Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: moon

It was so weird yesterday! I drove SE of the city to the Frank Lake area in the afternoon, hoping that I would not have another day where I'd come home without taking a single photo. The previous day, 14 February 2015, I had driven all the way NW of the city, hoping that there might be some sight of the Northern Hawk Owl. However, I was out of luck. Thankfully, it rarely happens that I take no photos during a few hours outdoors. Yesterday, there was one area in particular that I wanted to explore. Many of the roads were backroads that I've never driven and I found it so hard to keep track of which direction I was driving. Easy enough when I was home looking at Google Earth, but a whole different story when I was out there. One of the roads, that I had driven a couple of times before, took me past the old barn and homestead seen in the previous photo. I had a CD playing and a few minutes before I reached this barn, the song, 'Superman, where are you now?' started playing. The weird part is that this barn and old homestead were used in the first Superman Movie in 1978! Talk about coincidence! This whole area had me totally in a 'Land of confusion', as singer Phil Collins would say in that song. I like to stop at the small, wooden church at Dinton and take a few photos. Felt good to have blue sky yesterday. "Although the tiny town of Dinton, AB does not appear on most maps, it now occupies a place in motion picture history. Locations Manager Darryl Solly was asked to find a “small unadorned church” for the del Mar wedding scene in the movie, Brokeback Mountain. The unassuming Anglican chapel at Dinton, built by prairie pioneers in 1906, shown here in these exclusive pre-production photos, was the perfect spot for Alma and Ennis to be married." The movie stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams and depicts the complex romantic and sexual relationship between two men in the American West from 1963 to 1983. www.findingbrokeback.com/Albums/StThomasChurch.html www.ourroots.ca/e/roots/lh6/lh6b0057.jpg

On Monday 31st December, I took part in the 2007 Christmas Bird Count in the Sheep River/Turner Valley area, south of Calgary. The weather was an absolutely perfect winter's day! When we got out of the car at one of our stops, I glanced up at the moon and thought I'd take a quick shot of it. I was just curious to see how large or small it would look with my fairly new little camera (Panasonic DMC-FZ18). This is a greatly cropped image, but I find it fascinating that even with a little point-and-shoot camera, you can still see some of those interesting craters.

A view of the mountains taken in Canmore two days ago, when a few of us took part in the annual Banff/Canmore Christmas Bird Count. The town of Canmore is surrounded by mountain peaks. The early morning sunrise cast a beautiful pink glow, which I'm not usually up in time to see in the mornings. (Location on map is only very approximate, just in case anyone is curious as to where Harvey Heights is). My small group covered the Harvey Heights area. The meeting place for the various groups was at the home of Colleen Campbell, who so generously opens up her home to us each year, including giving us a lovely warm place to go back to, to eat our lunches and to finalize the lists of birds seen by the end of the day. Colleen is a long-time Wildlife Researcher, who focused exclusively on grizzly bears from 1993 until 2006. She is also known for her incredibly beautiful artwork - photography is another of her keen interests. Recently, she took in two adorable little rescue kittens - they were so soft and gentle! There was room in my backback to have put both kittens in to take home with me - but I thought Colleen might notice that they were missing : ) Colleen, thank you so much from us all, for your generosity and welcome - and that includes the welcome that Jesse always gives everyone. What a sweet, intelligent dog she is! This annual Banff-Canmore Christmas Bird Count (CBC) organized by the Bow Valley Naturalists took place on Saturday, December 17. This was the 37th consecutive year for this event. And now, after two long days of walking, I need to hobble my way to various places to get some urgent errands done! I am so behind with everything - maybe next year I will be more organized. Funny, I seem to say the same thing year after year, though. Arghh .... Hold the Clicks, Flickr has Hiccups (2:15 p.m.)! OK, got to get ready to go out NOW!

Here's your photo, George - not the greatest, but as you know, the tree was pretty far away - and as for the moon, LOL ..... Yes, these are Cedar Waxwings, Rebecca. Taken at the Erlton/Roxborough Natural Area (not all that far from downtown) this morning.