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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Beautiful #SilverLakeProvincialPark. Páp-loshe-ka #SilverLake. I’ve been on top of both of the peaks more than once, trail access up a gnarly 4WD road on the other side! St’ám’ya #HopeMountain on the left, Wells Peak on the right.

A lake with small ripples and a gravel beach lead to a point with deciduous and evergreen trees. On the far lake shore, a slope of evergreen trees is topped by massive rocky peaks walls of Hope Mountain (left) and Wells Peak (right)

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Thanks @scottdenkers.bsky.social for the home improvement project yesterday! Cooper was “helping,” of course.

A nook near the door to our garage with a vinyl floor covering and a pair of shoes below the coats on hooks.

A large tan and white coonhound sits behind Scott who is on his knees with a drill nearby placing boards to make a shoe rack in the same nook.

The completed shoe rack has three slatted removable shelves made out of trim ends from our door and window trim.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

If you want to spend an evening laughing, I highly recommend #ThePlayThatGoesWrong. Fantastic! #SeattleRep, final performance today.

A theater program for The Play that Goes Wring is seen in front of a stage with the inside of a living room with vaguely Victorian decor.

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

For Canadian friends, Gander is opening up on Canada Day! I’m Lookout on Gander. Based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it’s a friendly place and continues to grow! I’ve been a beta tester since February.

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Visited my hometown to honour family this weekend, military and non-military alike. It was a road trip with my brother @jonldavis.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy Stopped by #TurnbullWildlifeRefuge for birding. Such a beautiful place, full of life!

A marshy pond is surrounded by grass. There are pine trees in the distance and a reflection on the water. The sky is blue without a cloud.

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Great capture with only a moment’s notice!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) is considered one of the first Western artists to create purely abstract work, producing pioneering, non-representational paintings as early as 1906 #WomensArt #WomensHistoryMonth

Four images, three of abstract paintings and the bottom right is a monochrome photograph featuring a white woman sitting in a chair in an art studio facing forwards

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Memories of seeing the world all around from place you were carried by your own two legs. 2008 #MtFrosty #ManningProvincialPark

A woman in a khaki shirt and shorts stands in a rocky summit. There is a brown pole at the summit with words too small for me to read while typing these notes. Rocky snowy peaks can be seen in the background as far as the eye can see. The sky is blue with faint streaky clouds.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Elle does it again! Hits the nail on the head. Or removes the placard with a hammer…

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Excellent information for those seeking records for Canadian citizenship based on Canadian birth records.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The weather here has been frightful for days - wind like a freight train and rain. So here is an image from 10 years ago at #RuckleProvincialPark on #SaltSpringIsland in #BeautifulBC. Work travel FTW.

A mossy trail on the edge of an island is framed by a twisted Madrona tree and firs. Another island can be seen in the distance.

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

🌎 Feb 27, 2026 🌍 This was fun. Definitely need to brush up on my geography. Oh, and read the directions first. globle-game.com #globle

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Here’s a beauty from our trip to Brazil! Grateful that @scottdenkers.bsky.social captured these memories for us!

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Yesterday at #starretspond in #hopebc Brrrr! Not a 🦮 because too many off-leash dogs at this location. 😢 Islléleqw #Isolillockpeak

A winter scene of a pond and mountains. A sandy bank is in front and a partially frozen pond with a large rock in the open water to the left. The far shore is lined with a mix of naked deciduous trees and evergreens. The horizon is a large rocky and evergreen tree covered shoulder of a nearby mountain to the left, a two-headed mountain with a snow covered top in the middle and smaller mountains with snow and evergreen trees to the right.

Windborne @windbornesingers.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

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The video file is too big to upload directly, so here it is on YouTube. In the spirit of Woody Guthrie, we’re keeping this song alive and sending it out from the woods of Massachusetts to the streets of Minneapolis and everywhere that communities are gathering together in solidarity and resistance

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You F@scists Bound to Lose

YouTube video by Windborne Singers

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

@scottdenkers.bsky.social and I gave a presentation this week on our birding trip to the Pantanal in Brazil. Here are two of his amazing photos!

