A place of peace and beauty
Sunbathed mountain slopes
No equipment needed - just a tongue
A final goodbye
Sunlit peaks
Such a fun Moose
From shadow to light
Set from the movie, The Revenant
Black Bear from last spring
Another car gets a licking
Golden Eagle named Spirit
Baby Barn Owl
Columbian Ground Squirrel
Sunshine on a mighty peak
Moose portrait
Mountain splendour
A young male Moose
Licking salt off its lips
Driving in a winter wonderland
The finest of feathers
Young bull Moose
A scene from the past
Barn at Folk Tree Lodge
Young male Red-breasted Grosbeak?
Purplish Fritillary / Boloria chariclea
Like a little flower
Forgetmenot Pond
The joy of peace and quiet
Tall Larkspur / Delphinium glaucum
Unidentified flower, Seebe, Alberta - Echium vulga…
CL Ranches, Alberta
Peace in the Jumpingpound area
Fence line in the fall
Tundra Swans
Deciduous yellow
Sparkles on Forgetmenot Pond
Pine Siskin
Travelling the Cobble Flats road
Morning awakes
Sunlight on the low cloud
Licking the salt
Snow, snow and more snow
Winter beauty
A winter walk
The beauty of Lake Louise
When winter really was winter
Moose cow looking for salt
Little church in the valley
McDougall Memorial United Church
McDougall Memorial United Church
Tucked away near the creek
A day in the mountains
McDougall Memorial United Church
Yellow Warbler male
Yellow lady's-slipper
One of my favourite views
Spotted Sandpiper
Flycatcher sp. - Willow or Alder Flycatcher
Gaillardia
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Willow Flycatcher
Fleabane
Time to rest
Short-eared Owl
Light and darkness
Free car wash, anyone?
A solitary Moose cow
Heading into the sun
Texture of burnt trees
Just in time
Soaking up the incredible beauty
Male Moose are judged by the size of their antler…
Moose in a winter wonderland
Pine Grosbeak
Yesterday morning's sunrise
Like rays of sunshine
Mountain view
Between the trees
One of my favourite Lichens
Lenticular clouds over the mountains
Forgetmenot Pond
The beauty of low cloud
At the end of the path
Forgetmenot Pond - one of my favourite places
Delicate
Burrowing Owl
Watching and waiting
Looking a lot like fall
Where I was, yesterday
McDougall Church on a sunny day
Harebell and tiny visitors
Now that's a whole lot of bull
A look of intelligence
Dwarf Dogwood
Moth on Creeping Thistle
Two small, orange butterflies - Northern Crescents
Yesterday's excitement
Reflected in the eye of an owl
Spirit
A Black Bear sighting from May
Burrowing Owl
Against the cabin wall
Baby Barn Owl : )
White Spiraea, aka Birchleaf Spiraea / Spiraea bet…
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Come into my parlour, said the spider to the (butt…
Just playing ....
Rev. George McDougall
I'm in awe, no matter how many I see
Gaillardia against weathered wood
McDougall Church
A fancy outhouse door
One busy log
Canada Violet
Wild Strawberry
Fascinating forest find
The culprit
Black Bear busy feeding
Shootingstars / Dodecatheon
Arrow-leaved coltsfoot / Petasites sagittatus
Early Blue Violet
A fascinating mushroom cap
Yesterday's treat
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Happy New Year, everyone!
HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone! Hope you are feeling really good this morning, if you were celebrating into the wee hours!
I want to wish my family and each and every one of my "local" friends, my long-time overseas friends, and my friends over at the Flickr website a very happy, healthy and safe New Year! It's hard to believe, isn't it, that 15 years have passed since all the fuss about the year 2000? Thank you all for your friendship and encouragement, and for letting me share my photos with you - SO much appreciated! I'm looking forward to another year of seeing where you have been and what beautiful things you have discovered!
I spent the day on 7 December 2014 with friends Cathy and Terry, in an absolute winter wonderland! We set off about 7:45 am (still dark) and drove westwards to the Kananaskis area of our majestic mountains. Early in the drive, the sunrise turned the still distant mountains pink. This is always such an amazing sight to see.
Once we had reached Kananaskis, we drove the area of Highway 40 that is still open (the rest of this highway is closed during the winter months) and also the Smith-Dorrien road. There had been a recent snowfall and the trees in many places were still covered in snow, which turned everywhere into a winter wonderland. There was no wind and the temperatures hovered a few degrees around 0C. At times, very dark clouds made a great contrast to the gleaming white snow. Sunshine, a few clouds, and fun company made it such a great day!
