Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Autumn

Several cars pulled over and stopped to watch quite a large herd of Mountain Sheep yesterday afternoon, along the Elbow Falls Trail (Highway 66), Kananaskis. Some of the time, they were licking the salt off the road, and then they decided to climb an outcrop for a while. The youngest member of the family was very hesitant about trying to climb and so the rest of them patiently waited until s/he found an easier way to climb up. Then, back down they came and continued licking salt. People usually seem to be very good at slowing down or stopping for wildlife - always good to see. As you can see, I was in a winter wonderland (felt more like a nightmare for more than a brief moment, LOL)! Here in the city, we had snow all morning : (

I noticed these fruit at the Reader Rock Garden a week ago and was surprised to learn that they are Rose hips. I always think of Rose hips as being bright red and much smaller than these ones.

We saw the occasional brilliant red leaf on our walk at the Ranchlands natural area this morning. This one belongs to the Sticky Purple Geranium plant. After the whole month of July of temperatures around 29C and 31C, today was about 10C earlier this morning. It also rained. I returned home absolutely soaked to mid-thigh, with a whole bunch of photos that were blurry thanks greatly to the poor light on this gloomy day. Kind of refreshing, though, to feel almost cold!