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

My hubby posted my gateway bird on Valentine’s Day!

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Memories of a recent retiree: February 13-16, 2012 I flew to #thunderbay then drove to #marathon and worked with the Pic River First Nation. Grateful for the opportunity to see so much of Canada as part of my work, even though it often included winter travel. Rental car in a snowstorm, ugh!

Statue of a man with one prosthetic leg running. This is Terry Fox, a Canadian hero who raised awareness and money for cancer care and hopes for a cure. Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Sunset over Lake Superior. An orange sky is above purple hills on the far shore of a partially frozen lake. There is an evergreen tree in the foreground and a snowbank in the lower edge of the image.

A grey sky floats above a stormy Lake Superior with waves approximating breakers at the ocean. Snow lines the beach and the hillside in the lower left. Evergreen trees are at the top of the hill on the left and an evergreen tree-covered point sticks out into the left.

A tall hill rises above a snow-covered frozen bay. A few trees, one evergreen and the others bare branches, are silhouetted against the snow. The sky is grey.

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

The graphics in this article are amazing! I love creative data displays!

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

#museumofflight yesterday with grandkids! Here’s one of them in the Great Gallery.

A teenager is silhouetted against a display of many airplanes large and small suspended from the ceiling of a glass and steel structure. It is a sunny day and blue sky can be seen outside.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Yesterday’s 🦮. Forever grateful for the beauty in our little town of #hopebc 🇨🇦

A paved street leads toward a view of mountains. A huge mountain covered with evergreen trees is on the nearby horizon to the left. In the distance is a rocky crag with two peaks that has snow on top and to the right another peak with a light dusting of snow. Along the street are tall evergreens, a few leafless deciduous trees and some houses tucked away between the trees. Sun is shining on green grassy and mossy lawns in the lower right.

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Digging in the archives: December 27, 2004. I think this is the day @scottdenkers.bsky.social and I decided to move to 🇨🇦! #alouettelake #goldenearsprovincialpark #beautifulbritishcolumbia

It is a sunny clear day a man and a woman wearing blue jeans and goretex jackets stand on a beach with rocks and sand. Behind them is a calm lake with snow capped mountains and mist reflected in the water. Slopes covered in evergreen trees are in the near distance.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

@beckyjlomax.bsky.social reminded me of good times hiking in Alaska. In 2001, I tagged a backpacking trip onto a business trip and a friend and I emerged from the backcountry on Sep 11. We did the only rational thing-we headed into the backcountry at #denalinationalpark until we could fly home.

A woman (me) in a puffy down coat (light green with black shoulders) stands on a hill with short grass in front of a huge snowy mountain- Mt Denali. It is morning and shadows highlight the contours of the mountain and the brown mountain ridge in front of the mountain. The sun is shining on my face. I am wearing black fleece pants and a homemade teal coloured fleece hat.

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Another wonderful hike with a trailhead near town yesterday! #quarrytrail #hopebc 1) Qemqemó aka #MountOgilvie 2) south and east. St’ám’ya #Hopemountain and Stó:lō #fraserriver 3) Cooper enjoying the lush moss and sunshine 4) you know you live in a rainforest when the trees wear fuzzy sweaters.

A large tan and white coonhound hikes up a trail. Behind the leafless alders the rocky cliffs of a mountain can be seen.

A view from a noisy track ridge above an abandoned quarry. The mountain in the left has snow and down the centre of the valley is the Fraser River. Some wisps of smoke can be seen. Another mountain ridge is on the right. There are evergreen trees on all the mountains and the slope below the ridge

The same dog wearing a harness and a retractable lead lays on his back with his paws in the air in the mossy rock ledge.

An evergreen tree is silhouetted against the sun. Its branches are covered in moss and the sun outlines the hanging moss with a bright green fuzzy outline.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

We have a rain break today! Maybe we should go back to Syéx̱w Chó:leqw Adventure Park! Great trails, great birding, and perfect washrooms! #turkeytail #redtickcoonhound

A scene with brown water, dry grass on both shores, and a large mossy rock. A fir tree frames the left side and the naked trunk of a deciduous tree is on the right. A rocky slope and ridge with evergreen trees is in the distance.

