Ross Churchley

A sunrise viewed through the bare branches of a small tree

Photo of the day for 2025-01-02

Canada • BC • Oak Bay

A tranquil scene of an overcast sky above a calm ocean. There is a lone seagull in flight near the middle of the frame.

Photo of the day for 2025-01-01

Canada • BC • Salish Sea

Fact

Icebergs are not tall and narrow

They generally float with the long axis horizontal

Fact

"Distribute" is the opposite of tribute

And a distributary is the opposite of a tributary

A sign reads 'Do not feed the wildlife or birds'

Do not feed the wildlife

Are pigeons wildlife?

Fact

There's no such thing as a tree

Trees are a strategy, not a family

A relief map zoomed in to New Westminster, Burnaby, and Coquitlam, showing creeks draining into the Brunette River watershed

Know your watershed

Where Burrard Peninsula's creeks flow

A sign posted by the Vancouver Parks Board at the entrance to a park

If you see a coyote

Yell "Go away coyote"

Fact

Alberta has no rats

Thanks to decades of ongoing government effort

Fact

Sunflowers are false flowers

Each "petal" is its own individual flower