Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: canada

Another tiny icicle remnant (frozen waterdrop) that I photographed down in Fish Creek Park a few days ago - maybe a third of an inch across : ) I was on a walk there yesterday, too, and talk about a birdless morning! We only saw six species of bird, none of them out of the ordinary. Where are they all? Got a message on my computer late last night, saying thet my computer had a virus. It looked a genuine message, like a Norton Internet Security window (if I remember correctly), but something made me wonder. I couldn't get out of it at first, but eventually managed to get back to my desktop screen. Nothing (touch wood) seems to be wrong. Sure makes me wonder whether the message would have actually installed a virus if I had clicked on OK. I have so many thousands of photos that I still need to backup - was supposed to be a chore for the winter, but winter seems to be flying by, so far.

This is the teeniest of flowers, and it belongs to the Saxifrage family. The stem is between 5 and 20 cm tall and the greenish white flower is 5-6 mm across. There are 4 or 5 sepals (the things that look like petals here), and the 5 petals are finely branched, giving a snowflake appearance. Grows June and July in moist woodlands. Someone out for a walk would most likely never even notice these tiny, delicate flowers, unless they knew they existed in a particular area. They are NOT the easiest of flowers to photograph - tiny, low and growing in low light! I did try, though, didn't I, Doug, LOL?! Most of the plants now only have the 5 sepals left, as the petals have withered and fallen off.

The Bow Valley Provincial Park is a superb place to go, especially in early summer. There is such a huge variety of wildlfowers, including various orchids such as the Yellow lady's-slipper. The mountain in the centre of the photo is Mt. Yamnuska, popular with rock-climbers. These mountains are the very first ones that one comes to on the drive from Calgary to the Rockies.