Category: Alberta
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The Numbers are Still With Us
All photos taken on December 19, 2023. The trouble with winter driving in this part of the world is that you have to wait until the sun comes up, before you start off driving in the morning. Here is the map for our drive of 449 km (278 mile) drive which took us 5 1/2…
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Its Not Easy Being Green (Kermit the Frog)
Slide shows made up of photos from April 13 (1st slide), April 30 (2nd slide), May 7, 2024 (3rd slide) and May 15, 2024 (4th slide). All other photos taken on May 15, 2024. Keeping on with the spring is coming…”eventually” theme, this post shows what a little rain and a lot of hard work…
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Blowing Smoke
All photos taken on May 13, 2024. How do you know when spring arrives in Central Alberta? Simple, when you can smell wildfire smoke and the winds come at you from all directions….at once, spring has arrived. On Saturday, our area had the worst air quality of anywhere in the world, not a distinction we…
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Ahhh, Weather Forecasts!!!
All photos taken on February 21, 2024. May 12, 2024 – Today is Mothers’ Day. Happy Mothers’ Day to all Mothers and Grandmothers. While this post was written a while ago, I almost wish we could go back to the weather on that day, as while we now have nice spring weather, it has been…
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Transformative Rain
Slide shows made up of photos from April 13 (1st slide), April 30 (2nd slide) and May 7, 2024. (3rd slide). All other photos taken on May 7, 2024. In the two previous posts, I lamented the slow progress of spring. April showers only happened at the end of the month and were mixed with…
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Being Called a Snowflake is a Compliment
All photos taken on February 14, 2024 (Valentine’s Day). Like at the last hike, the parking lot at Amisk Wuche was also devoid of cars and we were the first tire tracks up the lane. Another elk bed. Look at the bottom right side, where the hoof seems to have melted the snow as the…
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At Long Last, We Manage to Spot Them
All photos taken on February 14, 2024. (Valentine’s Day) Our Valentine’s exploits on the day were pretty low key. The exchange of greeting cards before a great cappuccino and homemade buttermilk biscuits and fried tomatoes breakfast. Then we were off for our weekly forest walk. When we planned the walk the week prior, the weather…
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A Flurry of April Showers
All photos taken on April 30, 2024. Many of you have heard me whining about how dry Spring 2024 has been. I kept looking for April showers that would bring May flowers. Well, it finally happened. Yesterday morning, we got a one hour shower that freshened things up, but did little to alleviate the current…
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Bored Walk Empire!
All photos taken on February 10, 2024. I know, I know, I took some liberties with this title. Not wanting to repeat our recent walks in Elk Island National Park or Bunchberry Meadows, we opted for this 7 km (4 1/3 mile) walk on the North bank of the North Saskatchewan River across from the…
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MELT
All photos taken on January 24, 2024. The morning was heating up, once the skies cleared and the sun popped out. Our choice to come one day before the weather got too warm, was likely the right one. We rolled up into Amisk Wuche parking lot. We checked to the left, we checked to the…
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