Christmas Trees

A row of spruce trees...each one decorated with a red bow for the holidays.

Photographed along a country lane near Old Wostok, Alberta on December 17, 2020. 

Highland Hall of Barich

A beautifully restored community hall in Smoky Lake County, Alberta.

Highland Hall was originally built in 1933 by Ukrainian settlers.

Photographed on December 21, 2020.

Krause Milling Company

A grain elevator built in 1929 that was originally part of the Krause Milling Company.

Looks great with fresh paint and lettering.

Photographed in Radway, Alberta on December 12, 2020.

Bridge near Codette

A single arch bow string bridge near Codette, Saskatchewan.

The view from the "new" highway.

Photographed on November 17, 2020.

Ground Squirrel

This little guy has a pretty nice place to live...just look at all the greenery.

He even stops to smell the flowers.

Photographed in Pat's garden in Medicine Hat, Alberta on June 19, 2020.

Whitepool Elevator

After a few days away I was on my way home when I saw this...

...long abandoned grain elevator on the open prairie near Dodsland, Saskatchewan.

It's always a good feeling to see one of these old prairie sentinels still standing.

Photographed on November 19, 2019.

Sfanta Treime

Much to my surprise I found two existing churches and a cemetery on this same site.  This is "The Old Church."

Even though it's now overgrown with aspen trees the building is still an eye-catcher.

Each of the three wooden crosses remain intact on top of the three small cupolas.

Finding an historic church is always a welcome surprise.  From the scant records I could find I believe it was built in 1903.   

Sfanta Treime Romanian Orthodox Church is near Calder, Saskatchewan.

Photographed on October 10, 2020.

Mary

This oil painting on glass of Mary is mounted above the front doors of Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church at Model Farm, Saskatchewan.

The painting is original to the church which was built in 1932.

Photographed on October 12, 2020.

Please Respect This Site

Saint John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church is near Glidden, Saskatchewan.

It was a foggy and frosty day in the country which always makes for alluring pictures.  The caragana hedge behind the church was covered in thick hoar frost.

The apse of the church is an unusual four-sided shape with windows on two of those sides.

The three wrought iron crosses are oversize and distinctive.

Even when this sign is not physically present, as it is here, it's a sign that should be in mind at all heritage sites.  Please respect all historical sites.

Photographed on November 22, 2020.

Downtown Melville

The Court House (now City Hall)...

...and Post Office in Melville, Saskatchewan.  

A pair of attractive and historical brick buildings in downtown Melville.   

Photographed on October 11, 2020.