Today’s post consists of some favourite pictures from the past summer that didn’t make it into an earlier blog. These are photographs that I enjoyed, taking them and developing them. There is no theme to this particular selection, other than “I like them”. I hope you’ll enjoy. My first photo for today was taken near…
Author: shotsbyp
A Day in Banff NP
Yesterday, September 12 I accompanied two visitors, Sue and Paul Staley on a photographic tour of Banff National Park. The Staleys are friends of ours from Arizona, on their first visit to the Canadian Rockies. We spent a couple of fine days together, fortunate to enjoy some good weather despite the forecasters’ dire predictions. We…
Helen Lake
Last Friday, I participated in a hike to Helen Lake located a little more than an hour from home, along the Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper. I had been there several years ago and was pleased to return in the company of some great hiking companions, Julie and Stewart Hamilton, Ann and Ed…
Bar U Ranch
The Bar U Ranch National Historic Site, located near Longview, Alberta is a preserved ranch that for 70 years was one of the leading ranching operations in Canada. At its peak, the ranch extended over 160,000 acres (65,000 ha) with 30,000 cattle and 1000 Percheron horses. Two of the owners were instrumental in the establishment of the…
Holiday Road
We recently hosted a large contingent of family members, visiting us in celebration of my wife Rolande’s birthday. Decorum and survival dictate that I do not reveal which birthday. Let’s say it was a “meaningful milestone” and leave it at that. Visitors came from far afield including Florida, Louisiana, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. It…