Russell Wangersky
@wangersky.bsky.social
Writer, editor, columnist.
Lap cat, watching over the neighbourhood.
September 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Lap cat, watching over the neighbourhood.
Similar, but very different inside. Here’s two pictures of apples from the Hidden Tree several years ago.
September 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Similar, but very different inside. Here’s two pictures of apples from the Hidden Tree several years ago.
Big Yellow was an amazing tree, but it was right in the path of the first fire.
September 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Big Yellow was an amazing tree, but it was right in the path of the first fire.
Two of my favourite apple trees, Apple Tree 1 and the Hidden Tree, survived the CBN forest fires.
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Two of my favourite apple trees, Apple Tree 1 and the Hidden Tree, survived the CBN forest fires.
Post-bird, chiaroscuro.
August 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Post-bird, chiaroscuro.
Felt some sympathy for this.
August 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Felt some sympathy for this.
They just … keep … coming.
August 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
They just … keep … coming.
Evening. (In real life, it’s a little more forest fire orange.)
August 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Evening. (In real life, it’s a little more forest fire orange.)
Salad of yellow wax beans, snap peas, green onions, tomatoes and peaches….
August 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Salad of yellow wax beans, snap peas, green onions, tomatoes and peaches….
Another day draws to a close.
July 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Another day draws to a close.
Harmonica guy just went by. Plays music on his phone while riding with no hands and accompanying the music on a harmonica. What could go wrong?
July 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Harmonica guy just went by. Plays music on his phone while riding with no hands and accompanying the music on a harmonica. What could go wrong?
Canada Day - a boy and a stick.
July 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Canada Day - a boy and a stick.
In the backyard, and the neighbour’s backyard band is playing an excellent version of REM’s “Losing my religion.”
July 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
In the backyard, and the neighbour’s backyard band is playing an excellent version of REM’s “Losing my religion.”
The sea got this far.
July 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The sea got this far.
Winnipeg meets forest fire smoke. Again.
July 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Winnipeg meets forest fire smoke. Again.
Got some lovely early garlic. The kind where the skin hasn’t hardened up into thin paper. And the cloves are sticky-wet and strong-smelling. Love it.
July 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Got some lovely early garlic. The kind where the skin hasn’t hardened up into thin paper. And the cloves are sticky-wet and strong-smelling. Love it.
Grandson meets the ocean for the first time.
July 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Grandson meets the ocean for the first time.
So, this Winnipeg mosquito tried to bite me, and a minuscule tree worm descended from my eyebrow on a gossamer thread. Summer approaches.
May 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
So, this Winnipeg mosquito tried to bite me, and a minuscule tree worm descended from my eyebrow on a gossamer thread. Summer approaches.
Or this, near Cypress River.
May 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Or this, near Cypress River.