Today’s blog posting is a very simple one, a single photograph. I took this picture about a week ago from our back deck. It caught my eye at the time, a brilliant sunset but I didn’t think much about it. A friend’s comment inspired me to take a second look at it and I realized…
Trains
This morning I traveled to the Lake Louise area to photograph a classic Canadian combination, mountains and trains. The trans-continental railway is an important part of the history of the country, built to link the country together and open up the West. The railroad was completed in 1885, commemorated by the driving of the Last Spike at…
Busy Weekend
Today’s post contains photos from three separate photographic outings over the weekend. My busy weekend actually began on Friday morning. Bob Bear and I traveled westward to Field B.C. where we hiked into an area off the Emerald Lake Road. This was a photo rich area where we photographed fallen trees at Pick-Up-Stix forest, rapids…
A Day in Provence
The first stop on our June cruise after departing Barcelona was Marseilles, in the south of France. After a night’s sleep on board we were eager to begin our first shore excursion. From the half dozen choices available, we had elected A Day in Provence, not so coincidentally the title of this post. As the…
Yamnuska
When you leave Calgary and drive to the mountains, you’ll probably see Mount Yamnuska. “Yamnuska” is the popular name for the mountain near the Bow River’s exit from the Rockies. It is also known as Mount Laurie, but that name is seldom used. This Stoney Indian word “Yamnuska” means ‘flat faced mountain’. It is this ‘flat face’…