Photographer John E. Walker in Oshawa, September 02, 2025, at Parkwood Estate National Historic Site.
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I truly appreciate the beauty of nature, and I enjoy your eye for capturing beautiful images. You don’t have to post every week; posting every second week or even monthly would be perfectly fine. With so many options to choose from, it takes time to fully appreciate each picture. There are 21 choices to go through, and I can select the images I want to save. The words "love," "compassion," and "community" resonate deeply with me, as they convey a sense of connection and empathy. I really enjoy this aspect of the network. Thanks for being awesome!
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Wow, just beautiful pictures. Great eye my friend.
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My favorite color purple and with the bees snd butterflies, just beautiful. Thank you for sharing this wonderful images.
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Just beautiful John, Im was out today and it was so nice just to feel the sun again. How can I support you this week?
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🌱🦋From Wings to Ripples: Inspiring Wellness and Community Through Love🌸❤️
There are moments in life when the ordinary becomes extraordinary—when a simple pause reveals something far deeper than what the eye first sees. In this image, a Monarch butterfly lingers on a vivid red bloom, its wings glowing in hues of orange and black, while the water behind shimmers in quiet teal and a soft pink flower waits in the background. What might have been just a passing scene becomes, instead, a meditation on beauty, health, and the strength of gentle persistence.
The Monarch has always carried the spirit of transformation. Its orange wings sing of vitality and joy, urging us to embrace life with energy and hope. The black and white markings trace out balance, a reminder that true wellness is born when we weave together resilience with rest, strength with gentleness, action with reflection. The red bloom itself pulses with the colour of compassion, courage, and love—mirroring the heartbeat of every effort we make to care for one another. Together, these colours form a living symbol of harmony and wholeness.
For me, moments like this are more than a photograph—they are touchstones on a longer journey. Through Pics In Oshawa, I’ve gathered hundreds of images of butterflies, with more than 125 of the Monarch alone. Each carries its own quiet wisdom, its own reminder to slow down and listen. As I add reflections and comments to these images, my hope is to offer more than beauty for the eye—I want them to stir the heart, to bring encouragement to anyone seeking wellness, and to inspire compassion that ripples outward into community.
This is, in truth, how I see my work beyond the lens. Like the Monarch, I move step by step, season by season, planting seeds of care—whether through food shared, projects built, or the vision of year-round growing spaces for those who cannot grow their own. These efforts now reach toward the LIFE Transitional Housing Project, where shelter, learning, and nourishment will come together to bring dignity and new beginnings. It is a journey of patience, of faith, of trust in the slow but certain flight toward change.
I invite you to wander through the growing collection on Pics In Oshawa. Let the colours speak, let the wings remind you of your own strength, let the blooms whisper of compassion. May you find inspiration not only in the images but in the truths they quietly carry: that beauty heals, that wellness grows with love, and that each of us, like the Monarch, can cross great distances one gentle step at a time.