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Aleksandra (Ally) Dolezal

@ecology-forlife

Ecologist/ Scientific Communicator. PhD from the University of Guelph. Instagram: allyd93

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The sky is struggling to decide the fate of the day.. could there be a storm, could the Sun win … The cloud activity is overhead a very still waterway surrounded by golden grasses.

The sky is struggling to decide the fate of the day.. could there be a storm, could the Sun win … The cloud activity is overhead a very still waterway surrounded by golden grasses.

The clouds are draping and deciding atop the landscape 📷🕊️ …

09.03.2026 16:44 👍 563 🔁 89 💬 23 📌 0

Happy Birthday Catherine!

07.03.2026 17:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Research Project Officer - Hymenoptera Research Project Officer - Hymenoptera

Entomology Job! Australian native bee systematics:

11.02.2026 03:04 👍 21 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
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This light knew what it was doing.

#filmphotography #fujifilm

06.02.2026 14:02 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A cut up landscape.

#filmphotography #fujifilm

30.01.2026 14:03 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

IB's Dr. Andrew MacDougall & Food for Thought share their thoughts on how fertilizer payback timing is hard to pin down, making precise return predictions elusive for farmers.

📰 bit.ly/4q2xVap

📷 Dr. Andrew MacDougall

26.01.2026 16:38 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Even stillness is movement.

#filmphotography #fujifilm

Check out the new film photo drops on my instagram: @allyd93. Resolution is too high for Bluesky.

23.01.2026 14:03 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Historical illustration titled "British dragonflies (Odonata), London, L.U. Gill, 1900," depicting four detailed dragonflies in natural size. The top pair labeled "Leucorrhinia dubia" features distinctive orange and yellow bodies with intricate black markings and transparent veined wings. The bottom pair labeled "Sympetrum striolatum" shows two dragonflies with reddish and brown bodies, also with detailed transparent wings. The illustration highlights the fine anatomical details and color variations of these British dragonflies, aiding species identification.

Historical illustration titled "British dragonflies (Odonata), London, L.U. Gill, 1900," depicting four detailed dragonflies in natural size. The top pair labeled "Leucorrhinia dubia" features distinctive orange and yellow bodies with intricate black markings and transparent veined wings. The bottom pair labeled "Sympetrum striolatum" shows two dragonflies with reddish and brown bodies, also with detailed transparent wings. The illustration highlights the fine anatomical details and color variations of these British dragonflies, aiding species identification.

🐉 British dragonflies (Odonata)
London, L.U. Gill, 1900.

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22.01.2026 19:23 👍 15 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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My painting PURPLE CONEFLOWERS

One of 20 full length painting videos in The Landscape Painting Studio. Learn to paint stunning landscapes using my easy to follow techniques.

21.01.2026 00:01 👍 2368 🔁 192 💬 31 📌 3
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A past summer’s day walk in the woods.

#filmphotography #fujifilm

16.01.2026 14:43 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wes Anderson recipe.

#filmphotography #fujifilm #WesAnderson

09.01.2026 14:43 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Illustration from 1859 of a wildflower branch with slender green leaves and delicate pink blossoms. The flowers include five-petaled star-shaped blooms and small bell-shaped buds and flowers hanging from thin stems. The drawing is finely detailed with soft watercolor shading, set against a beige background with some aging marks. No badger or animal is depicted, focusing solely on the botanical subject.

Illustration from 1859 of a wildflower branch with slender green leaves and delicate pink blossoms. The flowers include five-petaled star-shaped blooms and small bell-shaped buds and flowers hanging from thin stems. The drawing is finely detailed with soft watercolor shading, set against a beige background with some aging marks. No badger or animal is depicted, focusing solely on the botanical subject.

🦡 Wild flowers drawn and colored from nature..
New York, 1859..

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07.01.2026 17:23 👍 18 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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Black and white is so dramatic.

