Happy Hallowe'en

Punkin lights on the balcony!

Photographed at my place in Medicine Hat, Alberta on October 27, 2026.

Eagle's Nest Ranch

A summer camp in the beautiful Cypress Hills of Alberta.

Photographed near Eagle Butte, Alberta on September 19, 2025.

Breadbasket of the World

The Canadian prairies is one of the breadbaskets of the world. There's something wholesome about that.  Shown here is a field of bearded barley to prove the point.

Photographed near Mendham, Saskatchewan on July 14, 2020.

Tribute - The Way it Used to Be

A little house built to honour the pioneers of the Menzie, Manitoba area.

Photographed in Menzie, Manitoba on July 25, 2022.

Barn and Bales

Old barn with new bales on the outskirts of Togo, Saskatchewan.

Photographed on July 28, 2021.

Cacti

We've had lots of rain here in southeastern Alberta this spring and that's made the prickly pear and pincushion cacti very happy. Haven't seen them bloom like this in years.

Photographed in Medicine Hat, Alberta on June 23, 2026.

Pincushion cacti photographed by Richard Aujesky.

Prickly pear cacti photographed by Michael Truman.

Everybody Knows This One

The Witch House was photographed near Dollard, Saskatchewan on Hallowe'en Day, 2025.

Western Grain Elevator at Gravelbourg

Of the nine grain elevators originally in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan there are two still standing.  To the west is the Pioneer Grain Company Elevator. 

And to the east, and shown here, is the Western Elevator Company Limited built in 1915. Beside the elevator stands a caboose painted with a mural depicting the early days in Gravelbourg.  The elevator was restored by and is part of The Gravelbourg & District Museum. 

Photographed in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan on Hallowe'en Day, 2025.

Old Hillside Cemetery

Old Hillside Cemetery was established on six acres of land along Seven Persons Creek in 1884 by Saint Barnabas Anglican Church.  Five years later a section of this parcel of land became the Roman Catholic Cemetery.  Burials here continued until 1919 (Catholic) and 1923 (Anglican) and was officially closed in 1934 at which time The City of Medicine Hat took charge of the cemetery.  All further interments were at the New Hillside Cemetery, located west of town, which is still in use to this day.  As with all things historical...exact dates vary from one source to another.  

And then there's that goose that kept an eye on me while I took photos...most likely looking for a place to build a nest.

Thanks to the Saint Barnabas Anglican 

Church Archives.

Photographed on April 22, 2017.

Milk River Valley Church of the Brethren

One of my favourite abandoned churches that's way out in the middle of nowhere.

The Milk River Valley Church of the Brethren is located northwest of Kremlin, Montana and west of the Fresno Reservoir in Hill County.  It is also known as the Kremlin-Gildford Church of the Brethren and has long been abandoned.

For those who aren't familiar with the area, this church is less than forty miles southeast of Comrey Cemetery in southeastern  Alberta.  And I'm sure everyone knows where Comrey is, right?!  

The inside-looking-out window views in the two photographs directly above are views of the cemetery across the road from the church and what may have been a parsonage.  The original parsonage burned down during the construction of the church between 1915 and 1918 and I believe this may have been its replacement.  Other than that, I could find no other online information about the church or cemetery.

Enjoyed my trip into the wilds of Montana that day and seeing this old abandoned church, well...made my day!

Photographed on May 21, 2017.