Beneath the cloud
Part of the same shelf cloud
Early morning sunrise over the mountains
Storm clouds near the city
Morning sun over Pine Coulee Reservoir
Alberta foothills in the fall
New "barn", Granary Road
Autumn in Alberta
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One of my favourite barns
King of silos
Barn with the fallen cupola
Glorious scenery for a Christmas Bird Count!
Yesterday's walk in Fish Creek Park
Red barn in winter
Whites and blues of winter
A white world
Deer on the horizon
Old barns in the foothills
Winter's beauty
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Our last morning on island of Trinidad
With more big storms to come
A beautiful day in Weaselhead
Rolling hills from the Whaleback
Prairie life in winter
Winter beauty
Ghost Reservoir
A memory of Waterton from before the fire
A rural "winter" scene
Goodbye, winter - so glad you are gone!
Remembering winter
Smokey Eagle Lake
Yesterday's Chinook Arch
Heading into the mountains
Early fall, looking (and feeling) like winter
Tundra Swans in flight
Looking into the sun
Two of my favourite things
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Into the sun at Pine Coulee Reservoir
Rural decay down south
On the way to Chain Lakes
A view from Chain Lakes
Beauty of winter (well, late fall)
Day 6, Hotel Tadoussac, Quebec
Fall colour in Kananaskis
Yesterday's storm
Once a home
Fish Creek Park on a low-light day
A mountain meadow, Kananaskis, Alberta
Old homestead, Alberta
Heading for the mountains on a hazy morning
Lenticular (?) clouds over the mountains
Pine Coulee Reservoir, Alberta
Pine Coulee Reservoir, Alberta
In the middle of nowhere - spot the truck
Sheep on a smoky day
Wide angle on the Bighorn Sheep ridge
A different view from Maskinonge lookout, Waterton
Cacti on Little Tobago, Day 3
Logging piles in the Porcupine Hills
Cattle drive - and a few old barns and sheds
Dreaming of spring
Old prairie barn
Winter textures
Winter in the Nanton, Alberta, area
Non-wild horses in a wild landscape
The beautiful mountains of Alberta
Afternoon light on the foothills
Our beautiful Alberta
Nanton Christmas Bird Count
A well looked after barn
Red's the best in winter
Sharples grain elevator
01 The glory of fall
Distant haze
Our beautiful foothills on an overcast day
Across the river
The long road south
Above the tree line
Fading into the distance
Gottlob Schmidt's Antelope Hill Ranch
Antelope Hill Provincial Park
01 Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Beautiful old house in the hills
The difference the sun makes
Prince of Wales hotel, Waterton
The reward for getting up early
One mighty beast, Bison Paddock, Waterton N P
Waterton Lakes National Park
Hike on Erik Butters' beautiful land
Along a country back road
Another view at William J Bagnall Wildlife Park
A white barn from yesterday
William J. Bagnall Wilderness Park
Soothing simplicity
Rolling hills and distant peaks
Mountain view on an owl-less day
The Famous Five from a distance
And they call this winter (in Alberta)?
Sunlight on distant peaks
Little church in the valley
Snowy Owl - just close enough
Winter walk at Beaverdam Flats
Each one different from the others
The beautiful Badlands of Alberta
So far away, but better than nothing
Six old granaries
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Old granaries on the prairie
One down, three to go. I added a touch of filter in post-processing, to bring out the details in the wood.
On 17 September 2017, after noticing snowflake icons in the weather forecast for Calgary for the next week, I decided I would do a drive east and north-east of Calgary. In 2016, I had done a similar drive with my daughter, but this time I did not go as far as Drumheller. Actually, I still drove quite a bit further than I had intended - 346 km, 215 miles. If I had had enough self-discipline, I would have left home much earlier, as it was 11:20 am when I finally got into my car.
My intention was to drive a few back roads, searching for old barns. Most of my drive was on highways, simply for the purpose of saving time, so it wasn't till I was more or less at the furthest point that I actually saw a barn.
I couldn't see a sign pointing to the old grain elevator that I wanted to revisit, so it took me a while to find the hilly, gravel road leading to it. By this time, unfortunately, there was a haze over the landscape and the light was far from good. Having driven so far, I was determined to take photos. As with any beautiful old elevator, barn or homestead, it will be a sad day when the remaining three granaries in my photo finally collapse.
While I was standing taking photos of the old grain elevator, a farmer came down to the gravel road on his tractor and stopped to have a pleasant chat. I told this pleasant man that I felt like I was in the middle of nowhere, and he said that we WERE in the middle of nowhere, ha. I was planning to go back the same way I had come, but he told me that there was an old house (seen in this photo) the other way, that people photograph. That changed my mind, though I knew I would continue to feel in the middle of nowhere. Definitely worth it, as I also came across a site of old, abandoned miners' cabins before reaching the old house. When coal was no longer mined, the area was left and the railway lines were torn up at a later date.
One other abandoned house I passed was one that my daughter and I had found last year. It was built among the rolling hills, far, far away from any road, and is a very impressive sight. This year, they were doing road work repair by a bridge just a matter of feet away from the only possible place to pull over and stop. Thankfully, I was still able to stop and take photos.
Altogether, a good few hours out. Though I didn't see a lot, the things I did see were most welcome and appreciated. I was glad to get in another long drive before 'the white stuff' arrives and stays on the ground, keeping me close to home.
On 17 September 2017, after noticing snowflake icons in the weather forecast for Calgary for the next week, I decided I would do a drive east and north-east of Calgary. In 2016, I had done a similar drive with my daughter, but this time I did not go as far as Drumheller. Actually, I still drove quite a bit further than I had intended - 346 km, 215 miles. If I had had enough self-discipline, I would have left home much earlier, as it was 11:20 am when I finally got into my car.
My intention was to drive a few back roads, searching for old barns. Most of my drive was on highways, simply for the purpose of saving time, so it wasn't till I was more or less at the furthest point that I actually saw a barn.
I couldn't see a sign pointing to the old grain elevator that I wanted to revisit, so it took me a while to find the hilly, gravel road leading to it. By this time, unfortunately, there was a haze over the landscape and the light was far from good. Having driven so far, I was determined to take photos. As with any beautiful old elevator, barn or homestead, it will be a sad day when the remaining three granaries in my photo finally collapse.
While I was standing taking photos of the old grain elevator, a farmer came down to the gravel road on his tractor and stopped to have a pleasant chat. I told this pleasant man that I felt like I was in the middle of nowhere, and he said that we WERE in the middle of nowhere, ha. I was planning to go back the same way I had come, but he told me that there was an old house (seen in this photo) the other way, that people photograph. That changed my mind, though I knew I would continue to feel in the middle of nowhere. Definitely worth it, as I also came across a site of old, abandoned miners' cabins before reaching the old house. When coal was no longer mined, the area was left and the railway lines were torn up at a later date.
One other abandoned house I passed was one that my daughter and I had found last year. It was built among the rolling hills, far, far away from any road, and is a very impressive sight. This year, they were doing road work repair by a bridge just a matter of feet away from the only possible place to pull over and stop. Thankfully, I was still able to stop and take photos.
Altogether, a good few hours out. Though I didn't see a lot, the things I did see were most welcome and appreciated. I was glad to get in another long drive before 'the white stuff' arrives and stays on the ground, keeping me close to home.
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