Turkey tail mushrooms are a striped shelf-type mushroom. These are brown with lighter concentric rings on a dark brown log with bright green moss.

A large tan and white dog in a leash with a harness has his front feet up on a cedar bench.

A man with his back to the camera stands on a viewing platform with new wood railings. Some of the railings are curved in the natural shape of the branch. There are theee wooden benches on the platform. The platform reaches out over water and there is a rocky cliff and trees mountainside in the distance.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Another favourite hike in our town. Four great views from #thackermountain 1) St’ám’ya #Hopemountain 2) Q’ówqèwem #kawkawalake & Qemqemó aka #MountOgilvie 3) #coquihallariver confluence with Stó:lō #fraserriver 4) Stó:lō #fraserriver and #landstromridge Halq’eméylem place names when possible.

A dog is in the lower left on the sunshine with a bench behind him on a ledge. In the the valley below is a neighbourhood in Hope, BC. Hope Mountain is in the distance, a tall peak with snow and evergreen trees. The sky is blue with wispy clouds.

A lake can be seen through evergreen trees. Tall tree covered mountains are in the distance with snow capped mountains in the distance in the right horizon. The sky is blue with white clouds.

The sun is behind mountains and clouds streak the sky. A river flows in fem the left below a ledge and flows onto a large river that enters from the right. A golf course is in the lower right. Buildings of a small town are between the 2 rivers.

The sun sets over the town in a view a little south of the prior one. A ridge in the center is a dark hill with evergreen trees. Taller trees mountains are separated by a large river in the distance.

Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

A rather abrupt transition from the Big Island 🌺 to #hopebc 🇨🇦 OTD and the next in 2025! From camping at #punalu’u on Feb 5 to the frozen #fraserriver on Feb 6! (Plus digging our car out of the snow and having a dead battery at the Bellingham airport in between!) #climatewhiplash

A man stands on an ocean beach where the sun is rising in an orange sky.

Lava rocks and beach plants are seen in the foreground. There is a tide pool then breakers on a rocky shore and the sun rising amongst clouds in the horizon.

A river scene with snow on the beach, ice along the shore, open water in the middle and more ice on the far shore. A mountain with evergreen trees and snow is in the distance. There are light grey clouds in the sky.

A trail in sand curves along the left side on the bank of a river. Large sheets of ice line the shore. In the distance are 5 mountaintops of dark evergreen covered mountains with snow. Grey clouds are in the sky. The mountain on the left is St’ám’ya or Hope Mountain. The one in the middle with two peaks is Islléleqw or Isolillock Peak. The others are unnamed as far as I know.

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This is the girl who runs this account.

In a black and white photo, a white girl stands in front of a set of floor to ceiling curtains that have a repeating pattern of trees and bushes. She has bangs and shoulder length dark hair. She is wearing a striped T-shirt and hand-me-down jeans that don’t quite fit. She has white socks and lace up black shoes with white shoestrings. She is smiling at the camera.

Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever. A thread.

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

OTD in 2025 we packed up our camp at #Kohanaiki, visited #PebbleBeach and #WhittingtonBeach, set up our tent at #Punalu’ucountypark and drove up to #HawaiiVolcanoesNationalPark to catch the tail end of an eruption. What an amazing day! #bigislandmemories

A bright green anole lizard with orange spots munches on a moth along the side of a building.

The word Aloha is written with white shells in a black pebble beach. Small waves are rolling in on the beach between two black rock points.

A pool of orange molten lava can be seen with more lava pouring down a ledge. Stem is faintly orange from the glow and everything else is black.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Cooper loves spa day! When you have a big dog, it’s wonderful when they like their bath. Or in his case, shower. #redtickcoonhound #whorescuedwho

A large tan and white dog lays on a beige tiled floor among colourful towels. He is very relaxed.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

OTD in 2025 @scottdenkers.bsky.social and I were among the lucky few who were able to visit Hakalau Forest NWR, Hawai`i, HI. He has all the best photos of our 🪶 friends but the #nene were unafraid enough for me and my📱. A very special day! #hakalau #birding

A small two wheel track curves through tall bright green grass between tall tropical trees. The sky is blue with a hint of cloud.

