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Wild About Bird Names
In 2017, after a close-fought vote by more than 50,000 Canadians, the Royal Geographic Society of Canada declared the gray jay (Perisoreus canadensis) as our national bird. Although it has not received official…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #15
These collections of patterned rocks by Avery Gregory. There’s something very simple, yet very soothing about these arrangements. Glass frogs make themselves transparent by hiding their blood in their liver while they sleep.…
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Wild About Natural Forms
For as long as we have created art, we have incorporated representations of the natural world into our works. From prehistoric cave paintings in France to petroglyphs in North America, depictions of animals…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #14
The extensive history of hedgehogs in ancient art. This little guy dates to 600 BCE Greece, where hedgehogs were believed to be able to predict the weather. This chart by Stephen von Worley…
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Wild About Good News
With the door closed on 2022, this seems like the right time to celebrate some of the good news from the past year. Not Dead Yet One of my favourite themes from 2022…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #13
These houses on Lake Erie that were encased in ice thanks to Winter Storm Elliot. These two embroideries by Josh Luke Davis. The first features all the different orders of bird species, the…
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Wild About Neighbourhood Maps
If you drew a map of your neighbourhood, what would it look like? Whether it’s the city as a whole or our local neighbourhood, each of us sees the place we live a…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #12
These images of tree buds in winter from Leif Bersweden. I can’t get enough of the variety in colour and shape. If you’re in the UK, there’s a whole book you can check…
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Wild About the Big Here
As someone who grew up in a rural environment, and has now lived in an urban environment for many years, it’s easy to feel disconnected from the landscape and environment around us. And…
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Three Things I’m Curious About This Week #11
Following on this week’s article about solarpunk, I’m captivated by this webcomic from author Ursula Vernon that imagines a different and hopeful future for the world. Be sure to read the entire thread.…
a miscellany of wonder
