@maintraynor.bsky.social
Pirate, photographer and optimist. Viewing life through a young heart and vintage glass. All photos are my own.
“I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.”
― Henry Fielding
― Henry Fielding
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.”
― Henry Fielding
― Henry Fielding
“If there is ever a magical beauty that can be watched hours with great admiration, and that is the beauty of a strong light falling from the everlasting skies into the heart of the dimness!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan
― Mehmet Murat ildan
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“If there is ever a magical beauty that can be watched hours with great admiration, and that is the beauty of a strong light falling from the everlasting skies into the heart of the dimness!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan
― Mehmet Murat ildan
But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.
Alan Watts
I could not imagine two better companions for a wander into the woods than Tanner James and Georgia Joy.
Alan Watts
I could not imagine two better companions for a wander into the woods than Tanner James and Georgia Joy.
November 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.
Alan Watts
I could not imagine two better companions for a wander into the woods than Tanner James and Georgia Joy.
Alan Watts
I could not imagine two better companions for a wander into the woods than Tanner James and Georgia Joy.
“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
The last of the Amanita muscaria for this year, and the start of soup season. A wander in the village does the soul some good.
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The last of the Amanita muscaria for this year, and the start of soup season. A wander in the village does the soul some good.
Summer dreams. The Kennedy River in central Vancouver Island is a true thing of beauty. My motorcycle trips out to the west coast are memorable.
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Summer dreams. The Kennedy River in central Vancouver Island is a true thing of beauty. My motorcycle trips out to the west coast are memorable.
Summer dreams, warmth that seemed to enter our very cores. Blessed, and grateful.
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Summer dreams, warmth that seemed to enter our very cores. Blessed, and grateful.
“How about this one, dad?”
Tanner thinks truffles are for kids [or pigs], and is now dedicating his autumn hours to the search for the real treasure, Amanita muscaria.
Tanner thinks truffles are for kids [or pigs], and is now dedicating his autumn hours to the search for the real treasure, Amanita muscaria.
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“How about this one, dad?”
Tanner thinks truffles are for kids [or pigs], and is now dedicating his autumn hours to the search for the real treasure, Amanita muscaria.
Tanner thinks truffles are for kids [or pigs], and is now dedicating his autumn hours to the search for the real treasure, Amanita muscaria.
The big maple lost her green, but held fast her sturdy trunk and slender, giving branches. Autumn has truly cone to the village.
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The big maple lost her green, but held fast her sturdy trunk and slender, giving branches. Autumn has truly cone to the village.
Into the woods we go. Here we find peace, and the camera brings me right into the present. Blessed and grateful.
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Into the woods we go. Here we find peace, and the camera brings me right into the present. Blessed and grateful.
Don’t you want a life like we saw on the picture show?
So come on, give me something, come on, keep me up all night
You say, my baby, all this time in between drives me crazy
I want a life on fire, going mad with desire
I don’t wanna survive, I want a wonderful life
@thebrianfallon - Wonderful Life
So come on, give me something, come on, keep me up all night
You say, my baby, all this time in between drives me crazy
I want a life on fire, going mad with desire
I don’t wanna survive, I want a wonderful life
@thebrianfallon - Wonderful Life
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Don’t you want a life like we saw on the picture show?
So come on, give me something, come on, keep me up all night
You say, my baby, all this time in between drives me crazy
I want a life on fire, going mad with desire
I don’t wanna survive, I want a wonderful life
@thebrianfallon - Wonderful Life
So come on, give me something, come on, keep me up all night
You say, my baby, all this time in between drives me crazy
I want a life on fire, going mad with desire
I don’t wanna survive, I want a wonderful life
@thebrianfallon - Wonderful Life
Days of wonder, days we’d wander. Moss on ground, here to yonder.
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Days of wonder, days we’d wander. Moss on ground, here to yonder.
Off-leash, free and wild, we wandered the moss and mushroom laden rainforests of the east coast of Vancouver Island. This spot never fails to offer up the beauty. A small dog with a big heart has turned the rescuer into the rescued, it seems.
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Off-leash, free and wild, we wandered the moss and mushroom laden rainforests of the east coast of Vancouver Island. This spot never fails to offer up the beauty. A small dog with a big heart has turned the rescuer into the rescued, it seems.
500 feet over the strait in a DeHavilland Beaver, watching the barge as it lumbers underneath.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
500 feet over the strait in a DeHavilland Beaver, watching the barge as it lumbers underneath.
Easy like Sunday mornin’
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Easy like Sunday mornin’
Back in the faerie village that pops up every fall so close to home. The Amanita muscaria is clearly my fave.
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Back in the faerie village that pops up every fall so close to home. The Amanita muscaria is clearly my fave.
Georgia Joy dreaming of the conejo that ran wild just outside of Tijuana, her home until a year ago.
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Georgia Joy dreaming of the conejo that ran wild just outside of Tijuana, her home until a year ago.
“Do not feel sad for your tears as rocks never regret the waterfalls”
― Munia Khan
― Munia Khan
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Do not feel sad for your tears as rocks never regret the waterfalls”
― Munia Khan
― Munia Khan
There were days when the sound of the loons on the lake was the only thing that broke the silence. The scent of the wild juniper on the warm winds was the perfume that softened us.
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
There were days when the sound of the loons on the lake was the only thing that broke the silence. The scent of the wild juniper on the warm winds was the perfume that softened us.
“Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon’s blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.”
Shakespeare - MacBeth
Magic in the village, autumn’s bounty.
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon’s blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.”
Shakespeare - MacBeth
Magic in the village, autumn’s bounty.
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon’s blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.”
Shakespeare - MacBeth
Magic in the village, autumn’s bounty.
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool it with a baboon’s blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.”
Shakespeare - MacBeth
Magic in the village, autumn’s bounty.
Home from Gabriola Island to find that the Amanita muscaria closest to my home were popping up and were perfect!!
Vintage Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 lens.
Vintage Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 lens.
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Home from Gabriola Island to find that the Amanita muscaria closest to my home were popping up and were perfect!!
Vintage Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 lens.
Vintage Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 lens.
It has been hard up until recently to get a nice photo of sweet little Georgia Joy, as she is almost always on the move. Gabriola Island time gave us lots of opportunities to get out into the wilds, and I caught some images that I like.
November 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It has been hard up until recently to get a nice photo of sweet little Georgia Joy, as she is almost always on the move. Gabriola Island time gave us lots of opportunities to get out into the wilds, and I caught some images that I like.
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
November 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Vintage bones, vintage lens. A good match in the October woods.
Happy Hallowe’en.
Happy Hallowe’en.
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Vintage bones, vintage lens. A good match in the October woods.
Happy Hallowe’en.
Happy Hallowe’en.
No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
John Donne
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
John Donne
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
No man is an island entire of itself; every man
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
John Donne
is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
John Donne