Reforestation
Emily Carr
1936

John Turturro Reads Italo Calvino’s Fairy Tale, “The False Grandmother,” in a Short Animated Film In 1956, Italo Calvino, one of Italy's finest postwar writers, published Italian Folktales, a series of 200 fairy tales based sometimes loosely, sometimes more strictly on stories from a great folk tr...

John Turturro Reads Italo Calvino’s Fairy Tale, “The False Grandmother,” in a Short Animated Film

Why Abbey Gardens should be on your road-trip list - Toronto Life A desolate 300-acre gravel pit in the Haliburton Highlands has been turned into a community hub

Why Abbey Gardens should be on your road-trip list this year, a 300 acre former gravel pit now transformed into a community hub. 🐾

#MyHaliburtonHighlands #Ontario #nature #tourism #comewander torontolife.com/culture/why-...

Chipmunk in my garden. (Photo by me, Karen Sloan)

Earth Day is a gentle reminder to step outside, slow down, and feel more connected to the world around us. 🐾 🌱
#HappyEarthDay #gardensky #nature #wildlife

Photo of a sculpture resembling a light brown deer walking left, its antlers extend into branches and leaves, all against a grey background

Petal deer, 2012 by Ellen Jewett, sculptor known for her often surreal depictions of animals #WomensArt

Sometimes they come back. From old tales. And walk among us. For #EarthDay today, we have such an old tale, about green children from the Middle Ages. And it might even be a tale along the lines of... hope, maybe?

Read more in our 53rd #darkspringtide story below.

🎨 Charles Folkard

Me, being left behind…❤️

Plotting something? 😉 🐾

Wooden Little Free Library box filled with books, topped with succulents, labeled Sharing Station on a suburban sidewalk.

Happy Earth Day! 🌍 Let's celebrate by connecting with nature and our communities through books. Whether you're sharing seeds in a Little Free Library, exchanging nature-themed books, or simply enjoying a good read outdoors, we hope you find joy and inspiration in the world around us.

Virginia Woolf on Finding Beauty in the Uncertainty of Time, Space, and Being Calibration and consolation for those moments when it seems impossible that we should ever again recompose the world’s broken fragments into a harmonious whole.

Virginia Woolf on finding beauty in the uncertainty of time, space, and being www.themarginalian.org/2020/04/03/v...

Right Bird, Right House Want to help birds but not sure which ones you can attract? Use this interactive tool to find out which birds are likely to nest in your region and habitat, and download the appropriate nest box plans...

Find out which #birds you can build a #nest box or nest structure for in your region & habitat.

Via: @cornellbirds.bsky.social 🐦 #birdsky #diy
nestwatch.org/learn/all-ab...

Lilies of the Valley, violets and forget me nots, ferns, small butterfly. Painting.

Lilies of the Valley, Albert Durer Lucas, 1888.

"I had, by cross-ways and by-paths, once more drawn near the tract of moorland;"

("Jane Eyre: An Autobiography", 1847)

Charlotte Brontë was born #OTD 1816

🎨 Edward A. Wilson (1944)

#booksky #bookillustration

Collage of alder and willow: a mature weeping willow in an open field; a botanical illustration of Salix (willow) with long trailing leaves; a willow tree reflected in water; a botanical plate of Alnus (alder) with leaves and catkins; a tall alder in winter; and a riverside painting with willows leaning over the water.

21 April is Parilia, the Roman festival honouring Pales, a pastoral deity. It’s said on this day two fishermen refused to observe her rites. In anger she turned them into an alder and a willow. They still haunt the riverbank, the willow trailing branches like lines cast for fish.

Seeing crocuses blooming is a lovely sight after such a long winter, & just in time for #EarthDay, too. 🌱🐾

#MotherNature #Ontario #bloomscrolling #flowers #plantsky

Nymans Garden

I should imagine that April, May and June see it at its best. One can learn so much by visiting a #garden such as this; it offers a short-cut to hard won experience. #gardening

Couldn't agree more. Thanks Lila!

Education Resource Library | Earth Day NEW! Advocacy Packets Earth Day 2026 Climate Civics Toolkit Environmental History Timelines Lesson Plans Pollinator Toolkits quizzes Book Hub Earth Month 2026 Calendar Earth Day action menus Resources...

🌍 Celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday by inspiring young minds! 🌱 Explore free resources & activities for the classroom at the Earth Day Education Library. www.earthday.org/education-re... #Edusky

Servants of the Moon and Sun Visit Amazon's Servants of the Moon and Sun Page and shop for all Servants of the Moon and Sun books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Servants of the Moon and Sun

What if Maleficent was Aurora's mother and what if she wasn't really evil?

www.amazon.com/dp/B08HLVPF7D

A Common Raven perched on a rock, displaying its glossy black plumage with iridescent sheen, thick curved beak, shaggy throat feathers, and large dark claws against a soft blurred brown and pink background.

Crows remember human faces. For years. If you wrong one, it will tell other crows about you — and they'll harass you too. Even crows that never met you!

This is not just a bird. This is one of the most intelligent animals on the planet.

#birds #crows #animas #nature

"Wind Sprite"

🎨 Bertha Lum (1920)

Early Spring
Mary Hiester Reid
1914

New #ebook at Project Gutenberg: The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age by Aubrey De Vere https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78491

🌗🌃 "Moon Series" by Arlene Graston.

Call for papers: "Emotions in Environmental and Sustainability Education - Theoretical, Methodological, and Empirical Developments"

Full details and contact information for the guest editors at the link:

think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Great view, Sue!

Spring arrives like a quiet celebration; buds unfolding, birds returning, wetlands awakening with life. It’s a season of renewal and hope, and a reminder that protecting nature today means more wild, beautiful tomorrows across Canada.🌿🌸

From wasteland to wetland: re-naturalizing Toronto’s Don River into Lake Ontario The $1.3-billion flood prevention project in Toronto’s Port Lands is one of the most ambitious urban nature restoration projects in Canada’s history

From wasteland to wetland: re-naturalizing Toronto’s Don River into Lake Ontario.

The $1.3-billion flood prevention project in Toronto’s Port Lands is one of the most ambitious urban nature restoration projects in Canada’s history: https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/donriver/

Birding Your Way to Well-Being Reduce stress, boost attention, and find transcendence.

Birding Your Way to Well-Being | Psychology Today
🐦 #birdwatching #birdsky #mindfulness

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind...

Houseplants For Mental Health This is "Houseplants For Mental Health" by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Research evidence shows the mental & physical health benefits of #houseplants in our homes, businesses, & #healthcare facilities. This includes reduced #stress, increased happiness, better focus, & lower anxiety. 🌱 Via: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew #gardensky vimeo.com/662739925/f7...