Tea, anyone?
Textures of an old homestead
Old homestead and barn
With a view of the mountains and the prairies
The rule of red
Each one different from the others
A fine old barn
Little red barn on the prairie
A different style
A new find on a bitterly cold day
Fenced in
Spikes of ice
Now THIS is winter!
Modern charm
Snow, snow and more snow
Winter beauty
Chateau Lake Louise and ice castle
The best colour to see in winter
Shepard Energy Centre, east of Calgary, Alberta
Wearing a heavy coat of hoar frost
The cross and the moon
Little country church
Aging gracefully
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
Old barn with a different style
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
A fine old barn
Little church in the valley
McDougall Memorial United Church
A cluster of red barns
McDougall Memorial United Church
Farmyard scene on the prairie
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
One of my favourite barns
A life left behind
Built with love
Little red barn with green roof
Window box at Reader Rock Garden
Tucked away near the creek
Weathered and patched
Old barn in winter
Roof shingles galore
Charcoal effect
An old barn in winter
Still standing
McDougall Memorial United Church
The old barn at the Ellis Bird Farm
Farm seed elevator, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
And then there were only THREE!
This old house
Love those Canola fields
Prince of Wales hotel, Waterton
The Grad Barn 2016
Once a family home
Beautiful old house in the hills
Kirkpatrick elevator, near Drumheller
Bright and cheery in its old age
Weathered and patched
Old cabin on Gottlob Schmidt's (Schmitty's) land
Old glass doorknob
Rural decay
Little red cabin
Mossleigh grain elevators
Colour for a snowy morning
A favourite old barn
Livingston House, Heritage Park
Give it time to age
Grain elevator with a difference
Rockyview General Hospital, reflected
At the Saskatoon Farm
Six old granaries
We ignored the warning : )
Colonel Walker House, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Ralph Klein Park
Let the sun shine
Love the style
One of these things is not like the others
One of my favourite barns
A change of subject
Too hard to resist
Yay, it's Canola time!
Three farm buddies
Olds College Botanic Gardens and Wetlands
Happy day! And Happy 4th July to all Americans, e…
A scene from the past
Brant grain elevator
Clouds and Dandelions
Nearing its end
One of three
Little red barn on Mother's Day
Simple but bright
Strong winds on the prairies
Brant grain elevator
There once was an owl
Weathered character
Off limits
Old Catholic Church, Dorothy
One of my favourite finds
A fine rural relic
Tilting
Fairly well preserved
No owl, but I love the colour
Old barn with Magpie
The big red barn
Aging sentinel of the Badlands
Snow + red barn = a happy day
Just one thing missing ....
Red barn on a cold, foggy, snowy day
Fog and snow
Old barn and sunflower shed
Old grain elevators & railway cars
Beauty increases with age
Water Valley Church
A beautiful country barn
Down on the farm
Reminder of the olden days
Rowley grain elevators
Rather fine old barn
Rural neglect
Teapots and fall reflections
Blue on blue
When I was lost, I found a barn
United Church, Dorothy, Alberta
Magrath grain elevator
Standing tall
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"Although the tiny town of Dinton, AB does not appear on most maps, it now occupies a place in motion picture history. Locations Manager Darryl Solly was asked to find a “small unadorned church” for the del Mar wedding scene in the movie, Brokeback Mountain. The unassuming Anglican chapel at Dinton, built by prairie pioneers in 1906, shown here in these exclusive pre-production photos, was the perfect spot for Alma and Ennis to be married."
The movie stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams and depicts the complex romantic and sexual relationship between two men in the American West from 1963 to 1983.
www.findingbrokeback.com/Albums/StThomasChurch.html
www.ourroots.ca/e/roots/lh6/lh6b0057.jpg
Yesterday, 21 December 2015, my daughter and I had our Christmas get-together. Like last year, she asked if I wanted to spend the day out of the city, looking for Snowy Owls (and other things). We were both so happy to at least see a (very distant) Snowy Owl, which she cleverly spotted, even though we had hoped to find a much closer one. Thank goodness, last year, my daughter and I did see and photograph beautiful Snowies that were nice and close.
Finding one of these magnificent birds of prey was not the only purpose in our minds, though. It was our Christmas get-together, and we had a great day, in beautiful sunshine and in one of my favourite areas to explore. We had first planned to go NE of the city, but my daughter, waiting for her surgery on 11 January 2016, didn't feel up to travelling that far. Once she has recovered from her surgery, we can always go NE of the city and try for owls again.
So, plans changed and instead, we went to the Saskatoon Farm for breakfast. That is where I photographed their amazing and unique wall of teapots. I was surprised to see that the trees and plants had been removed from in front of the wall and paving stones ahd been laid down, resulting in a clear view of the wall.
