Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Open House

Four of us spent the day in this area on 18th July - Barrier Lake, Kananaskis. It was the second day of the University of Calgary's Open House, and my tiny group spent part of the day botanizing the forested area along this part of the shore of the lake. Though you can't tell in this photo, the woods were a mass of wildflower colour, including many orange Western Wood Lilies and red Paintbrush. Such a beautiful, peaceful place. Afterwards, two of us went on a butterfly walk, led by Steve, who was spending the summer working at the centre. This was when the rain decided to arrive! Barrier Lake is located approximately 80 km west of Calgary city limits. The Barrier Lake Visitor Information Centre is located 6 km (3.6 miles) south of the Trans-Canada Highway on Highway 40. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrier_Lake

Oops, I was hoping that this photo might look a bit sharper on Fickr, but I guess I just missed focussing on the Lacewing. Steve, a Professor down in the States, who is working at the University of Calgary's Barrier Lake Centre for the summer, took us on a butterfly walk on Sunday. This was one of the tiny insects we saw during this walk at the Open House.

Living in Calgary, we are so lucky to have Fish Creek Provincial Park, which is one of the largest urban parks in North America and more or less goes from the far west to the far eastern edge of the city.. The park contains areas of mixed forest and open prairie, so we get a good variety of species. Friends showed me around inside the newly renovated Fish Creek Environmental Learning Centre during their Open House a few days ago. There are several of these huge wall posters in various rooms. Each is a flat poster with a wooden frame over the top, to make one feel as if one is looking through the window to the beautiful park outside. Several of my photos appear on these posters, though the Merlin (lower right) is the only one on this particular poster. Very nicely done. I always like knowing that images are being used for educational purposes. We walked along the Bow River south of 22X (northwards from 194th Avenue SW) all morning. Saw my first Cinnamon Teal and Tree Swallow of the year : ) Called in to see the Great Horned Owlets on the way home, and then went and vacuumed and washed my vehicle so that it's fit to go for an oil change in the next week. Quite a hot, sunny day today - just gorgeous weather (it's supposed to be spring, not summer) - but it is about to change, LOL. Of course - I've got a lovely clean car! Some people perform a Rain Dance - I don't need to, I just wash my car, ha, ha.