Love a splash of colour
Possibly Laccaria proxima?
Eriogonum species (flavum?)
Bad feather day
Avian perfection
Little pink bells
Feeding in the stubble
Pineappleweed / Matricaria discoidea
White-throated Sparrow
Snow drifts
Slime mold, Spirit Rocks Sanctuary
Glowing in the sunlight
LOOK CLOSELY : )
Snow, snow, and more snow
Fun in the snow
Tears for Jasmine, R.I.P.
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Carnations for his sweetheart : )
Worthy of another look
Conocephalum conicum liverwort
Mallard curls
Echinacea purpurea, Lucky Star
Screen shot to show my thumbnail problem on Flickr
In a farmer's field
A reward for facing my fears : )
Colour in between the whites
A rare (for me) in-flight shot
At the river's edge
Mourning Dove
Drummond's Thistle / Cirsium drummondii
Beautiful weather - beautiful place
Me : )
Butter-and-eggs / Linaria vulgaris
Another birdwatcher
Plateau Mountain, Kananaskis
Evening Grosbeak, Costco Connection magazine
In your dreams
The reality is ...
Male flowers of the Limber Pine
Sitting pretty
Western Wood Lily
Southern Alberta barn
Time for colour
The melting game
Three in a row
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Picklejar Lakes trail, Kananaskis


Another photo from my archives, taken from the trail on an absolutely brutal hike in Kananaskis, on 6 August 2010. I still remember that two tough guys who do/did a lot of walking/hiking also used the word "brutal" to describe this day's hike : ) I can't do this kind of hike any more - my body likes "flat" not "steep"! The description of the botany hike that the leader had sent us, was so different from what it actually was. No shortage of beautiful valleys and peaks in Alberta, that's for sure. Apparently, this valley is very popular with Grizzly Bears, but fortunately we didn't come across any. Lots of wildflowers, but the walk was too fast-paced and I wasn't able to get many photos, which was so disappointing. However, we saw a number of new species, which was great. Location on my map is only very approximate.
Gillean Daffern writes about the last bit of the trail in her book, "Kananaskis: Country trail guide":
".... Shortly, the trail turns due north and you drag yourself up a hot, dry, shaley hillside to the pass". All was true (except, thankfully the "hot") and "drag" was a most appropriate word. I've also read on some website a young guy's comment that this is a "short, easy hike". A good job I didn't read his comment before doing this hike : ) He must have been tremendously fit! It's definitely one of those days that I will never forget, ha.
Gillean Daffern writes about the last bit of the trail in her book, "Kananaskis: Country trail guide":
".... Shortly, the trail turns due north and you drag yourself up a hot, dry, shaley hillside to the pass". All was true (except, thankfully the "hot") and "drag" was a most appropriate word. I've also read on some website a young guy's comment that this is a "short, easy hike". A good job I didn't read his comment before doing this hike : ) He must have been tremendously fit! It's definitely one of those days that I will never forget, ha.
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