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Laura Thomas 🇨🇦📸✌️
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🌿 Master Gardener & Photographer
Capturing the beauty of nature & community through my lens. 📸🍁🇨🇦
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Path Forged - Laura Thomas Photography - Butchart Gardens, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #GardenPath #fineartphotography #art
A forested garden path cut through a mountain side at Butchart Gardens in Victoria BC.
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Luminous Petals - Laura Thomas Photography - Butchart Gardens, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #bloomscrolling #begoniaboliviensis #begonia #shadegarden #fineartphotography #art
Begonia boliviensis trails over a rock wall in dappled light.
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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One of my captures has made the 2026 #PortCoquitlam calendar! Taken on a frosty day when the bright #sky beckoned.
Frosty Footsteps - Laura Thomas Photography #PittRiver #Minnekhada #photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #winterwalks #blueskyartshow #fineartphotography #art
Winter walkers venture down the frosty trail along the Pitt River in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada.
December 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Rustic Radiance - Laura Thomas Photography - Butchart Gardens, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #bloomscrolling #fallflowers #mumsflowers
A pot of fall mums sits on a staircase at the Butchart Gardens.
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The Butchart Boar - Laura Thomas Photography - Butchart Garden, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #gardenart #fineartphotography #art
The Butchart Boar welcomes guests to Butchart Garden in Victoria.
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Pin the Tail - Laura Thomas Photography - Butchart Gardens, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #succulents #donkeytailspurge #succulentscrolling
Donkey tail spurge in dappled light.
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Kaleidoscope Revealed - Laura Thomas Photography - Butchart Gardens, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #fallfoliage #japanesegarden #foliage #fineartphotography #art
A canopy of fall colours from the Japanese Garden at Butchart Gardens in Victoria, fall of 2025.
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Steps & Stones - Laura Thomas Photography - The Butchart Gardens, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #japanesegarden #fineartphotography #art
Stairs curve down into a Japanese garden at Butchart Gardens in Victoria.
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Eternal Mercury - Laura Thomas Photography - Butchart Gardens, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #bloomscrolling #italiangarden #blueskyartshow #warmth #fineartphotography #art
In the centre of an Italian Garden, nestled in the heart of Butchart Gardens in Victoria, a bronze statue of Mercury warms under the sun's fast fading afternoon light.
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Autumn Eve - Laura Thomas Photography - The Butchart Gardens, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #bloomscrolling #dahlias #fallgarden #botanicalgarden
A peek into the dahlia garden at Butchart Gardens, Victoria.
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Garden Spun - Laura Thomas Photography - The Butchart Gardens, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #GardenPath #bloomscrolling #fineartphotography
A trio wanders down the garden path at Butchart Botanical Gardens in Victoria BC.
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Dear Dahlia - Laura Thomas Photography - Butchart Gardens, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #bloomscrolling #dahlias #autumnflowers
A capture of orange dahlias at the end of season at Butchart Gardens.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Cultivating Colour - Laura Thomas Photography - Butchart Gardens, Victoria 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #fallfoliage #foliage #fineartphotography #art
Bright pink and black Caladium leaves, blanketed in a bed of citrus yelloe leaves.
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Above the Crowd - Laura Thomas Photography - The Butchart Gardens Victoria, 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #botanicalgarden #shadows #art
A capture at the top of the view point at Butchart Gardens. The garden viewers cast long shadows as they peer over the edge.
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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My submission for #blueskyartshow this week focuses on a #small find from my fall garden.

Ladybird Wings - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #pollinators #ladybugs #ladybird #wings #dahlia #bloomscrolling
A ladybug unpacks its wings before take off.
November 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Gradient Hills - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #minnekhada #pittriver #RiverLife #fineartphotography #art #bluehour
The mountains and hills fade in the blue hour.
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Riverbank Percussion - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #riverlife #grasshopper
A grasshopper makes its way along the recently mowed edge of the dyke.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Downy Detour -Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #birds #downywoodpecker #woodland
A downy woodpecker found along my river walk
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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River Walker - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2025

#photography #NaturePhotography #naturetherapy #riverlife #pittriver #Fishing #fineartphotography #art
A fisherman stands at the edge of the mighty Pitt River with a net.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Suburban Cowboy - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2025

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #horses #farmlife #riverlife #pittriver
A local wanders the river trail by horse back in the suburban community of Port Coquitlam.
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Enchanted Understory - Laura Thomas Photography - Coquitlam, 2023

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #spores #mushrooms #fungi #amanitamuscaria #fineartphotography #art
A close up picture of a Amanita Muscaria.
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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November's Edges - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Moody, 2023

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #fineartphotography
A path through the trees
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Golden Fronds - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2023

#photography #naturephotography #naturetherapy #fineartphotography #art
Fern fronds burnt umber by the season, glow under the late day light.
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Lest We Forget - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam #RemembranceDay
Poppies bloom under the CMO overpass in Port Coquitlam.
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Among the Wild - Laura Thomas Photography - Port Coquitlam, 2023

#photography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlife #bcwildlife #snakes #gardenersnake
A garden snake curls up on a log to rest.
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM