Vanishing landscape
Little country school with company
A road less travelled
Clouds over the mountains
The beauty of our mountains
Waiting for the herd to descend
A favourite road
Scenery along Highway 40, Kananaskis
On the way down
Sheep on a smoky day
Yesteryear, in Alberta
Walker House, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Our precious Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta…
Road through Kananaskis
Owl and spider webs
In the middle of nowhere - spot the truck
Waterton Lake from the townsite - before the fire
The colours of fall
Ah, those glorious Larches in their fall colours
Things are not always what they seem
Beautiful Mule Deer doe
Before the snow arrived
Kananaskis before the snowstorm
Heading for the mountains on a hazy morning
Cattle drive in the mountains of Kananaskis, Alber…
A mountain meadow, Kananaskis, Alberta
Fish Creek Park on a low-light day
Friendly visitor
Side by side
Complete with little red birdhouse
A new-to-me old barn
A view from Quarry Lake, Canmore
Sun halo over Glenmore Reservoir
Pam and friend
When the storm moved in
Town of Canmore, Alberta
A drive through Kananaskis
Storm arriving at Quarry Lake, near Canmore
Early morning sunrise over the mountains
International Loadstar 1600
And down(y) he flew
Hello, winter
Common Redpolls / Acanthis flammea
Start of the storm
Alberta foothills in the fall
The beauty of erosion
Common Redpoll / Acanthis flammea
A peaceful winter scene
Autumn in Alberta
A country scene
Walking in a winter wonderland
Behind the tangled branches
A patch of blue
A white world
Standing at the edge of the storm
Dazzling sunlight on distant peaks
When the land turns white
Barn with the fallen cupola
Glorious scenery for a Christmas Bird Count!
Love a Llama
On a Christmas Bird Count, -23C
Happy New Year, everyone!
On a New Year's Day Bird Count
No longer a home
Cameron Falls, Waterton Lakes National Park
Old barn in a field of canola
Sheep at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
A view from Red Rock Canyon, Waterton
Cameron Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
A different view from Maskinonge lookout, Waterton
Upper Waterton Lake, seen from the town
Maskinonge Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
Slough near Eagle Lake
Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
Masked Cardinal / Paroaria nigrogenis, Trinidad
A hazy view with Dandelions
Mallard female
Mallard female
Alberta's beautiful foothills and mountains
Rough-legged Hawk / Buteo lagopus
Pine Coulee Reservoir trip
Steps from my cabin to main building, Asa Wright
Masked Cardinal / Paroaria nigrogenis, Trinidad, D…
Gilpin Trace trail, Tobago, Day 2
Is this a Giant Cowbird?, Tobago, Day 2
Old plantation equipment, Tobago, Day 2
Green Heron, Tobago, Day 2
Green Heron, Tobago, Day 2
The Green Heron area, Tobago, Day 2
Sand and sea - Blue Waters Inn beach, Tobago
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Tropical beach beauty, Tobago
Rocks near Little Tobago island
Peace
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Frank's Glass-bottomed boat, Blue Waters Inn, Tob…
Batteaux Bay at Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Batteaux Bay, from Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Well-protected
02 Bald Eagle in late afternoon sun
Upper Kananaskis Lake
Logging piles in the Porcupine Hills
Great Gray Owl, focused
A view from the Porcupine Hills
Moose in the mountains
The old-fashioned way
Lying on a bed of hoarfrost
The peace of a prairie farm - my main photo today
Better than nothing - this is NOT my main photo!
Modern - but I like it
Down by the river on a frosty morning
Moose from the archives
Mailbox or birdhouse?
Barn with a mural
Our beautiful Alberta
A sweet encounter
Winter walking
New Year's Day Bird Count
A beautiful start to a day
Red's the best in winter
TV's "Heartland" series location
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Love those hills
I knew I should not have stayed up till around 3;30 am this morning, deleting 600+ emails - but it needed to be done, and I was on a roll. Still a few thousand more to go through. I need to do a similar thing - again - with my photos, or else I will get another message telling me I need to get another hard drive because I am out of room on my computer. Summer just isn't a good time to do things like this.
Anyway, today, 7 August 2017, is the last day of a 3-day weekend. Heritage Day is celebrated in Alberta on the first Monday of August each year. Although it is not a statutory holiday, many Canadians in Alberta use this day as an optional holiday for celebrating the province’s heritage. I would imagine the roads and parks will be absolutely packed with people, the thought of which is more than enough to keep me home today. Apparently, Waterton Lakes National Park had to close its gates yesterday for the first time EVER, there were so many people.
Yesterday, I was out much of the day and so I feel like staying home anyway. A few of us were invited to return to one of our absolute favourite places - Rod Handfield's acreage, SW of the city. This is always such a treat, and Rod and his wife are always so welcoming. They have an amazing forest that is usually full of so many fungi species in August. However, we knew that this was not going to be the case yesterday, as everywhere is bone dry. While in the forest, our leader said that normally, we would have seen 75+ species of fungus by then. Instead, we saw maybe three very small mushrooms that I didn't even bother to photograph, plus the little cluster of Oyster mushrooms that I posted this morning. I don't know if the situation is likely to change, even if we got a lot of rain in the next little while (none in the next week's forecast). Can someone do a rain dance for us ... please?
Our morning hike was still very enjoyable, of course, and in pleasant weather and with good friends. There was a bit of smoke haze, as can be seen in this zoomed-in photo, taken from a hillside on the Handfield's property. I love the shape of the distant foothills. Also love to see a field dotted with hay bales.
After the hike, seven of us went for lunch in the tiny strip mall in the hamlet of Priddis, on the way home. Friends had said how good the food is at Jane's Cafe, and we agreed. Made a lovely end to our botany morning.
Anyway, today, 7 August 2017, is the last day of a 3-day weekend. Heritage Day is celebrated in Alberta on the first Monday of August each year. Although it is not a statutory holiday, many Canadians in Alberta use this day as an optional holiday for celebrating the province’s heritage. I would imagine the roads and parks will be absolutely packed with people, the thought of which is more than enough to keep me home today. Apparently, Waterton Lakes National Park had to close its gates yesterday for the first time EVER, there were so many people.
Yesterday, I was out much of the day and so I feel like staying home anyway. A few of us were invited to return to one of our absolute favourite places - Rod Handfield's acreage, SW of the city. This is always such a treat, and Rod and his wife are always so welcoming. They have an amazing forest that is usually full of so many fungi species in August. However, we knew that this was not going to be the case yesterday, as everywhere is bone dry. While in the forest, our leader said that normally, we would have seen 75+ species of fungus by then. Instead, we saw maybe three very small mushrooms that I didn't even bother to photograph, plus the little cluster of Oyster mushrooms that I posted this morning. I don't know if the situation is likely to change, even if we got a lot of rain in the next little while (none in the next week's forecast). Can someone do a rain dance for us ... please?
Our morning hike was still very enjoyable, of course, and in pleasant weather and with good friends. There was a bit of smoke haze, as can be seen in this zoomed-in photo, taken from a hillside on the Handfield's property. I love the shape of the distant foothills. Also love to see a field dotted with hay bales.
After the hike, seven of us went for lunch in the tiny strip mall in the hamlet of Priddis, on the way home. Friends had said how good the food is at Jane's Cafe, and we agreed. Made a lovely end to our botany morning.
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