Little red cabin
Shakin' all over
White Evening Primrose / Oenothera caespitosa
Mature age in the world of fungi
Osprey family in the city
A well-decorated fence
Growing on a log
A favourite bird to photograph
White Prairie Clover / Dalea candida
Eye-catching fungus
Storm clouds over Canola
Alsike Clover / Trifolium hybridum
The 'Sickener' / Russula emetica
Eastern Kingbird
Eyelash fungi
Fading into the distance
Splash of colour on a rainy day
Two of a kind
Red-belted Polypore with guttation droplets
Scabious growing in the wild
Poisonous Brown-Eyed Parasol / Lepiota helveola
Goat's-beard
Mossleigh grain elevators
Great Gray Owl on a rainy day
Purple Prairie Clover
Gottlob Schmidt's Antelope Hill Ranch
Rural decay
A surprise on the trail - a Tomato hornworm
Old glass doorknob
A highlight from yesterday - Amanita muscaria
Antelope Hill Provincial Park
Old cabin on Gottlob Schmidt's (Schmitty's) land
Collecting food for her babies
At Mossleigh grain elevators
Swainson's Hawk in flight
Longhorn
Weathered and patched
Western Kingbird
Swainson's Hawk
Mariposa Lily
American Kestrel
Upland Sandpiper
Bright and cheery in its old age
Hiding in the Canola field
01 Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
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Juvenile Swainson's Hawk


Monday, 1 August 2016, was mostly a quiet day at home - it was a long weekend and I didn't really want to be doing a longish drive with a lot of traffic on the roads. Late in the afternoon, I did get out to see a pair of Swainson's Hawks and also drove to a local Osprey family, that I think has three youngsters still on the nest. Seeing the Hawks was quite an experience - I was dive-bombed three times in the two minutes maximum that I was there! A friend had told me about this family, but he didn't have the same experience as I had! This is a juvenile in my photo - I don't know how many young ones there are. Posting it just for the record.
Yesterday and today, I have been without my vehicle, because it suddenly developed a really bad, noisy muffler problem. It was going to be a major expense ($4,660) to repair/replace the various parts and I have just heard back that one part is no longer available. To find one would mean being without my car for two weeks! So, I think I will collect the car and just drive within the few roads by me (groceries, etc.) with an extremely noisy vehicle. It looks like I will have to buy a new car - something that I have been thinking about the last few years, as the car is now over 17 years old. Not something I wanted to do on the spur of the moment like this, though. Unfortunately, I will have to cancel my plans to take my daughter to the mountains tomorrow. For years and years I have longed to drive there myself and finally plucked up courage to go with my daughter to help me navigate.
Yesterday and today, I have been without my vehicle, because it suddenly developed a really bad, noisy muffler problem. It was going to be a major expense ($4,660) to repair/replace the various parts and I have just heard back that one part is no longer available. To find one would mean being without my car for two weeks! So, I think I will collect the car and just drive within the few roads by me (groceries, etc.) with an extremely noisy vehicle. It looks like I will have to buy a new car - something that I have been thinking about the last few years, as the car is now over 17 years old. Not something I wanted to do on the spur of the moment like this, though. Unfortunately, I will have to cancel my plans to take my daughter to the mountains tomorrow. For years and years I have longed to drive there myself and finally plucked up courage to go with my daughter to help me navigate.
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