Creeping Thistle
A touch of autumn colour
Fake but fun
Mt. Yamnuska, Kananaskis
A look that needs to be shared : )
Split personality
Pinedrops with bokeh
Such a thrill - from my archives
Blue Stain / Chlorociboria aeruginascens
Concretions at Red Rock Coulee
Abandoned
Autumn colours at JJ Collett Natural Area
Yucca plant in second bloom
Milk Thistle / Silybum marianum
Physcia adscendens lichen
Purple Shamrock / Oxalis triangularis
Little beauty
A real treat on Sunday
Lophocolea minor liverwort
Bold and simple
Fragile rock brake fern / Cryptogramma-stelleri
Psora decipiens lichen
Swainson's Hawk
Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month
Common Sargeant / Athyma perius
Coral Fungus sp
A joy to see
Wall decoration
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Erosion at Red Rock Coulee
Strawberry and Rhubarb tart
Seven-spotted Ladybug on Yucca seedpod
Replica of a Chinese warrior
Ominous clouds after the harvest
A bird walk treat
Splendour
Just for fun
White Pigeon
Enjoying the sunshine
Kinnikinnick / Bearberry sp.
cf Megaspora verrucosa lichen
Uniqueness
Sharp-tailed Grouse
One of my favourite Lichens
Greeting the sun
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At least there were cows


Today, 3 October 2013, I decided I would do the long drive NW of Calgary, hoping I might just see an owl of some kind, but also wanting to find some beautiful fall colours. The weather forecast was for a mix of sun and cloud, which sounded good. However, it was thick, grey cloud for the whole journey out there, and I even had a few minutes of very light, very fine snow at my furthest point. My main sightings were cows and horses, though I did see a couple of dead Coyotes on the road, and a Hawk that flew before I came within shooting distance. Nothing to be seen, just nothing - where is everything? Not as much fall colour as I had expected, either, and I'm not sure if I was too early or too late (suspect the latter). Of course, without the sun, fall colours seem dull and lifeless, so maybe that was part of it. On my way home, I drove a few backroads SW of the city and by the time I was almost home, the sun managed to squeeze through the clouds - better late than never. Once I was within city limits, I drove a couple of the gravel backroads and experienced about a minute of tiny hail. I don't know if it rained in the city today, but these two roads were very wet and muddy and unpleasant to drive on. There were a couple of large vehicles at the side of the road, so maybe they were preparing the road in order to put down new gravel?
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