloody Muppet." #CanadaGeese #Ottawa
March 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Perhaps the last ski of the season before today’s -17 erupts into Wednesday's predicted plus 4 and all this snow become a giant puddle of slush. #Crosscountryskiing #Ottawa
March 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
These little bells are called grelot in French and there is a saying derived from them – grelottants de froid – meaning shivering with cold which I find overwhelmingly adorable.
February 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I thought this trail through the snow was probably made by a turkey and a little later spotter her up in a tree.
February 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Barcode tree shadows.
February 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Who needs sapphires when the winter sky is so blue? #winter #Ottawa #Canada
February 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It looks like someone dragged a toboggan across the frozen Ottawa River and I have so many questions. #toboggan #Ottawa
January 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Was wondering what had ravaged this poor pine tree I passed on my hike today until I noticed two young porcupines taking a nap in its branches after filling their bellies with bark. #porcupine #Canada
January 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
According to this Rideau Canal sign, I should be skating like Naruto. #naruto #rideaucanal #ottawa
January 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Rideau Canal is open for skating! #rideaucanal #Ottawa #skating
January 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Only minus 11 today, but the wind coming off the frozen Ottawa River was like the breath of some glacial god set on bringing about the next ice age #OttawaRiver #iceage
January 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Luckily, the toll booth on today’s hike was closed. #Ottawa #hiking
January 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A Boxing Day cross-country ski next to the Ottawa River to work off a bit of yesterday’s Christmas feast. #Ottawa #crosscountryskiing
December 26, 2024 at 6:51 PM