Wedge Pond, Kananaskis, Alberta
Little old Catholic church in the Badlands
Afternoon trip to the mountains
The far side of the river valley
The yellow has bloomed!
Golden Eagle!
Old, red barn
Storm clouds in the direction of home
Storm clouds moving in
Frank Lake birding blind
Time to hurry home!
Storm Clouds near Ghost River
Frank Lake bird blind
Day 2, sunrise 8
A view from Chain Lakes
On the way to Chain Lakes
Into the sun at Pine Coulee Reservoir
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Looking into the sun
Clouds over Chain Lakes
The storm rolls in
Heading into the mountains
Bow Lake on a cloudy day
Reflected peaks
Disappearing
Bow Lake, Alberta
A favourite view, Waterton Lakes National Park
Ghost Reservoir
Winter beauty
Caught in a mesocyclone
Evening light at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Little country church
Before winter arrived
Old and the new
A sunrise sky that lasted till sunset
Looking across the prairie
Before the next snowfall
Standing at the edge of the storm
Granary Road
Start of the storm
Morning sun over Pine Coulee Reservoir
Storm clouds near the city
Early morning sunrise over the mountains
Storm arriving at Quarry Lake, near Canmore
Part of the same shelf cloud
Rural decay
Beneath the cloud
Town of Canmore, Alberta
When the storm moved in
A view from Quarry Lake, Canmore
Yesterday's storm
Lenticular (?) clouds over the mountains
Before the snow arrived
Mid-morning sun at Pine Coulee Reservoir
Farm in the foothills
Clouds over the mountains
Alberta foothills in smoke haze
Smoke from the British Columbia wildfires reaches…
Cameron Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
Upper Waterton Lake, seen from the town
Slough near Eagle Lake
Frank Lake bird blind
Tropical beach beauty, Tobago
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Light over the Canola fields
This afternoon, 19 August 2019, I decided that I would post the last 9 photos taken on 18 July first, before editing and posting any of the photos I took yesterday, on a visit to a wonderful farm. I left home a few minutes before 8:00 am yesterday, and arrived back home at 8:00 pm, feeling totally tired out. This was partly because I had only had a couple of hours' sleep the night before, and because it took me two hours to get to the farm. This was the first time I had ever driven myself there, as we had carpooled on the previous two visits. After leaving the farm, I took some new back roads that had been recommended to me while I was at the farm; roads that I had never driven before. Beautiful scenery, and I discovered a rather nice old log cabin and two or three old rusty vehicles, including a beautiful big, blue bus. I am SO happy that I made myself do both drives. I had to do it, as this is a wonderful farm and I couldn't bear the thought of not visiting again.
The 9 images posted today were all taken either at or near Frank Lake, SE of Calgary. After seven or so long, brutal months of winter (coldest on record?) and then endless weeks of rain and cloud, I eventually decided, enough is enough. I have become a fair-weather photographer, and we don't get that much fair weather, especially this year. So, on 18 July 2019, despite the weather forecast for a thunderstorm, I decided to drive SE of the city mid-afternoon. My plan had been to go to the Farm first and have a meal, and then continue on to Frank Lake. Seeing the beautiful storm clouds on my drive south, I was torn as to whether to go to Frank Lake first and catch a few photos. Then it occurred to me that I could also get a few sky shots once I had turned off the main highway and on to the country road leading to the Farm.
The Farm was pretty busy. So much wonderful colour everywhere that I almost forgot about the weather. That is, until I was eating outside under the open shelter. It was so cold, I had goosebumps, and the wind increased, sending a huge picnic table umbrella flying fast through the air, like an arrow. Just a short bit of rain and all returned to normal.
As usual, I wandered around the grounds, shooting flowers, rabbits, landscape, clouds, and old tractors. One barn stood out to me and had me puzzled. I have visited the farm many times before, but I don't remember seeing this particular barn before. It looked so pretty, with its colourful flower border.
