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07/26/2026

Despite some rainy weather, the Cultivate Performing and Arts Festival was a grand success. Held over two days at the Gabriola Commons public space, performers included Dave Bodaly, Salish Sisters, Oktopus, Blue Moon Marquee, Anemara, NEAVV, and Wild Little Spring amongst others.

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07/18/2026

The Munu Canoe Fundraiser is a special event to support Snuneymuxw First Nation and other Coast Salish First Nation members travelling on the Tribal Journey to Niqually, WA, this July. A fun, family friendly event when everyone can get out to paddle in the Bay in a real Journey Canoe 🛶

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06/17/2026

02/17/2026

Today I’d like to share the page of not just one amazing photographer, but many wildlife photographers who participate in the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest and exhibit. I make an annual trip down to Victoria, BC specifically to see this incredible exhibit of nature photography from around the world, on display currently at the Royal BC Museum until April 19th.
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Vote now for your winner of the Nuveen People's Choice Award 2026! 💚

One of the incredible images you can vote for is of this brown-throated three-toed sloth mother cradling her young in her arms to shelter it from the rain.

Photographer Dvir Barkay observed this mother and her baby at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. They spent most of their time high up in the canopy.

Brown-throated three-toed sloths aren’t the world’s fastest animals – in a week, they moved between just three trees.

Downpours are common in the area. One afternoon, as the rain fell, the female nestled her young in her arms, sheltering it so it didn’t get too wet.

This image shows the baby with its arms wrapped around its feet, asleep in its mother’s embrace.

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02/03/2026

In my continuing effort to combat the immense amount of AI slop, today I’d like to share another photographer’s page that I greatly admire. Cristina "Mitty" Mittermeier captures the natural world and the people in it, while also being a conservationist, advocate, and storyteller. Please consider liking and sharing the work of real, dedicated, professional photographers such as her.

01/31/2026

I follow a lot of incredible photographers in this Facebook land. It’s become very disconcerting then, that the majority of what I see on my professional and private pages is AI slop masquerading as the real, natural world. I could get into all the stupid things I’ve seen from AI slop, and bitch about it for hours. Instead, I’m going to begin sharing with you real photography taken by professionals, in the hopes that you’ll follow their pages too. Some of these professionals are so good at what they do, that people accuse them of being AI, further blurring the lines. Rest assured that anything I share on here is very much the real world. Please, be more disconcerting with what you view and share and consider the source of where it’s coming from.
And with that, I present to you Mark Smith Photography and his wondrous world of birds.

01/04/2026

Approximately 200 people participated in the annual New Year’s Day polar bear swim at Xwcumi:lucun on Gabriola Island.

©2026 shutterjet/R Jeanette Martin