Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: interestingness#213

Yet another view of the "famous five" red sheds south of Calgary : ) I had been looking forward to seeing them surrounded by piles of snow, but I found that there was far less snow than I had been expecting. Still pretty, though, I thought, including the curves of the tracks. Got home 45 minutes ago (7:15 p.m.) from a long day's Christmas Bird Count in the Snake's Head/Sundre area, north west of Calgary. This was our final Count. My alarm was set for 3:50 a.m., though it took me a while to drag myself out of bed after only one hour of sleep! An overcast day today with a few snowflakes and a temperature, I think, of around -12C.

I don't often get to see a sunrise, LOL, but it really is worth getting up at some ridiculously early time to be reminded of the beauty I usually miss. Spent the whole day on Saturday 22nd December, from 6:10 a.m.. (to those of you who know me well, yes, A.M.!) till early evening, on a Christmas Bird Count north-east of the city, in the Drumheller area. I hadn't been out this way for maybe 12 years, so I REALLY appreciated the chance to be driven out there! Drumheller is a fascinating area, out in the Prairies, and is the land of the badlands and the dinosaurs. Not a bad day weather-wise, though it was very cold. Dropped down to -21C (-5.8F), but had soared to a balmy -4C (24.8F) when we got back to Calgary. This was the only sunset photo to turn out OK - the rest were blurry, taken through a moving, tinted-glass window.