House Sparrow in the fall

Ha, this photo looked better very late last night - this morning, in daylight, I can see that it's less sharp than I like. Oh, well, I liked the fall colours that make the setting for this little House Sparrow that was in one of the trees at the Saskatoon Farm five days ago, on 12 October 2014.

That day, I had spent a few hours east of the city, driving the backroads, looking for barns and anything else to photograph. Heading back to Calgary, I took a wrong turn just outside the city and ended up on Deerfoot Trail heading south instead of 22X going west. All I could do was keep driving on this major highway until I came to somewhere familiar where I could turn around. This happened to be The Saskatoon Farm. I was just in time to have a meal in their restaurant before heading home - I love their Quiche.

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/