A bright splash of colour
Long gone, but memories remain
Like floral flames for a deep-freeze day
Backside beauty
Before the snow
Remembering summer colours
Cheery sunflower
Summer colour
Goat's-beard with visitor
Just needed colour
Taveta Golden Weaver
Aloe Vera / Aloe Barbadensis Miller, Blue Waters I…
Allamanda, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Boats on the shore
Yellow Oriole / Icterus nigrogularis, Asa Wright N…
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Dandelion perfection
Arnica sp.
Gaillardia
Yellow Angelica / Angelica dawsonii
Glacier Lily
I LOVE Canola
Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Ratibida columnifera
"They can't see me"
Old barn in a field of canola
Common Tansy / Tanacetum vulgare
Treasures in the yellow strip
A wild Sunflower from a gravel road
A filtered Poppy
About to open
Back-lit Goat's-beard
Ah, those glorious Larches in their fall colours
Heading for the mountains on a hazy morning
Fall colours in Fish Creek Park
Yesterday's Great Horned Owl
Fish Creek Park on a low-light day
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Welcome colour
Shadows
Tropical flower, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Saffron Finch / Sicalis flaveola, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole / Icterus nigrogularis, Trinidad
Masked Yellowthroat / Geothlypis aequinoctialis, T…
Plant from the Whaleback
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Daffodils growing wild, Pt Pelee
Yellow Lady's-slipper / Cypripedium parviflorum
Yellow Warbler female, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Always a treat to see
Glorious Canola
Invasive Yellow Clematis
Smokey Eagle Lake
Clouded Sulphur on Lettuce sp.?
When fall comes after 'winter'
Day 3, Large-flowered Bellwort / Uvularia grandifl…
Day 3, Orchard Oriole, Pt Pelee
Day 4, Violets, Pt Pelee
Day 4, Prothonotary Warbler, Point Pelee - ENDANGE…
Day 6, Tadoussac, Quebec
Oak leaf and insect gall
Simplicity
A beauty from mushroom season
A colourful walk through the woods
An endless feast for a Ladybug
A big splash of colour
Aging beauties
A patterned sky
When fall colours are just a memory
Fall colours at Silver Springs Botanical Gardens
Katydid on Common Tansy
Brightness on a cloudy day
Glorious colours of fall
False Dandelion / Agoseris glauca
Three insect species on a single flower
Across the river
A splash of sunshine
Sowthistle
Lovage / Levisticum officinale
Yellow Columbine
Yellow Avens / Geum aleppicum
Slightly patterned
Gaillardia with little visitor
Yellow Owl's-clover / Orthocarpus luteus
Unidentified fungus
Goat's-beard
Splash of colour on a rainy day
Storm clouds over Canola
At Mossleigh grain elevators
Hiding in the Canola field
Yellow and blue
Landscape colours
Layers of colour
The Grad Barn 2016
Layers
Love those Canola fields
Lighting up the storm clouds
Gaillardia
Yellow lady's-slipper
Yellow Warbler male
False Dandelion / Hypochaeris radicata
Red-edged petals
American Goldfinch male
Dandelions - of course : )
Much-needed colour
Colour
Nuttall's Sunflower / Helianthus nuttallii
Early Cinquefoil
Green caterpillar on Balsamroot
Golden Bean / Thermopsis rhombifolia
A recent spring arrival
Caution - deep water
Bright and cheery
A danger to wildlife
Colours made for each other
Giant Scabius with purple bokeh
Painted Tongue / Salpiglosis
Another day closer to spring
Giant Scabius / Cephalaria gigantea
Someone just couldn't resist : )
Golden
Mullein / Verbascum thapsus
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One spectacular fall day
I absolutely love this road with its beautiful scenery of foothills and mountains. When I drove along it on 3 October, the fall colours were still beautiful and the cloud formation was amazing (doesn't show too well in this photo). A bad road for the car, though, with its gravel and flying dust.
The only time I had ever driven to Kananaskis (the mountain area closest to Calgary) was just over two months ago, on 10 September 2016, when my daughter came with me. I wasn't too impressed with the photos I took on the first drive, especially of the little Pikas (Rock Rabbits) that we went to see, so I wanted to go and spend a bit more time with them. A drive like this is also helped me get a bit more used to my newish car - before the roads are covered in snow and ice! Actually, there was a bit of snow on the ground in places close to the trees when I got to where I see these Pikas.
These little Pikas/Rock Rabbits are only 6-9 inches long and are usually seen far away, running backwards and forwards over the scree (talus) slope that they call home. Very occasionally, one happens to come close, usually for just a quick moment.