Eventually, I continued my drive to Frank Lake. The storm clouds stayed with me. One side road has a small wetland on either side of the road and I pulled over to check what birds might be there. I was about to turn off my car when a loud buzzer sounded and a tornado alert was announced - to take shelter and if there was no shelter nearby, to get into a ditch or ravine. Then I heard that the area covered was further SE - in fact, where I had been a week earlier.
"Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) confirmed a weak EF0 tornado touched down two kilometres northeast of Crossfield at around 2:15 p.m. Sunday, 14 July 2019, marking the 12th confirmed twister of the season." (This was roughly 50 km north of Calgary.)
According to the weather agency, Alberta typically sees an average of 15 tornadoes per year with the peak season starting mid-to-late June and ending early-to-mid August.
So far in 2019, there have been 12 confirmed tornadoes in Alberta and three probable ones. There have also been many reports of funnel clouds." From Global News.
While i was standing by this wetland a White-faced Ibis flew in. I believe this was the first one I had really seen and photographed this year. Further on, when I was at the blind, there were so many Ruddy Ducks. The Barn Swallow pair flew back and forth to their nest that is just out of sight. I had checked to see if I could spot the Red Knot (bird), but without binoculars, it was pretty much impossible to check the very distant water birds.
A very enjoyable afternoon/evening. Mid-evening, the main highway wasn't very busy, and the rain only started when I arrived home and had to get out of the car.
The 9 images posted today were all taken either at or near Frank Lake, SE of Calgary. After seven or so long, brutal months of winter (coldest on record?) and then endless weeks of rain and cloud, I eventually decided, enough is enough. I have become a fair-weather photographer, and we don't get that much fair weather, especially this year. So, on 18 July 2019, despite the weather forecast for a thunderstorm, I decided to drive SE of the city mid-afternoon. My plan had been to go to the Farm first and have a meal, and then continue on to Frank Lake. Seeing the beautiful storm clouds on my drive south, I was torn as to whether to go to Frank Lake first and catch a few photos. Then it occurred to me that I could also get a few sky shots once I had turned off the main highway and on to the country road leading to the Farm.
The Farm was pretty busy. So much wonderful colour everywhere that I almost forgot about the weather. That is, until I was eating outside under the open shelter. It was so cold, I had goosebumps, and the wind increased, sending a huge picnic table umbrella flying fast through the air, like an arrow. Just a short bit of rain and all returned to normal.
As usual, I wandered around the grounds, shooting flowers, rabbits, landscape, clouds, and old tractors. One barn stood out to me and had me puzzled. I have visited the farm many times before, but I don't remember seeing this particular barn before. It looked so pretty, with its colourful flower border.
Eventually, I continued my drive to Frank Lake. The storm clouds stayed with me. One side road has a small wetland on either side of the road and I pulled over to check what birds might be there. I was about to turn off my car when a loud buzzer sounded and a tornado alert was announced - to take shelter and if there was no shelter nearby, to get into a ditch or ravine. Then I heard that the area covered was further SE - in fact, where I had been a week earlier.
"Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) confirmed a weak EF0 tornado touched down two kilometres northeast of Crossfield at around 2:15 p.m. Sunday, 14 July 2019, marking the 12th confirmed twister of the season." (This was roughly 50 km north of Calgary.)
According to the weather agency, Alberta typically sees an average of 15 tornadoes per year with the peak season starting mid-to-late June and ending early-to-mid August.
So far in 2019, there have been 12 confirmed tornadoes in Alberta and three probable ones. There have also been many reports of funnel clouds." From Global News.
While i was standing by this wetland a White-faced Ibis flew in. I believe this was the first one I had really seen and photographed this year. Further on, when I was at the blind, there were so many Ruddy Ducks. The Barn Swallow pair flew back and forth to their nest that is just out of sight. I had checked to see if I could spot the Red Knot (bird), but without binoculars, it was pretty much impossible to check the very distant water birds.
A very enjoyable afternoon/evening. Mid-evening, the main highway wasn't very busy, and the rain only started when I arrived home and had to get out of the car.
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