#spoonievision

PETTICOAT CREEK #SPOONIEVISION. Come sit by the water. The cool clear water of Lake Ontario (from “great/beautiful lake” in Wyandot) laps against the rocky shore. The Huron and Iroquois peoples have walked and tended to these shores for more than 4000 years. A gnarled willow tree grows surrounded by small boulders. Just below the water's surface are smooth rocks in shades of grey and green. The view pans left to look out over the lake; blue skies with thin clouds scudding above it. The waves are slow and low, gently breaking upon the pebble beach. ⠀ ⠀ #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #ContestedIllness #MECFS #PwME#POCwME #DysautonomiaAwareness #Undiagnosed #InvisibleDisabilities #disability #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityRights #DisabledAndProud #DisabilityAdvocate #Ableism #crip #SocialWork #resistance #feminist #biopolitics #sick #SickGirlsClub #illness #spoonie #SpoonieLife⠀ (at Petticoat Creek Conservation Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFsIM64jtIO/?igshid=1vlxztkzdks6r

BANFF #SPOONIEVISION AT MORAINE LAKE. You stand in The Valley of the Ten Peaks, tucked into the Rocky Mountains. The sound of cold, clear water fills your ears. Spindly pine trees, rich green at the height of summer surround you. A few grow in the stream rushing by your feet, perched on mossy mounds fed by glacier melt. Beyond the trees are mountains so big their size is nearly incomprehensible. The steep rock faces above the treetops are striated in brown and grey, dusted with ancient snow. You look to the right, towards more evergreen trees, and as you turn back the vista changes. A young woman in a neon pink cap is also taking a video of the scene. The churning water feeds into the calm blue-green Moraine Lake, on the traditional lands of the Niitsítpiis-stahkoii and Ktunaxa. You’ve seen this lake before, in postcards of Canada, on old $20 bills. On the other shore is only rock: layers of brown heading straight up towards the Tower of Babel. Where the land is lower, treetops are silhouetted against a deep blue sky studded in voluminous clouds. The lake is a calm, unexpected tropical blue. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ SpoonieVision started with videos like this, sent to me by @simplyb_ so I could share in her travels from home. Follow the #SpoonieVision tag and add your own videos, so we can all share a little taste of nature. ⠀ ⠀ #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #ContestedIllness #MECFS #PwME#POCwME #DysautonomiaAwareness #Undiagnosed #InvisibleDisabilities #disability #DisabledAndProud #sick #SickGirlsClub #illness #spoonie #SpoonieLife⠀ (at Moraine Lake) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDo4GqhDkLJ/?igshid=1kfifdorby14e

CREDIT RIVER #SPOONIEVISION. I’ve been taking these videos whenever I’m in nature for over a year, and only sharing them in my stories. @AdventuresWithImpulse prompted me to start putting them on my feed, so you can return to them whenever you need a piece of peace. ⠀ ⠀ In this video, the waters of the Missinnihe River (currently known as the Credit River) rush by, white peaks of foam forming over the rocks hidden underneath the water. It is early spring in this river valley. The trees on the riverbanks and up the valley are bright green with new leaves. A large grey tree trunk lies across the river, though it appears some buds have still formed on branches that reach vertically towards the sun. The camera pans right to look up the bend in the river. Across the water are evergreen trees with pointed tips and deep green needles. Looking towards the river bend, the sky is clean blue, and green grass pokes up between the rocks on the near shore. The Missinnihe or Credit River was and still is tended to by the Mississaugas of the Credit River. ⠀ ⠀ #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #ContestedIllness #MECFS #PwME#POCwME #DysautonomiaAwareness #Undiagnosed #InvisibleDisabilities #disability #DisabilityStudies #DisabilityRights #DisabledAndProud #DisabilityAdvocate #Ableism #crip #SocialWork #resistance #feminism #sociology #biopolitics #sick #SickGirlsClub #illness #spoonie #SpoonieLife⠀ (at Forks of the Credit Provincial Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC1IU4VjBcO/?igshid=101787ag77o5c

#SPOONIEVISION spies a tall ship on Lake Ontario. It's a beautiful day at Lake Ontario. The water laps gently at the shore- the lake is still, so there are no waves, just the gentle lull of water on rocks. A large ship with four massive white sails glides across the water. It has a pointed prow, two masts, and a dark coloured body. You hear a propeller plane before you see it winging across the wide pale blue sky. #chronicillness #invisibleillness #contestedillness #chronicfatigue #mecfs #undiagnosed #invisibledisability #disability #disabilitystudies #crip #socialwork #resistance #feminism #sociology #biopolitics #sick #sickgirlsclub #illness #spoonie #spoonielife (à Ontario Place) https://www.instagram.com/p/B061rBEg-oa/?igshid=17gnezrutkrej

Today's #spoonievision is very apt, considering the snowstorm currently outside my window. We're at the Speed River in Guelph, Ontario. Across the river the cedar trees have a light covering of snow on them. We loft a snowball into the air and it breaks the still dark water of the river. The camera pans left, towards an area where the river moves quicker over shallow rocks, the water turbulent. In the foreground, the river laps at the frozen shore. #chronicillness #invisibleillness #contestedillness #chronicfatigue #mecfs #undiagnosed #invisibledisability #disability #crip #sick #sickgirlsclub #illness #spoonie #spoonielife (at Speed River Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtMKbk0H3VH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1le9z4cazvfo4