🇨🇦JD Stanley - Writer 🏳️‍🌈

They still look to him. He no longer knows if that faith remains deserved. theseer.jdstanley.com #fantasy #EpicFantasy #Magic #mythology #swordandsorcery #Druid #HistFic #HistoricalFantasy #WhatToRead #Books #KindleBooks #fantasybooks

When Mount Saint Helens erupted 46 years ago today, nothing survived that was within 230 square miles of the explosion. Except for photographer Richard Lasher who escaped on his dirt bike after taking this shot.

Canadian neighbourhood security escorting some VIPs

Clark Kent gaslighting Lois Lane into believing he’s not Superman will always be unintentionally hilarious.

Did You Know 🤔. Crows are very clever and amazing problem solvers. This thirsty Crow came across upon a bottle with water at the bottom, beyond the reach of its beak. After failing to push it over, the bird drops in pebbles one by one until the water rises to the top of the bottle, allowing it to drink. Who’s a clever Crow 👏.

Dale Schroeder, a carpenter from Iowa, never married, had no children, and worked at the same company for 67 years. Owning only two pairs of jeans, he quietly saved his earnings and used his life savings to send 33 students to college. These beneficiaries, now doctors, teachers, and therapists, call themselves "Dale's Kids" and honor him for changing their lives.

Denmark, particularly in Copenhagen, has installed floating platforms/islands planted with wildflowers and native vegetation in its harbors and canals. These create safe urban habitats and sanctuaries for birds, bees, pollinators, insects, and even some aquatic life.

Many villages across the UK have repurposed iconic red telephone boxes into tiny community libraries, where you can take a book and leave one for someone else to enjoy too if you want to

Good morning, from Canada. This rainbow was a spectacular double arch, uncannily bright, but what I love best was how the rainbow's end silhouetted our rippling flag. The Maple Leaf, Forever.

He’s buried the past before But this time, it’s clawing its way back up Blood Runner: bloodrunner.jdstanley.com #contemporaryfantasy #Immortal #ReluctantHero #FantasyWithBite #DarkFantasy #MythBasedBooks #AntiHero #Sumer #MythBasedFantasy #MythBasedFiction #magic #BuriedSecrets

Crowdsource Campaign by Battlefield Press, of which I submitted the short story "Just Errands and Nothing More." @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/bpiga… #crowdsourcing #crowdfunding #anthology

- Just one dragonfly can consume over 100 mosquitos a day - They can fly backwards - They have nearly 360-degree vision - Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures - They're actually beautiful [📹 malbafont_macrophotography]

A baby otter at a British sanctuary, who was initially afraid of water, gradually becomes accustomed to it and learns to dive thanks to a device devised by zookeepers that requires it to enter the water to catch fish.

I have always loved Art-O-Mats, repurposed cigarette machines that dispense art. Created by N.C. artist Clark Whittington in 1997, this one is at the N.C. Museum of Art. There are now 200 nationwide, with more than 500 artists.

He says he’s been in the world so long he stopped looking at why things happen. But maybe he should. Blood Runner: bloodrunner.jdstanley.com #ContemporaryFantasy #DarkFantasy #fantasy #histfic #mythology #magic #sumerian #vampires

The ritual remains. The certainty does not. theseer.jdstanley.com #fantasy #HistFic #EpicFantasy #Magic #mythology #swordandsorcery #Druid #HistoricalFantasy #WhatToRead #FantasyBooks #KindleBooks

Before Keanu Reeves became a Hollywood star, he worked as a reporter for CBC and covered a teddy bear convention in 1984. The footage somehow makes him even more likable.

This is not stained glass It’s the wings of a dragon fly

This is a ladybird larva. It looks nothing like a ladybird. It looks like a tiny black alligator with orange spots — and most gardeners crush it thinking it's a pest. That mistake costs the garden dearly. An adult ladybird eats around 50 aphids a day. Its larva can devour up to 500 before it pupates. Ten times as many. That strange-looking creature working its way along your tomato stems is the most effective phase of a ladybird's entire life. Once you know what to look for, the larva is unmistakable: an elongated blue-black body with six orange spots along the sides, six short legs, slow and methodical movement up and down stems. It doesn't fly, doesn't jump, doesn't hide. It moves from one aphid colony to the next and feeds continuously for two to three weeks before pupating. The pupa looks like a small, still orange droplet fixed to a leaf — and it too gets removed during routine plant tidying. Inside it, the adult ladybird is forming. If you find aphids on a plant and ladybird larvae among them, leave them alone. The biological control is already working. 🐞

The wrong man sits on the throne And fifteen years later… he's still there The Seer: theseer.jdstanley.com #historicalfantasy #fantasybooks #swordandsorcery #mythbasedbooks #mythology #magic #knights