My friends had been hoping for a long time to be able to show me a winter Moose and this day they did really well, finding a beautiful female and, at another location, a male with antlers that looked rather like two little twigs sticking out of the side of his head. The size of both these wild animals was huge! The closest we saw them both was when they approached the car. You can stop the car some distance away from them, but if they are busy licking off the salt and minerals from any car in sight, they sometimes might eventually come close. All the female was interested in was doing this very thing : ) She would occasionally stop, straighten up and look and listen - usually this would be because she had heard or seen people snow-shoeing or cross-country skiing on a nearby trail through the forest. The rest of the time, she licked and licked and licked some more - the slurping sound could be heard from quite some distance : ) At one point, she bent both front knees to kneel, so that she could reach the lower part of a vehicle. Lol, she did a fine job of cleaning headlights till they shone. Impressive and rather amusing at the same time. Free carwash, anyone??
We saw the female first, then the youngish male, and then we saw the female a second time, later. After feeding on dead leaves and tiny twigs from under the deep snow, she then lay down in the snow near the edge of the trees - the first time I had ever seen a Moose lying down. Such a peaceful scene - no one else was around, either.
I always feel so privileged when I witness any kind of wildlife, especially so when you get the chance to watch a while and learn the behaviour of the animal or bird you are lucky enough to see. My friends were so delighted to be able to let me experience this yesterday, though I always tell them that just being in such spectacular scenery and being able to photograph the mountains is more than enough for me. This day, they did really, really well!
Thanks so much, Cathy and Terry, for such a great day - including the delicious chili that you brought along.
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Today, 1 January 2015, is the annual Fish Creek Provincial Park New Year's Day Bird Count, so I have to hurry to get ready. Thankfully, it's only supposed to be around -3C (windchill -9C) today, cloudy unfortunately but no snow is expected.
I want to wish my family and each and every one of my "local" friends, my long-time overseas friends, and my friends over at the Flickr website a very happy, healthy and safe New Year! It's hard to believe, isn't it, that 15 years have passed since all the fuss about the year 2000? Thank you all for your friendship and encouragement, and for letting me share my photos with you - SO much appreciated! I'm looking forward to another year of seeing where you have been and what beautiful things you have discovered!
I spent the day on 7 December 2014 with friends Cathy and Terry, in an absolute winter wonderland! We set off about 7:45 am (still dark) and drove westwards to the Kananaskis area of our majestic mountains. Early in the drive, the sunrise turned the still distant mountains pink. This is always such an amazing sight to see.
Once we had reached Kananaskis, we drove the area of Highway 40 that is still open (the rest of this highway is closed during the winter months) and also the Smith-Dorrien road. There had been a recent snowfall and the trees in many places were still covered in snow, which turned everywhere into a winter wonderland. There was no wind and the temperatures hovered a few degrees around 0C. At times, very dark clouds made a great contrast to the gleaming white snow. Sunshine, a few clouds, and fun company made it such a great day!
My friends had been hoping for a long time to be able to show me a winter Moose and this day they did really well, finding a beautiful female and, at another location, a male with antlers that looked rather like two little twigs sticking out of the side of his head. The size of both these wild animals was huge! The closest we saw them both was when they approached the car. You can stop the car some distance away from them, but if they are busy licking off the salt and minerals from any car in sight, they sometimes might eventually come close. All the female was interested in was doing this very thing : ) She would occasionally stop, straighten up and look and listen - usually this would be because she had heard or seen people snow-shoeing or cross-country skiing on a nearby trail through the forest. The rest of the time, she licked and licked and licked some more - the slurping sound could be heard from quite some distance : ) At one point, she bent both front knees to kneel, so that she could reach the lower part of a vehicle. Lol, she did a fine job of cleaning headlights till they shone. Impressive and rather amusing at the same time. Free carwash, anyone??
We saw the female first, then the youngish male, and then we saw the female a second time, later. After feeding on dead leaves and tiny twigs from under the deep snow, she then lay down in the snow near the edge of the trees - the first time I had ever seen a Moose lying down. Such a peaceful scene - no one else was around, either.
I always feel so privileged when I witness any kind of wildlife, especially so when you get the chance to watch a while and learn the behaviour of the animal or bird you are lucky enough to see. My friends were so delighted to be able to let me experience this yesterday, though I always tell them that just being in such spectacular scenery and being able to photograph the mountains is more than enough for me. This day, they did really, really well!
Thanks so much, Cathy and Terry, for such a great day - including the delicious chili that you brought along.
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Today, 1 January 2015, is the annual Fish Creek Provincial Park New Year's Day Bird Count, so I have to hurry to get ready. Thankfully, it's only supposed to be around -3C (windchill -9C) today, cloudy unfortunately but no snow is expected.
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