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I have been chasing these beautiful butterflies all week. I’m hey are either too high in the tree canopy, flying like acrobatics or they battle along the river in the morning, moving too fast to get a good photo. This afternoon none of that happened and I just got to spend time with amazing beauty.

This was such an amazing encounter. I’ve been chasing these butterflies all week in an attempt to get a better look and then this happened. The butterfly ignored me and my clumsy adrenaline filled video footage. I couldn’t believe what was happening 😊.

I passed this fox on the pathway this week and I swear that it remembers me as it knows I am no threat. I have another video I will share where the fox is spooked, I think it’s cub told him I’m out there. It comes out and air tracks me, then shakes just like my dog does when something was stressful.

Beautiful evening along the Clearwater River in northern Alberta.

This den is a few meters off a trail I walk on and through a chain link fence, I get to watch the fox family.

This is a dandy lion and probably a moth but on a beautiful day like today, this is beauty ❤️.

I was out for a walk in town when I noticed a fox running towards me on the trail. At first I was like “amazing”, then I was like “umm...?” The fox has clearly been desensitized to humans but something spooked him. I did what I will always do, I let that animal know I’m there and I will give it all the room it needs to go where it wants to. I did find his mate and their cubs, so now I am starting to think that he was late to get back to the den and he was probably thinking “Lady, stay out of my way, I’m late”. 😂 Watch my other video of his mate and cubs!

I was walking along the river in town this morning because it is beautiful outside! When I looked through a chain link fence, across a field I could see a mother with her two cubs. I do believe I crossed her Mr. on the pathway earlier. I posted part of that encounter, please watch and laugh when me. I honestly was panicking a little on the inside.

I was enjoying a beautiful morning on a grassy field when a guest joined me.

I volunteer with Search And Rescue and I’m talking some time for radio silence and to stretch my legs and appreciate what a walk in the forest can do. I wish I could capture the smell of the pine needles and the feeling of walking on the thick moss below.

While volunteering with Search and Rescue at the Ghost Public Land Use Zone, I had the opportunity to get close to this feral horse.

This beautiful husky cross rescue puppy loves playing fetch in the shelter and he is even smiling! What is your dog's favorite game to play?

I find bees fascinating especially watching them fly ❤️

I walk my dogs by this pond every day. It’s Spring and the birds will fly right up next to you, and tell you off 😆.

At the local neighbourhood pond, listening to birds chatter as I pass on the pathway. Are they angry are they not? They are not dive bombing me, so that’s a good thing.

My house is in this crows territory which means that the crow is like the bouncer to other scavenger birds. It keeps the magpies and other crows away. It knows I garden and I have a lot of great worms in my soil. Those worms are valuable to me as they help my soil, which then helps my flowers/shrubs etc. The crow is messing with the circle of life in my garden. Therefore we are negotiating. I will provide some of my dogs food, which it likes more than the worms in the garden. Thus far, things have been good. I’m training it to come to this target and it’s neat to watch the crow fly over looking for the target.

Snow in May is not a bad thing. There are so many benefits to the soil and therefore vegetation. I just like to point out that, it’s still snowing in Canada 🇨🇦.

I’ve had to position two drift wood in my garden because when the crow lifts for flight it would knock over the drift wood. It’s not the way I want it but I’m sharing my outdoors.....clearly 😂

My senior dog favourite thing to do is, be alpha and leave her sent behind.

Watch and relax to a May snow fall in Calgary, Alberta.

This is Justice and she loves to roll! ❤️🐶 I always laugh when she is belly up and you can see her teeth 🦷 🧛‍♀️.

I am befriending a crow. I like to garden and it liked to eat my worms and ladybug. I don’t like it eating my worms and ladybugs so we are negotiating. Does anyone know how to tell the sex of a crow? I have noticed that it is like a bouncer, it keeps other crows and magpies away from the property and more importantly out of my garden 🪴 ❤️.

This is Justice and she is turning 14 this year. One of her favourite things is to leave her scent behind because she is alpha (she has courage). Watching Justice roll is one of this things I look forward to the most ❤️, even if it makes me a bit late for Zoom meetings.

My garden is full steam into spring and everything around it is still asleep. This crow eats my ladybugs and worms because I tilled my soil and it’s easy to find these meals. We are at a trade off, I let it eat my dogs food if it doesn’t eat my ladybug 🐞 and worms 🪱. So far so good!

This is Justice and she is 13 years old. It’s only when they are going home from the park that she does this. It will be -40C and she will stop and roll 4 or 5 times. Priceless!