Storm clouds moving in
Storm clouds in the direction of home
Old, red barn
The yellow has bloomed!
Badlands near Drumheller on a hazy day
Still standing, tall and proud
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
Storm over Canola
Light over the Canola fields
Old silo, south of the city
Bar U Ranch
Fall colour in Kananaskis
Kananaskis on a mixed-weather day
September snow in Kananaskis
Late September in Kananaskis, 2019
A favourite view in Kananaskis
Wedge Pond, Kananaskis, Alberta
Buller Pond, Kananaskis
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
Forgetmenot Pond
Beautiful Alberta - prairie, foothills and mountai…
Kananaskis 'winter'
Wedge Pond in fading fall colours
Kananaskis
Wedge Pond, Kananaskis
Sheep River Provincial Park
Opal Range erosion in Kananaskis
Spectacular Kananaskis valley
Another drive-by shot in Kananaskis
The splendour of Kananaskis - Storm Mountain
Day 8, bird blind, Santa Ana National Wildlife Ref…
Kananaskis, through the windshield
Peace in the countryside
Day 12, SW of Port-au-Persil, Quebec
The beauty of hoar frost
Old red barn on a foggy day
Hoar frost tree and vanishing fields
Red barn through the fog
Disappearing into nothingness
Day 6, part of Tadoussac, seen from up on the clif…
Day 6, Hotel Tadoussac, Quebec
Beauty of winter (well, late fall)
A view from Chain Lakes
On the way to Chain Lakes
Rural decay down south
Into the sun at Pine Coulee Reservoir
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Two of my favourite things
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Tundra Swans in flight
Forgetmenot Pond, Elbow Falls Trail
Harvest time
Early fall, looking (and feeling) like winter
Heading into the mountains
Fall colours near the Highwood River
Our majestic mountains
Photo-bombed by Blackbirds
On a cold summer day with mist and drizzle
Yesterday's Chinook Arch
Harvest time
Beginning to look like fall
Smokey Eagle Lake
Impressive creature
Glorious Canola
Bow Lake on a cloudy day
Reflected peaks
Disappearing
Beautiful Peyto Lake
Friends at Bow Lake
Bow Lake
Bow Lake, Alberta
A favourite view, Waterton Lakes National Park
Tadoussac, Quebec, Canada
Remembering winter
Goodbye, winter - so glad you are gone!
They call this spring?
A rural "winter" scene
Old barn in spring snow
Standing up well
The challenges of being a birder
Evening mist in the rainforest
A memory of Waterton from before the fire
Ghost Reservoir
When the world turns white
Donkey guardians of the old schoolhouse
New birding blind in a local park
On the way to Canmore - seven Swans a-swimming :)
Winter beauty
Twice the beauty
Prairie life in winter
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Gravel and dust - a favourite road
Two mornings ago, on 30 June 2019, I woke up earlier than usual. Once I was on my computer, I checked the weather forecast and saw raindrop icons in the forecast for the next week, but the 30th was for sun. I knew what I had to do! Luckily, I had a tank full of gas, so I grabbed both cameras and a snack or two, and headed out the door. I must be the only person who hadn't been to Kananaskis recently and taken photos of the tiny Pikas (Rock Rabbits), and that was my destination.
This was a long weekend for Canada Day, and my plan had been to keep off the roads, as I was sure they would be busy, making it more difficult to stop whenever I wanted, to take a photo or two. However, when I saw the weather forecast, it changed my mind. Sunshine, blue sky with clouds, made it a perfect day to be out - I'm sure you agreed, Bonnie : )
A day in Kananaskis is always great, but sometimes 'great' turns out to be fantastic! Can't believe how lucky I was, not just in the mountains, but on the journey there and, at the end of the day, calling in at my 'usual' area closer to home.
I suspect the Pika is most people's favourite - around 6 inches long and almost impossible to see against the mountainside of broken rocks that are the same colour as the Pika's fur. Starting to believe that maybe I was going to be out of luck, the first one appeared, racing in and out and over and between the endless, sharp rocks. Take your eyes off the animal and you stand a good chance of not being able to find it again. Then a second one appeared, a baby. It perched itself on top of a rock and simply stayed there for a few minutes. Several of my photos show the eyes closing slightly. However, eventually it did move, and off it went. When it appeared not too far away, I caught sight of it and thought at first it was a mouse, ha. So tiny!
While I was searching for a Pika, a herd of Bighorn Sheep had come down the massive mountain side and, as they usually do, gathered right in the middle of the road to lick salt left by vehicles. After quite a time, there was an almighty BOOM that startled me and a handful of others. We hadn't noticed a Park's truck arrive, armed with 'bangers' to make the Sheep move from the road. Once the Park's person had left, the Sheep returned to the road. There were several young ones along with the females.
It will take me ages to go through my photos, especially having to combine two cameras, but lots of images can wait till winter. More important, to me, is to continue editing and posting the remaining Texas photos, if/when I get time to do so.
This was a long weekend for Canada Day, and my plan had been to keep off the roads, as I was sure they would be busy, making it more difficult to stop whenever I wanted, to take a photo or two. However, when I saw the weather forecast, it changed my mind. Sunshine, blue sky with clouds, made it a perfect day to be out - I'm sure you agreed, Bonnie : )
A day in Kananaskis is always great, but sometimes 'great' turns out to be fantastic! Can't believe how lucky I was, not just in the mountains, but on the journey there and, at the end of the day, calling in at my 'usual' area closer to home.
I suspect the Pika is most people's favourite - around 6 inches long and almost impossible to see against the mountainside of broken rocks that are the same colour as the Pika's fur. Starting to believe that maybe I was going to be out of luck, the first one appeared, racing in and out and over and between the endless, sharp rocks. Take your eyes off the animal and you stand a good chance of not being able to find it again. Then a second one appeared, a baby. It perched itself on top of a rock and simply stayed there for a few minutes. Several of my photos show the eyes closing slightly. However, eventually it did move, and off it went. When it appeared not too far away, I caught sight of it and thought at first it was a mouse, ha. So tiny!
While I was searching for a Pika, a herd of Bighorn Sheep had come down the massive mountain side and, as they usually do, gathered right in the middle of the road to lick salt left by vehicles. After quite a time, there was an almighty BOOM that startled me and a handful of others. We hadn't noticed a Park's truck arrive, armed with 'bangers' to make the Sheep move from the road. Once the Park's person had left, the Sheep returned to the road. There were several young ones along with the females.
It will take me ages to go through my photos, especially having to combine two cameras, but lots of images can wait till winter. More important, to me, is to continue editing and posting the remaining Texas photos, if/when I get time to do so.
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