#filmphotography #fujifilm

02.01.2026 14:43 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Illustration of a North American wild foxglove plant from the Smithsonian Institution, dated 1925-1928. The plant features slender green stems with clusters of tubular, bell-shaped white flowers, each marked with subtle green and pale purple accents. The foxglove’s flowers grow on slender stalks extending from the main stem, and two elongated green leaves emerge at the base. The background is plain cream, emphasizing the delicate botanical details.

Illustration of a North American wild foxglove plant from the Smithsonian Institution, dated 1925-1928. The plant features slender green stems with clusters of tubular, bell-shaped white flowers, each marked with subtle green and pale purple accents. The foxglove’s flowers grow on slender stalks extending from the main stem, and two elongated green leaves emerge at the base. The background is plain cream, emphasizing the delicate botanical details.

🌼 North American wild flowers
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1925 [i.e. 1925-1928]

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27.12.2025 13:23 👍 20 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Dreamy serene space.

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26.12.2025 16:09 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Window series.

#filmphotography #fujifilm #Italy

19.12.2025 14:43 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It's snowning here now and I do miss those bugs...

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12.12.2025 14:43 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Restoring Farmland with ALUS: Research Shows Big Biodiversity Gains - Food from Thought “What if unproductive parts of farmland could be taken out of production and still benefit farmers?” That’s the question set out to explore by Dr. Andrew MacDougall’s Ecology Lab in collaboration with...

📖 Read the research highlight: foodfromthought.ca/restoring-fa...

09.12.2025 19:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Biodiversity and Ecosystems - Food from Thought [...]Read More... from Biodiversity and Ecosystems

📖 Read the new Food from Thought report: foodfromthought.ca/research/bio...

09.12.2025 19:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I’m delighted to be featured as one of the student stories in the new Food from Thought Report: Cultivating Biodiversity and Ecosystems 🌱 (see page 19).

Also published today is a piece summarizing part of my MSc and PhD work.

Curious about the work? Learn more below:

09.12.2025 19:37 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

That sounds like such a cool project I am excited to check this out!

05.12.2025 23:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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These mean so much to me.

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05.12.2025 17:04 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Missing those fire nights.

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28.11.2025 15:30 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Blue skies and summer drives.

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21.11.2025 15:03 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Capturing a feeling.

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14.11.2025 15:03 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Everything emotional comes out...

#filmphotography #fujifilm #Rome

07.11.2025 17:05 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Some shots from Rome. Warm contrast.

#film #photography #fujifilm

31.10.2025 21:00 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black and white image of a comet at left of centre with trees below looking like mountains.

Black and white image of a comet at left of centre with trees below looking like mountains.

Comet A6 Lemmon as seen from the frozen tundra of Newcastle upon Tyne. 22 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

23.10.2025 16:15 👍 89 🔁 7 💬 6 📌 0
candles shaped like carrot and asparagus

candles shaped like carrot and asparagus

Carrot and asparagus candles. Would you use?

24.10.2025 16:46 👍 542 🔁 30 💬 103 📌 9
an open sketchbook with black paper and illustrations of 7 various types of bugs in white ink including beetles, spider, butterfly, fly, and wasp

an open sketchbook with black paper and illustrations of 7 various types of bugs in white ink including beetles, spider, butterfly, fly, and wasp

an oil painting of a head of cabbage with a variety of insects on and around it including a crane fly, butterflies, beetles, a spider and wasp

an oil painting of a head of cabbage with a variety of insects on and around it including a crane fly, butterflies, beetles, a spider and wasp

an open sketchbook with black paper and illustrations of 7 various types of bugs in white ink including dragonflies, crickets/katydids and a beetle

an open sketchbook with black paper and illustrations of 7 various types of bugs in white ink including dragonflies, crickets/katydids and a beetle

a long scroll style Chinese painting with many dragonflies, crickets and katydids and frogs

a long scroll style Chinese painting with many dragonflies, crickets and katydids and frogs

I've neglected to share the last few weeks of my 5 minute daily drawings. I'm continuing the theme of drawing inverts from works of art.

Head of Cabbage with Insects, unknown Netherlandish artist
Early Autumn by Qian Xuan

#TradArt #Invertebrates

05.10.2025 20:27 👍 74 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 0