Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: explore2014April24

This Gothic Arch Barn (?) was seen on 14 April 2014, when my youngest daughter and I spent the day driving some of the backroads SE of Calgary. Some of the roads were familiar to me, and others were new territory. A few days ago, I posted a photo of this barn, taken from the opposite side of the road, but after going closer, I was able to get this old styled, metal windmill in as well. I love the way the pretty much flat, endless landscape of the prairies is dotted here and there with an old barn or an abandoned farmhouse. Makes one want to photograph them all before they eventually rot and tumble to the ground. I had come across a photo of this little red barn on the Internet and knew that I wanted to find it. Superman's farm from the 1978 movie, "Superman: The Movie" had also been on my list. This is one of my favourite ways to spend a day!

The first time I saw this little owlet was on 19 April 2014. Yesterday morning, 22 April 2014, I was at the same place for another birding walk and of course tried to get a few more photos of this cute young one with Mom. This Great Horned pair had three owlets last year, this year just the one. We only saw this little face briefly, like before, as the baby was either down in the nest (which is immediately off my photo at the bottom), or moving deep within the tree, with its back to us. Happy, though, to get any photos. I think I still prefer the one I posted the other day and reposted in a comment box below : ) It looks like I was standing almost on a level with these owls, but they are very high up in the tree and it's impossible to avoid including a string of bright red Christmas lights that hangs right above their heads, so the lights just had to be "removed" : ) It's 9C this morning, getting up to 12C this afternoon. It actually rained yesterday evening, which felt a little strange after getting all our precipitation in the form of snow the last seven months. More rain in the forecast for this afternoon, then a sunny day tomorrow, followed by two days of mixed precipitation or snow. In other words, a typical April here, where we keep thinking that spring may have finally arrived, only to have it snow again. This happens over and over in this month.