A goose sits in short uncut bright green grass. The goose has a black eye and a black cap and face with black feathers curving down the back of its neck. The cheek is white and the white curves down from the cheek along the front and sides of the neck. There are diagonal black streaks in the white parts of the neck. There is a black ring around the base of the neck and a tawny breast. The goose’s back is brown with faint white edges to the feathers. The tail is almost black with a glimpse of a white rump.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Short hike to #floodfalls. 🦮 achieved and only two bird species! The falls are 300m and the twisting path of the falls hide much of it from view.

Water falls down a rocky mountainside with evidence of fire damage. The fire started in September 2022. A man looks at the waterfall giving a sense of how tall the cascades are.

A closeup of the bottom of the waterfall and the pool at its base. Recent storms caused many large trees to fall down the mountain and the reddish trunks line the pool.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Memories of hot sunny days on the beach to get us through the dreary cold rain of our winter! OTD in 2025 at #kohanaiki and Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical park. #honu

The night sky over the ocean. A tree is silhouetted on the left and the glow of a city is low on the horizon. The sky is green with a sprinkling of stars. A faint green reflection lightens the water.

The orange glow of sunrise on a crescent-shaped rocky beach with breakers rolling in.

A rocky beach with white sand and black rock with breakers on a blue ocean with a blue sky. A few low trees are in the right.

A sea turtle rests on a rocky beach with shallow waves around it.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Another great post from our district office. This favourite view shows why parts of town lose sunshine for months of the year. Our first home in Hope was in the mountain’s shadow from mid-November to mid-February. Now we live on the “sunny side of Hope” and can get a bit of sun any day of the year.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

OTD in 2025 we hiked and birded at #’akakafalls, enjoyed the music, food, and culture at the Waimea Cherry Blossom Festival, and camped at #kohanaikibeachpark. Ah, the #bigisland

A thin stream of water plunges 442 feet down a canyon. Lined with green vegetation. A small red flower can be seen on the near bank. The sky is cloudy

An orange and blue tent is set up on a white sandy beach with black rocks going down to a beach. There is also a picnic table set up with camping gear. The waves are rolling in under the sky at sunset. A few trees are silhouetted against the sky and a band of clouds that are hinged with orange.

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Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

OTD in 2025 Maku’u Point, Big Island Hawaii. #makuupoint #bigisland. When we have dreary rain in the single digits C here in Hope BC, it’s good to remember rainy days in a more tropical climate!

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

OTD in 2025 we awoke at our campsite at Punalu’u Black Sand Beach and drove out the Chain of Craters Road in #hawaiivolcanoesnationalpark and hiked past the Hōlei Sea Arch overlook. That night the county parks closed due to excess rain and we miraculously found lodging in Hawaiian Paradise Park.

At Punalu’u County Park the waves are rolling in against black sand and a rocky shore. The horizon is orange and grey clouds are in the distance with streaks of rain.

A rocky shore made of lava with some green vegetation and dry grasses meets a blue sea. In the distant cliffs an arch just out from the cliff. The sky is grey with clouds.

Connie LaVon D🍁 @connielavon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Recent #dogwalks combined with #birding. Q’ówqèwem #kawkawalake had little ice, a view of Qemqemó #MountOgilvie and many coots plus dreams of swimming and boating in the summertime. Starrett’s pond had a lot of ice, many ring-necked ducks and a nice reflection of Islléleqw #Isolillockpeak

A boat dock floats out on a lake with a mountain in the distance. It is a hazy grey day. The mountain has evergreen trees on its slopes and rocky ledges with a little snow on top. Some houses line the far shore. The mountain is reflected in the mostly calm water. The boat ramp can be seen under the clear water to the lower left. The trail where photos were taken a few days ago on a sunny day across the lake can be seen on the lower left side of the mountain.

A partially frozen pond reflects a two-topped peak in the distance. Some snow is at the top of the dark, evergreen sided peaks. The neat shore is sandy with sticks.