William (Bill) Armstrong's photos with the keyword: snow

99 per cent potential

99 per cent potential

William (Bill) Armstrong
27 Apr 2024 2 1 65
By early April the snow is usually in retreat, but not completely gone. A few weeks later, this field will be seeded, with the farmer dodging around the tree and power pole. Last year the field was aglow with canola by mid-July. I wonder what will be seeded this year.
abandoned country school

abandoned country school

William (Bill) Armstrong
06 Mar 2024 1 68
A country school located west of Regina. Country schools, located in the corner of a farm field outside of a town or village, were once common in Saskatchewan.
a barn at sunrise 2

a barn at sunrise 2

William (Bill) Armstrong
17 Apr 2023 2 53
Another perspective on a large barn near Regina, Saskatchewan. This image was taken early on the morning of April 8, 2023.
afternoon light through a fence 2

afternoon light through a fence 2

William (Bill) Armstrong
05 Feb 2023 2 2 52
A slightly different perspective, and a different depth-of-field setting, taken beside a neighbour's fence.
afternoon light through a fence

afternoon light through a fence

William (Bill) Armstrong
05 Feb 2023 51
Afternoon light in January filtering through this fence caught my eye, so I ventured into thigh-high snow to capture this perspective.
frozen flower

frozen flower

William (Bill) Armstrong
19 Jan 2023 2 1 50
This flower bloomed last season beside a walkway near my back yard. I see it as a reminder of that season's fertility, and the promise of the season to come.
checking out the photographer

checking out the photographer

William (Bill) Armstrong
10 Jun 2022 4 2 50
Light snow had fallen on this mid-April morning, as a pronghorn antelope stood awkwardly to assess whether the photographer was a threat. This image was taken at the edge of the Great Sand Hills in Saskatchewan.
ribs of snow

ribs of snow

William (Bill) Armstrong
09 Jun 2022 3 57
A dusting of snow had settled into the ripples in the sand dune, while a critter had recently walked by. This image taken in the Great Sand Hills on a mid-April morning.
fifth season

fifth season

William (Bill) Armstrong
20 Apr 2022 2 2 71
Saskatchewan's fifth season is Springter, where Winter hangs around and Spring makes only occasional, brief appearances. I set out these chairs on one of those lovely days when it seemed like Spring had come to stay. Silly me.
outlier on the left 2

outlier on the left 2

William (Bill) Armstrong
16 Mar 2022 6 2 74
Some people collect stamps; others collect sheds. These are located in a farmer's field south of Regina, near Rowatt, Saskatchewan.
iron wheels

iron wheels

William (Bill) Armstrong
05 Jan 2022 4 4 51
These wheels may have been part of equipment used at the Claybank Brick Plant, now a National Historic Site. I found them during a visit to the site in the late 1990s. Scanned from a print.
steel in stubble 2

steel in stubble 2

William (Bill) Armstrong
24 Dec 2021 2 57
A large grain bin that likely contains the crop harvested a few months earlier. When this image was taken in late November only a small amount of snow had accumulated. More snow will be needed to get the next crop off to a good start.
snow sculpture and bin

snow sculpture and bin

William (Bill) Armstrong
20 Dec 2021 3 59
The Prairie wind scours snow from the surface of the earth in some places, only to sculpt it into curves and folds in other places. Not much snow was available in this late November image, but enough to create this sculpture on a stubble field.
rime frost-Wascana Lake 2

rime frost-Wascana Lake 2

William (Bill) Armstrong
31 Jan 2020 1 1 92
Light winds and fog over two days allowed rime frost to accumulate on just about everything in the Regina area. This was taken at the edge of Wascana Lake, in the urban park within Regina, just after sunup. Don’t use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. Copyright William Armstrong. 2020