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'She made it a practice to be grateful for at least one thing every single day'.

09/01/2026

The Jingle Dress dancers not only look beautiful, but sound magical!
The dance is a sacred healing dance, where metal cones (jingles) are applied to the regalia - 365 representing a prayer for each day of the year. When the dancers move, the jingles sound like gentle falling rain and serve as healing and wellness for families and the community. It is also believed that the ringing sound carry prayers up to the Creator.

08/30/2026

Bless his little heart! This little guy took his dancing very seriously, much to the delight of the powwow crowd!
He was dancing the Prairie Chicken Dance, where actions are birdlike, mimicking the strutting, head-shaking, and foot-stomping of a male prairie chicken trying to attract a hen. The regalia is more minimalist than some powwow regalia, and include two long, curving pheasant tail feathers equipped with colored plumes or fluffs on the tips. These feathers bend forward and bounce to imitate the bird's head movements and alertness.
The third image shows his dad and mom (both in blue) in the distance watching with great pride!

08/28/2026

Regal beauty!
Red is such a powerful colour at the powwow!
This regalia is the women's fancy shawl, where beautifully fringed shawls move and sway to mimic butterfly wings - one of my favourite dances at the powwow!

08/27/2026

The Men's Fancy Dance is extremely high energy and visually exciting! It requires a great deal of athleticism - with the dancers moving to an accelerating drum beat, having to stop EXACTLY on the last beat of the drum or get disqualified in a competition.
The regalia is brightly coloured with beautiful beadwork. Some of the key features are the two large feather bustles worn on the upper and lower back, the leg wrappings made of sheep or goat hair, and the two feathers on the headwear that spin and sway with the dancers movements. It's so amazing to watch, but quite a challenge to photograph with highspeed continual movement!

08/26/2026

It's so beautiful to watch the joy of passing on traditions to the newest generation!

08/25/2026

For my friend Nahum.
The deep love and pride you have for your son as you instil in him your values and traditions through the powwow is such a beautiful thing to witness!

08/24/2026

This little moment between friends caught my eye for the striking colours and powwow flagpole off in the distance.
Ominous skies didn't matter -this year the Rama Pow Wow team had a massive tent erected for the dancers one day beforehand, after assessing the soggy weekend forecast!

08/23/2026

Chi miigwech Rama Pow Wow for the warm welcome! What a wonderful day of beauty, sharing of traditions, and unexpected great weather! The powwow is an event I look forward to all year!
I had the pleasure of speaking with this beautiful elder woman, who asked if I would mind helping her to tie those intricate beaded flower 'side drops' onto her braids. It was such an honour, and she kindly gifted me this beautiful image!

08/18/2026

We recently discovered this very active wasps nest on the underside of our deck by the stairs (my cat happened to be sitting under it when I heard the loud buzzing)! Had it been anywhere else on the property we would have let it be, but due to the high-traffic area, we unfortunately had to remove it. Once we were certain the nest was no longer viable, my husband removed the deck board and flipped it for viewing and removal. This is only the top portion of the nest, as the bottom half fell to the ground. In it's fullness, it was the size of a volleyball and truly a work of art! Fortunately, no one (not even the cat) was stung in the process!

08/16/2026

Although tiny and rather unassuming, this wee monarch caterpillar is quite extraordinary - he's part of the Methuselah generation - the super generation of Monarchs that will live up to eight or nine months rather than the typical two to five weeks of the first 3 generations.
Once emerged as a butterfly in late summer, this little fellow will make the remarkable 3,600 mile flight to Mexico to overwinter in the oyamel fir forests in the Sierra Madre mountains.
Shorter daylight hours, native milkweed dying back, temperatures starting to cool at night and during the day all are signals for the monarchs to begin preparing for the journey.
The butterflies that hatch now will be in 'diapause' - their reproductive development will be paused so that they can complete the incredible migratory journey. This 'pause' will end in late spring in Mexico where they will mate and begin a new generation to return to Canada.
Monarchs that you spot now are shifting focus from breeding to intense feeding. They must build body fat to fuel migration and to survive the winter in Mexico. Nectar is now critically important!
My echinacea is in full bloom and my New England asters are just about to burst - and I spot monarchs travelling through each day eating hungrily!
Have a beautiful Sunday friends, and take time to marvel at the little extraordinary wonders!

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