William (Bill) Armstrong's photos with the keyword: July 2020

A view of Buffalo Pound Lake from a vantage point on a Nature Conservancy property, north of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

Active clouds create patterns of light and shadow over the land on the north side of Buffalo Pound Lake.

The cloud formations kept changing over the course of a morning at Buffalo Pound Lake, in southern Saskatchewan.

Sun broke through clouds over Buffalo Pound Lake during a morning hike.

During a hike at Buffalo Pound Lake the sun would occasionally break through the clouds, bathing the grasslands in brightness.

A glacial erratic overlooking the n north west end of Buffalo Pound Lake, in southernSaskatchewan.

The hosta plants in my backyard happy fill all the space given to them, and more. Every year I dig up a couple of plants to give away or supplement another garden, but they quickly fill the empty space. About mid-July the plants open their delicate flowers, which are such a contrast to the big, showy leaves. Don’t use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. Copyright William Armstrong. 2020

Someone with a whimsical sense of humour has placed effigies in the upper windows of this gracious old house. I wonder if this is a house ordered from a catalogue, which was fairly common in the early days of homesteading in Saskatchewan. This house had some fine finishing touches inside, but how it is home for all sorts of critters. Don’t use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. Copyright William Armstrong. 2020

A view of railway sidings bisecting fields of canola, near Tuxford, Saskatchewan. Don’t use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. Copyright William Armstrong. 2020

A barbed wire fence and a more substantial wood pole fence meet where one pasture ends and another begins. Don’t use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. Copyright William Armstrong. 2020

A single post and some barbed wire beside a trail at Buffalo Pound Lake, near Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Don’t use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. Copyright William Armstrong. 2020

By the second week of July fields of bright yellow canola plants are beginning to appear in the southern part of Saskatchewan. Here, fields are bisected by a rail siding near the community of Tuxford. Don’t use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. Copyright William Armstrong. 2020

The area had been used as pasture. The fence posts and the wire are leftover from that previous use. The area is to be conserved as native grassland, and as habitat for birds and animals. Don’t use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. Copyright William Armstrong. 2020

A single tree surrounded by slightly greener vegetation n, perhaps fed by water closer to the surface of the ground, with Buffalo Pound Lake in the distance. Don’t use this image on websites, blogs or other media without explicit permission. Copyright William Armstrong. 2020