Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Erik Butters' Ranch

Someone picked this tiny mushroom to show the group, when we were on a walk at Erik Butters' Ranch in the Benchland area (north west of Calgary and north west of Cochrane) on 11th July. It was growing in the open field where we were walking. I didn't want it to completely go to waste, so took a quick shot or two of it - with no guilt, LOL, as it wasn't me who did the "picking".

Sigh ... typical Calgary Stampede weather at the moment - rain! However, hope those of you who enjoy the activities have a great week! Just happened to notice this tiny blue butterfly resting on someone's cowboy hat on the ground during a delicious BBQ two days ago. Lunch was put on by Erik Butters' and his wife when a few of us joined the Ghost River Watershed Alliance group for a nature walk on part of Erik's land. Heavily cropped, as the hat was quite a distance from me : )

I don't know Lichen IDs at all (have taken the first steps to try and learn some!), but this looks like the Hammered Shield Lichen on friend Doug's photostream : ) I photographed this patch during a hike at Erik Butters' Ranch at the end of last September. I like the hammered texture.