Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: explore2009August21

Took this photo yesterday morning in a friend's garden before we drove over to Paskapoo Slopes for a few hours of walking. This garden is a sea of yellow at the moment, so I happily included some of it in my background. Struggling to keep my eyes open this evening after a full day of botanizing in Bragg Creek Provincial Park. This time, we went south to the north side of Bragg Creek and took the West Bragg Creek Road. After crossing the Elbow River, we turned left and followed the winding road until it ended in the parking lot of Kananaskis Country. Our walk was mainly in the forest, plus a little bit of bog. Lots of exercise and sunshine - and excitement at things we saw. Totally wears me out, and I wish I could just collapse into bed right now ; ) My alarm was set for 4:55 a.m (after maybe an hour's sleep!). and I got home around 6:15 p.m. Three of us called in at the hamlet of Bragg Creek on the way home, where we enjoyed hot chocolate/coffee.

Can you see why I did a "happy dance" (well, not quite, but there were a few exclamations out loud (even though I was by myself, ha)? This was such an amazing sight - a group of these mushrooms that looked almost like a set of fine pottery. I later came across another grouping and some of them were absolute perfection. It was hard to tear myself away from them - and I was worried that I might get home and find that all my photos were blurry, LOL. Not the case this time, thank goodness. Was out on a walk for a few hours this morning at the Paskapoo Slopes - we came across several nice mushrooms, yeah! After my afternoon shift of volunteering and then urgent food shopping, I arrived home to be greeted by one of the local Jack Rabbits. Happened to have my camera in my hand, so grocery bags were dropped and I managed to get a few shots as it sat there, obviously thinking that I couldn't see it.