Crystal

All photos were taken on our July 12, 2021 walk along Tamarack Trail in Bunchberry Meadows. We saw a few of these a week ago, but many more have popped up since. They are mesmerizingly delicate. Crystal © Delicate mushroom. along Tamarack Trail edge. Tiny crystal plates.

Creature Feature

NOTE: This post contains slideshows and if you are reading it on your phone, it is best viewed direct from the SITE, rather than in the READER. All photos were taken on our July 12, 2021 hike through Bunchberry Meadows and Tucker’s Field. Summer walks here are filled with birdsong, rustling in the woods, slithering

Seasonal

All photos taken on our July 12, 2021 hike of Bunchberry Meadows and Tucker’s Field. Its Just Seasonal © Sauntering along gravel hiking trail, into forest, fully covered in green, summer’s heat wave seeming to make views stale, wild flowers plots were few and far between. Deeper in, colour drops lined grassy path, defying explanations

Risk vs Reward

NOTE: This post contains slideshows and if you are reading it on your phone, it is best viewed direct from the SITE, rather than in the READER. All photos taken during our July 11, 2021 bicycle ride. Just like Covid 19, there is an element of risk in everything we do. Don’t follow protocols or

De-tour of Alberta

All photos taken during a 34 km (21 mile) bicycle ride in the rural area East of our city. About the Title The joke in any Canadian winter city (you know – 4 distinct seasons) is that there are really only 2 seasons – Winter…and…Construction. As soon as the snow is gone and the frost

Yardscape

All photos taken July 7, 2021 in my yard. Raindrops on Hostas Sod Webworm webs on my lawn Mock orange petals on the ground and in the bird bath, Hopi bell on Amur cherry and my garden progress. My Delphiniums Petunias, Lamb’s Ear and Begonia

the Dirty Truth

Photos taken on July 25/26, 2021 the Dirty Truth © Journey’s souvenirs nothing but ash and bug guts. That’s the dirty truth!

Reverie

All photos were taken on July 25, 2021. Our sojourn into Jasper was pretty hectic. People and cars were everywhere. I dropped the ladies off to pick up our take out and circled the block to await their return. Food collected, we set off for the public washrooms. I chose the usual washrooms with the

Scenes Through a Dirty Windshield #6 – Kamloops to Beaumont

NOTE: This post contains slideshows and if you are reading it on your phone, it is best viewed direct from the SITE, rather than in the READER. All photos taken July 25, 2021. Hi Ho, Hi Ho, its off to Timmies we go……………Drive thru that is. Bacon and sausage breakfast sandwiches and a family pack

Fallout

All photos taken July 25, 2021. So, despite the quiet room, comfy bed and the super quiet air conditioner, last night’s sleep? was less than stellar. Still keyed up from the hectic past week, I still had hope of a decent sleep, so we could complete the final 10 hour drive home. Not to be!