Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Sundre

It was gently snowing yesterday when we did our full-day Christmas Bird Count in the Snake's Head/Sundre area, north west of the city. I was wearing bright red, fleece mitts when we got out of the car occasionally to call in at someone's homestead. I thought this tiny snowflake was SO gorgeous, looking (to me) rather like a diamond ear-stud. If only I could have brought it home with me (LOL) so that I could try to photograph it properly with my macro lens and table-top tripod! The light snow today had no beautiful flakes, just tiny specks of white : (. Lyn (and Howard), if you happen to see this sometime, it's to say "Thank you" for the all-day ride yesterday. You, too, Dorothy (and Stephen), for getting me to and from the Count meeting place! Rebecca, you might like this one, too? : ) Oh, and by the way, I'm not interested in real diamonds (not "me" at all!) - only the kind that fall from heaven : )

This is one of two absolutely gorgeous horses that we came across on our Audubon Christmas Bird Count in the Snakeshead area, near Sundre (north of Calgary), two days ago. The other horse was as similar colour but had just the "spot" on its forehead, whereas this one has the stripe, too. I couldn't believe the rich colour of their winter coats. Note the slightly ice-crystalled nose and whiskers - after all, it was -30C!