Calgary
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I was not going to blog about our 2023 summer road trip to Kelowna but the recent heart-breaking images of the majestic trees being reduced to cinder, the billowing smoke shrouding the hapless mountains made me change my mind. The ‘destruction’ images, in sharp contrast to the serene picturesque photographs from July 30-August 5 2023,… Read more
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“ I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.’” — Lewis Carrol Calgary January 2023: Wishing my fellow bloggers and readers a curiosity and… Read more
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The Paskapoo Slopes: As we, or rather I, nimble-foot down the narrow snowy trail bounded by leafless trees and spindly branches I expected to be surprised by a Fox, a Coyote, a Deer or an unlikely exotic animal. But there is no one except us…a natural setting to play peek-a-boo. We continued on the trail,… Read more
