RIP to a real one.

The Soul of a New Machine may be the best technology book written, but House was a beautifully-crafted and deeply humanist book. Funny too!

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/books/tracy-kidder-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V1A.Q-jg.JJqQwhmKtnD2&smid=nytcore-ios-share

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

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Just realized that March 23 is #WorldBearDay A bit late to the party but some of you probably know that they are one of my favourite subjects to photograph. I have a page in my portfolio dedicated to black bears: https://www.catherinebabault.com/black-bears-on-vancouver-island and another one for grizzly bears: https://www.catherinebabault.com/grizzly-bears-on-vancouver-island

Here's a photo of a beautiful black bear during the salmon run on Vancouver Island.

#photography #VancouverIslandWildlife #bears #wildlife

[1/3] Ruta del Cares. With a fresh overnight dusting of snow on the peaks we set out to hike an out-&-back section of the 12km point-to-point Ruta del Cares (PR-PNPE 3) trail in Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa. This is the park’s most popular hike, linking Poncebos (Asturias) & Caín (León); it’s considered one of Spain’s most beautiful trails. We 🅿️ at Poncebos & initial views of the clear-flowing Río Cares from near the trailhead looked promising (📷1); a short stretch of road led to a well-formed path. The trail climbs through a deep limestone gorge with sheer cliffs that tower above the river; erosion has created rock pillars (📷2) & natural arches (📷3)—but human engineering in this landscape also must be admired. Between 1915 & the early 1920s, the company Electra de Viesgo built a canal to carry water from the Río Cares at Caín to a hydroelectric plant at Camarmeña–Poncebos. Up to 11 km long, it runs through ~70 tunnels excavated largely by hand with the aid of explosives; 11 workers were killed during construction. The maintenance path for this canal, widened between 1945–50, became today’s Ruta del Cares: the canal still carries water alongside, above & beneath the trail (📷4).

🇪🇸#spain #asturias 🇪🇺#europe 🚀#travel 🚐 #camperVan #nomad #roadTrip #vanLife 🥾#hiking #nature #nationalPark

Here, take some flowers because tomorrow is Monday.

With this crazy weather, our cherry tree blossomed and left in less than a week, more than three weeks earlier compared to last year. For someone who look forward to the flower season all year, this makes me sad, especially I wasn't here most of the week...
#BloomScrolling #SundayFlowers #CherryBlossoms

A Bald eagle looking for herring as they spawn in eelgrass near the shore.

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