"The American Pika is a generalist herbivore. It eats a large variety of green plants, including different kinds of grasses, sedges, thistles and fireweed. Although pikas can meet their water demands from the vegetation they eat, they do drink water if it is available in their environment. Pikas have two different ways of foraging: they directly consume food (feeding) or they cache food in haypiles to use for a food source in the winter (haying). The pika feeds throughout the year while haying is limited to the summer months. Since they do not hibernate, pikas have greater energy demands than other montane mammals. In addition, they also make 13 trips per hour to collect vegetation when haying, up to a little over 100 trips per day." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_pika
A couple of short YouTube videos in case anyone wants to hear and see these absolutely cute creatures:
youtu.be/US_Hy_eGPtg
youtu.be/OQ2IgcjVIfc
I left home at 8:45 am, later than I had intended, and drove southwards via Millarville and the back way to Highway 40. When I Googled the distance via that route, it gave me 134 km, 1 hr 41 mins from home to the Highwood Pass. Needless to say, I kept stopping to take photos, so it took me quite a bit longer than that. By the time I got back home around 5:00 pm, I had driven 299 km. This day was a Monday, so not too much traffic anywhere, which makes a huge difference.
The weather cooperated very nicely. A little chilly to start with and a sky full of beautiful cloud formation early morning. This time, I only drove as far as the Pikas, just north of the Highwood Pass, especially as I wanted to make sure that I wasn't driving home in the dark. The Highwood Pass, at an elevation of 2,206 m (7,238 ft) is the highest paved pass in Canada. In past years, I have hiked the Ptarmigan Cirque, Pocaterra and Arethusa Cirque trails, but can no longer do hikes like these. The scenery is breathtaking in this whole area (indeed, for the whole drive), some mountain slopes covered in forest and other mountain faces displaying bald, breathtaking folds above the treeline.
There was only one 'scary' incident on this trip. I had stopped to take a few scenic shots when I was on the backroad to join Highway 40. I didn't close my car door completely and when I went to open it, I discovered it was locked! Pressing the fob to open all the doors did nothing. I just could not get into my vehicle. Thank goodness, I had read on the Internet that there is a key hidden away inside the fob - otherwise I would never have known and might still be standing there, lol!
Feels so good to know that I am now comfortable enough to do this drive on my own, after so many years of wishing I had the courage to do it. Thank you, little Pikas, for being so adorably cute, that I was determined to drive back to see you : )
The only time I had ever driven to Kananaskis (the mountain area closest to Calgary) was just over two months ago, on 10 September 2016, when my daughter came with me. I wasn't too impressed with the photos I took on the first drive, especially of the little Pikas (Rock Rabbits) that we went to see, so I wanted to go and spend a bit more time with them. A drive like this is also helped me get a bit more used to my newish car - before the roads are covered in snow and ice! Actually, there was a bit of snow on the ground in places close to the trees when I got to where I see these Pikas.
These little Pikas/Rock Rabbits are only 6-9 inches long and are usually seen far away, running backwards and forwards over the scree (talus) slope that they call home. Very occasionally, one happens to come close, usually for just a quick moment.
"The American Pika is a generalist herbivore. It eats a large variety of green plants, including different kinds of grasses, sedges, thistles and fireweed. Although pikas can meet their water demands from the vegetation they eat, they do drink water if it is available in their environment. Pikas have two different ways of foraging: they directly consume food (feeding) or they cache food in haypiles to use for a food source in the winter (haying). The pika feeds throughout the year while haying is limited to the summer months. Since they do not hibernate, pikas have greater energy demands than other montane mammals. In addition, they also make 13 trips per hour to collect vegetation when haying, up to a little over 100 trips per day." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_pika
A couple of short YouTube videos in case anyone wants to hear and see these absolutely cute creatures:
youtu.be/US_Hy_eGPtg
youtu.be/OQ2IgcjVIfc
I left home at 8:45 am, later than I had intended, and drove southwards via Millarville and the back way to Highway 40. When I Googled the distance via that route, it gave me 134 km, 1 hr 41 mins from home to the Highwood Pass. Needless to say, I kept stopping to take photos, so it took me quite a bit longer than that. By the time I got back home around 5:00 pm, I had driven 299 km. This day was a Monday, so not too much traffic anywhere, which makes a huge difference.
The weather cooperated very nicely. A little chilly to start with and a sky full of beautiful cloud formation early morning. This time, I only drove as far as the Pikas, just north of the Highwood Pass, especially as I wanted to make sure that I wasn't driving home in the dark. The Highwood Pass, at an elevation of 2,206 m (7,238 ft) is the highest paved pass in Canada. In past years, I have hiked the Ptarmigan Cirque, Pocaterra and Arethusa Cirque trails, but can no longer do hikes like these. The scenery is breathtaking in this whole area (indeed, for the whole drive), some mountain slopes covered in forest and other mountain faces displaying bald, breathtaking folds above the treeline.
There was only one 'scary' incident on this trip. I had stopped to take a few scenic shots when I was on the backroad to join Highway 40. I didn't close my car door completely and when I went to open it, I discovered it was locked! Pressing the fob to open all the doors did nothing. I just could not get into my vehicle. Thank goodness, I had read on the Internet that there is a key hidden away inside the fob - otherwise I would never have known and might still be standing there, lol!
Feels so good to know that I am now comfortable enough to do this drive on my own, after so many years of wishing I had the courage to do it. Thank you, little Pikas, for being so adorably cute, that I was determined to drive back to see you : )
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