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Fall colours near the Highwood River
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Victoria Water Lily / Victoria amazonica
Gobi, baby Bactrian Camel
Japanese Macaque
Perfectly purple
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Snow Leopard / Panthera uncia
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Red Panda / Ailurus fulgens
After our first major snowstorm
Heading into the mountains
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Unwanted in early October!
First year Iceland (Thayer's) Gull
Gadwall
Early fall, looking (and feeling) like winter
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Unusual metal fence at Chestermere Lake
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Old barn in early fall
Snow Geese & Greater White-fronted Geese
The start of fall in Kananaskis
Spikes against a soft background
Yesterday's treat - Rusty Blackbird female
Artichoke in bloom
Donkey at Marsland Basin
Morel mushroom family
Part of a gathering of Ravens
Just look at those Pika whiskers!
Bighorn Sheep female
On the way to the mountains
Photo-bombed by Blackbirds
American Avocet
Old, wooden shed
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My daughter finally had a day free for us to get together on 23 September 2018. She suggested we could go to the Saskatoon Farm, a place we both love, for breakfast and a wander round the grounds with our cameras. One of my favourite things to photograph there is the Artichoke flower in bloom. So spectacular. 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/
After that, we drove west to Granary Road, passing this old barn on the way. Though the Active Learning Park had closed for the fall and winter, it was open for the day on the day we went. It covers a large area and has all sorts of learning areas, including a mushroom area.
I had been hoping to get over to Granary Road all summer, but it just didn't happen. This is a fairly new market garden, SW of the city, with an Active Learning Park, too. Before this, the area was simply a huge, empty field, except for the row of bright red sheds. I was very disappointed some time ago, when I first saw what was being planned for that particular area. Most of all, I and many other photographers, were horrified when we discovered that the row of five old, red granaries/sheds had been removed from the landscape. Some of you may remember my photos of these granaries, which I called "The Famous Five". They have been replaced by five new, red sheds which, I have to say, look better than I had originally thought.
granaryroad.com/active-learning/
There was thick fog in places on this day, but it didn't seem to affect photographing objects that were close. My favourite kind of day, spending time with my daughter.
www.saskatoonfarm.com/
After that, we drove west to Granary Road, passing this old barn on the way. Though the Active Learning Park had closed for the fall and winter, it was open for the day on the day we went. It covers a large area and has all sorts of learning areas, including a mushroom area.
I had been hoping to get over to Granary Road all summer, but it just didn't happen. This is a fairly new market garden, SW of the city, with an Active Learning Park, too. Before this, the area was simply a huge, empty field, except for the row of bright red sheds. I was very disappointed some time ago, when I first saw what was being planned for that particular area. Most of all, I and many other photographers, were horrified when we discovered that the row of five old, red granaries/sheds had been removed from the landscape. Some of you may remember my photos of these granaries, which I called "The Famous Five". They have been replaced by five new, red sheds which, I have to say, look better than I had originally thought.
granaryroad.com/active-learning/
There was thick fog in places on this day, but it didn't seem to affect photographing objects that were close. My favourite kind of day, spending time with my daughter.
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