This interesting place is maybe a 20-minute drive SE from the southern edge of Calgary. You can collect your own Saskatoon berries in season, look around their outside green houses, and their inside gift shop full of unusual things, and buy special baking, jams, teas and so on. They also have a restaurant that offers great food.
www.saskatoonfarm.com/
Afterwards, we then went a bit further, to drive some of the roads east of High River, hoping to possibly find a Snowy Owl. We went as far as Mossleigh, where we stopped to take a few quick photos of the three grain elevators and then found a group of several old barns that I don't remember seeing before. They were off the main road, but fortunately the narrow gravel road had enough snow packed on it that the short drive was very smooth. From there, we stopped at the little wooden church at Dinton, seen in this photo.
Later in the afternoon, we couldn't resist the temptation to call in at Glamorgan Bakery on the way home and buy a few Christmas goodies, followed by a desperately needed food shopping trip. I just hadn't had a chance to go grocery shopping and had run out of even basic things. This was a huge relief, especially as I have a very long day tomorrow, taking part in the Drumheller area Christmas Bird Count. Actually, last year, my small group saw several Snowy Owls on the long drive to and from the Badlands of Alberta, so maybe I'll be lucky tomorrow.
Thanks so much for a great day out, Rachel. The best kind of day, as far as I am concerned : ) Many thanks, too, for the beautiful, very carefully chosen (as always!) Christmas gifts. Love the owl that looks rather like a furry, stuffed children's toy, that is in fact a wonderful heat pad (that you warm in the microwave), full of lavender. Haven't used it yet, but it will feel so good on my neck and shoulders that are painful from whiplash, thanks to the woman driver who suddenly came out of a parking lot exit and cut across my lane of moving traffic about three weeks ago! Nothing I could do, as I couldn't stop in time to avoid impact. So, I'm looking forward to having an owl on my shoulder : )
"Although the tiny town of Dinton, AB does not appear on most maps, it now occupies a place in motion picture history. Locations Manager Darryl Solly was asked to find a “small unadorned church” for the del Mar wedding scene in the movie, Brokeback Mountain. The unassuming Anglican chapel at Dinton, built by prairie pioneers in 1906, shown here in these exclusive pre-production photos, was the perfect spot for Alma and Ennis to be married."
The movie stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams and depicts the complex romantic and sexual relationship between two men in the American West from 1963 to 1983.
www.findingbrokeback.com/Albums/StThomasChurch.html
www.ourroots.ca/e/roots/lh6/lh6b0057.jpg
Yesterday, 21 December 2015, my daughter and I had our Christmas get-together. Like last year, she asked if I wanted to spend the day out of the city, looking for Snowy Owls (and other things). We were both so happy to at least see a (very distant) Snowy Owl, which she cleverly spotted, even though we had hoped to find a much closer one. Thank goodness, last year, my daughter and I did see and photograph beautiful Snowies that were nice and close.
Finding one of these magnificent birds of prey was not the only purpose in our minds, though. It was our Christmas get-together, and we had a great day, in beautiful sunshine and in one of my favourite areas to explore. We had first planned to go NE of the city, but my daughter, waiting for her surgery on 11 January 2016, didn't feel up to travelling that far. Once she has recovered from her surgery, we can always go NE of the city and try for owls again.
So, plans changed and instead, we went to the Saskatoon Farm for breakfast. That is where I photographed their amazing and unique wall of teapots. I was surprised to see that the trees and plants had been removed from in front of the wall and paving stones ahd been laid down, resulting in a clear view of the wall.
This interesting place is maybe a 20-minute drive SE from the southern edge of Calgary. You can collect your own Saskatoon berries in season, look around their outside green houses, and their inside gift shop full of unusual things, and buy special baking, jams, teas and so on. They also have a restaurant that offers great food.
www.saskatoonfarm.com/
Afterwards, we then went a bit further, to drive some of the roads east of High River, hoping to possibly find a Snowy Owl. We went as far as Mossleigh, where we stopped to take a few quick photos of the three grain elevators and then found a group of several old barns that I don't remember seeing before. They were off the main road, but fortunately the narrow gravel road had enough snow packed on it that the short drive was very smooth. From there, we stopped at the little wooden church at Dinton, seen in this photo.
Later in the afternoon, we couldn't resist the temptation to call in at Glamorgan Bakery on the way home and buy a few Christmas goodies, followed by a desperately needed food shopping trip. I just hadn't had a chance to go grocery shopping and had run out of even basic things. This was a huge relief, especially as I have a very long day tomorrow, taking part in the Drumheller area Christmas Bird Count. Actually, last year, my small group saw several Snowy Owls on the long drive to and from the Badlands of Alberta, so maybe I'll be lucky tomorrow.
Thanks so much for a great day out, Rachel. The best kind of day, as far as I am concerned : ) Many thanks, too, for the beautiful, very carefully chosen (as always!) Christmas gifts. Love the owl that looks rather like a furry, stuffed children's toy, that is in fact a wonderful heat pad (that you warm in the microwave), full of lavender. Haven't used it yet, but it will feel so good on my neck and shoulders that are painful from whiplash, thanks to the woman driver who suddenly came out of a parking lot exit and cut across my lane of moving traffic about three weeks ago! Nothing I could do, as I couldn't stop in time to avoid impact. So, I'm looking forward to having an owl on my shoulder : )
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