Prairie life in winter
Twice the beauty
Winter beauty
On the way to Canmore - seven Swans a-swimming :)
Donkey guardians of the old schoolhouse
When the world turns white
Ghost Reservoir
A memory of Waterton from before the fire
Evening mist in the rainforest
Standing up well
Old barn in spring snow
A rural "winter" scene
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Tadoussac, Quebec, Canada
A favourite view, Waterton Lakes National Park
Bow Lake, Alberta
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Bow Lake on a cloudy day
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Smokey Eagle Lake
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Me and my dad
Yesterday's Chinook Arch
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Fall colours near the Highwood River
Heading into the mountains
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Forgetmenot Pond, Elbow Falls Trail
Tundra Swans in flight
Clouds over Chain Lakes
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
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Day 6, part of Tadoussac, seen from up on the clif…
Disappearing into nothingness
Hoar frost tree and vanishing fields
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Kananaskis, through the windshield
Gravel and dust - a favourite road
Old, red barn
The yellow has bloomed!
Badlands near Drumheller on a hazy day
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Two old churches in an almost-ghost-town
Hoodoos everywhere
Very old grain elevator in the Badlands valley
Little old Catholic church in the Badlands
The remaining three
Light over the Canola fields
Fall colour in Kananaskis
Rolling hills from the Whaleback
A scene in the Whaleback area
A beautiful day in Weaselhead
With more big storms to come
Coyote crossing the frozen Elbow River
A view from yesterday
Winter's beauty
Old barns in the foothills
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Country scene in winter
Whites and blues of winter
Red barn in winter
The beauty of winter
Rainforest of the Arima Valley, Trinidad
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White-tailed Deer through the snow
Yesterday's COLD walk
Winter beauty
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Yesterday's walk in Fish Creek Park
The Bow River at Carburn Park
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Trudging through the snow
Glorious scenery for a Christmas Bird Count!
King of silos
Under a Chinook arch
A sunrise sky that lasted till sunset
Fine old house
When the land turns white
Looking across the prairie
Before the next snowfall
The fun times are over
Dazzling sunlight on distant peaks
Part of an abandoned mining camp
Modern barn
A white world
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Walking in a winter wonderland
Autumn in Alberta
A peaceful winter scene
New "barn", Granary Road
Down on the farm
The beauty of erosion
Old, see-through barn
The new "Famous Five" at Granary Road
Alberta foothills in the fall
Start of the storm
Distant ice patterns on the reservoir
Morning sun over Pine Coulee Reservoir
Old house on the prairie
In winter time
The red barn
Old barns in late afternoon sun
Hello, winter
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Final resting place
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Caught in a mesocyclone
This photo was taken using one of the special settings on my camera, hence the graininess.
From 26 to 28 August 2014, I was lucky enough to go with friends down to Waterton Lakes National Park and then further east on the third day. Fantastic scenery, 4 Black Bears (including one that was swimming in the lake), Bison, Deer, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels, Chipmunks, various bird species including Burrowing Owls and a family of Dusky Grouse (uncommon in the park, so we were very lucky), a few wildflowers, several Yellow-bellied Marmots (a first for me!), and a few different insect species. I even got the chance to see three or four new-to-me old, wooden grain elevators.
The weather forecast that I saw before we left Calgary said that we were in for three beautiful days of sunshine. So, luck was on our side, giving us warm, sunny days - until the BIG STORM hit! We had driven eastwards from the park, hoping to see Yellow-bellied Marmots and, if we were really lucky, a Burrowing Owl. The storm was approaching very fast, around 5:00 p.m. just before we started our return trip to Calgary. It was like nothing we had ever seen before - a menacing cloud that was travelling fast and furious. Despite trying our best to get away from it, it eventually engulfed our car, surrounding us with more or less zero visibility, pounding hail, thunder and lightning, and tremendously strong winds. There was nothing to do but stop the car and sit tight, hoping that the hail would not break the car windows and that this severe thunderstorm would not develop into a tornado! This storm was very scary, but at the same time, exciting (only because all turned out OK in the end!). Fortunately, we weren't caught in the very centre of it. Our road trip sure went out with a bang! Later, I contacted the Alberta Tornado Watch and posted a photo for them to see. They said the storm that happened that day was a mesocyclone.
From 26 to 28 August 2014, I was lucky enough to go with friends down to Waterton Lakes National Park and then further east on the third day. Fantastic scenery, 4 Black Bears (including one that was swimming in the lake), Bison, Deer, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels, Chipmunks, various bird species including Burrowing Owls and a family of Dusky Grouse (uncommon in the park, so we were very lucky), a few wildflowers, several Yellow-bellied Marmots (a first for me!), and a few different insect species. I even got the chance to see three or four new-to-me old, wooden grain elevators.
The weather forecast that I saw before we left Calgary said that we were in for three beautiful days of sunshine. So, luck was on our side, giving us warm, sunny days - until the BIG STORM hit! We had driven eastwards from the park, hoping to see Yellow-bellied Marmots and, if we were really lucky, a Burrowing Owl. The storm was approaching very fast, around 5:00 p.m. just before we started our return trip to Calgary. It was like nothing we had ever seen before - a menacing cloud that was travelling fast and furious. Despite trying our best to get away from it, it eventually engulfed our car, surrounding us with more or less zero visibility, pounding hail, thunder and lightning, and tremendously strong winds. There was nothing to do but stop the car and sit tight, hoping that the hail would not break the car windows and that this severe thunderstorm would not develop into a tornado! This storm was very scary, but at the same time, exciting (only because all turned out OK in the end!). Fortunately, we weren't caught in the very centre of it. Our road trip sure went out with a bang! Later, I contacted the Alberta Tornado Watch and posted a photo for them to see. They said the storm that happened that day was a mesocyclone.
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