#Tag · BT Free Social

Say what you will about the suburban hellscape of Surrey, BC, they have done a fantastic job of protecting their waterways!

Also, frost flowers are super cool (I forgot about those! Too cold and dry in Saskatchewan)

#ProfSamLectureTour

Weird tiny ice crystal pillars that froze out of the ground, and I smooshed with my foot. They look like a pile of tiny beautiful ice columns next to my boot on the ground.

A frost flower erupting from a dead branch on dead leaves on the ground. The frost flower is many incredibly thin, parallel strings of ice. It looks like fiberglass fluff, or cotton candy, but melts at the slightest touch.

Blackberry thicket on the side of a stream, with lots of tall bare trees above, and a partly cloudy sky above. The blackberry leaves are all rimmed with white frost.

A view looking down a beautiful stream through a park inside a park in Surrey, BC. Water is flowing across rocks between bare trees that are very tall, and the sun is shining nicely on the stream.

Andrew ❤️‍🔥 :neofox_santa: liked this activity

Prof. Sam Lawler

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social · 2 hours ago

Say what you will about the suburban hellscape of Surrey, BC, they have done a fantastic job of protecting their waterways!

Also, frost flowers are super cool (I forgot about those! Too cold and dry in Saskatchewan)

#ProfSamLectureTour

Prof. Sam Lawler

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social · 2 hours ago

Say what you will about the suburban hellscape of Surrey, BC, they have done a fantastic job of protecting their waterways!

Also, frost flowers are super cool (I forgot about those! Too cold and dry in Saskatchewan)

#ProfSamLectureTour

Joseph A di Paolantonio boosted

Prof. Sam Lawler

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

We made it to Surrey yesterday, and had a lovely Christmas meal with family of our friends (who are basically adopted family at this point)

The drive was a bit sketchy along the Coquihalla with multiple smashed semi-trucks along the shoulders as warnings to drive slow. But after 2 back-to-back blizzards in Saskatchewan right before we left, it was pretty manageable.

First impression of the lower mainland after not being here for 6 years: holy cow it's green here!!

#ProfSamLectureTour

A view of temperate rainforest wild parkland, with lots of moss on everything. It's super wet, and the sky is grey above.

Looking along a muddy, slushy highway road with lots of snow on the sides toward a somewhat smashed semi-truck on the shoulder up ahead. There are tall pines on both sides of the road with snow, and tall mountains. The sky above is blue with some clouds

Prof. Sam Lawler

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

We made it to Surrey yesterday, and had a lovely Christmas meal with family of our friends (who are basically adopted family at this point)

First impression of the lower mainland after not being here for 6 years: holy cow it's green here!!

#ProfSamLectureTour

Prof. Sam Lawler

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Snow and rain and snow and rain for today's drive through a lot of BC mountains. We could theoretically make it to the lower mainland in BC today, but that's totally not going to happen given the likely road conditions! Shout-out to all the snowplow drivers and maintenance workers keeping the roads as safe as possible, even on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

#ProfSamLectureTour

Joseph A di Paolantonio and 2 others boosted

Prof. Sam Lawler

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Oh my goodness I've missed mountains (hellooooo Rockies!) But at the same time, I now completely understand why Prairie people get sort of claustrophobic around tall mountains!

This is very different from Saskatchewan, and I really notice the large fraction of the sky that I cannot see due to the tall mountains everywhere. I'm ok with it, but I notice it. Interesting.

#ProfSamLectureTour

A view looking down railroad tracks, curving through a cleared area between tall evergreen trees. Through the gap in the trees, a tall, pointy, beautifully snow-covered mountain is visible. The sky above is grey with clouds.

Prof. Sam Lawler

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Oh my goodness I've missed mountains (hellooooo Rockies!) But at the same time, I now completely understand why Prairie people get sort of claustrophobic around tall mountains!

This is very different from Saskatchewan, and I really notice the large fraction of the sky that I cannot see due to the tall mountains everywhere. I'm ok with it, but I notice it. Interesting.

#ProfSamLectureTour