Christmas Eve day on the prairies

A zoomed-in view of a very distant red barn, taken on 24 December 2013, along one of the backroads fairly near Frank Lake. Obviously the mountains, too, appear closer than they really were. I always love to see sunshine on fields of stubble - they positively glow.

Hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas Day yesterday! How quickly it's all over with for another year. Some of you may be going off to the stores today, Boxing Day, but I'll be heading in the opposite direction, to the mountains. Lucky enough to have been invited to join friends for a day surrounded by magnificent scenery. To me, that feels more Christmassy than fighting the crowds and standing in line for ages at the shopping mall : )