Yester Years Ranching

 

An impressive gate sign for the Eremenko Ranch near Acadia Valley, Alberta.

Photographed on November 17, 2019.

Snow Geese

A gaggle of snow geese in a field with some black angus cattle near Birmingham, Saskatchewan.

This group includes members of both the white-morph and blue-morph colour variations of snow geese.

And there they go!

Photographed on October 8, 2020.

Old Wostok

A little barn with two new red cupolas.

Photographed near Old Wostok, Alberta on December 17, 2020.

Beatty

The former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator in Beatty, Saskatchewan.

I love how the mustard-yellow dust separators stand out against the dark red of the elevator.

Photographed on January 19, 2021.

Little Saint Nicholas

The historical Saint Nicholas Anglican Church in the Qu'Appelle Valley of Saskatchewan.

Photographed on January 21, 2021.

Chipped Tooth

A saw blade with a chipped tooth repurposed as a sign for Valley Forest Products.

Photographed near Hague, Saskatchewan.

Strong Pine

An abandoned Seventh Day Adventist Church near Strong Pine, Saskatchewan.

Light snow, not too cold...nice day to be out on the road.

Photographed on January 18, 2021.

Paroisse Saint Jacques d'Albertville

A large Roman Catholic church in Albertville, Saskatchewan.

The church steeple rises one hundred and fifty feet into the air and can be seen for miles and miles.

Photographed on January 18, 2021.

The Haunted Bridge

This is Hands Bridge...a bow string bridge in Little Red River Park.  The road through the park must have been an important thoroughfare at one time to warrant the building of such a sturdy bridge.  It has now been closed off to all traffic except pedestrians for about ten years.

Local folklore has it that the bridge may be haunted.  There's a story about a vehicle that fell into the river long ago and some children perished in the incident...it was then rumoured that if you parked your car on the bridge overnight, tiny handprints would appear on the windows of your car.  

Little Red River Park is about twelve hundred acres of wilderness that is home to many wild animals including cougars, wolves and bears.  The park also has a toboggan hill, cross-country ski trails, picnic sites and all those other things that make life bearable.  People and wildlife need to learn to live together for the benefits of all.

(I'm not one to condone graffiti but in this case I'm willing to make an exception to the rule...I appreciate that painting the bridge has become a local pastime...good spooky story to go along with it all too.) 

Photographed near Prince Albert, Saskatchewan on January 17, 2021.

Henry

A large yet understated marble headstone in South Portal Cemetery, North Dakota.

Henry Saby together with his parents and siblings immigrated to the U.S.A  from Eidfjord, Norway in the late 1880's.  The family first settled in South Dakota then moved to Alberta.  

Somewhere along the line Henry moved to North Dakota where he married Susie and raised four children.

He is buried alongside his wife in South Portal Cemetery.  His children are buried in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wyoming while his siblings are buried in British Columbia and Alberta.  Chances are I'll be near Bawlf, Alberta in the not too distant future where his brothers Thomas and Adolph and his sister Hattie are at rest.

Everyone has a history.

Information gathered from the Ancestry and Find A Grave websites.     

Photographed on November 25, 2018.