Friday, June 23, 2023

Max and Wendy

Meet Max and Wendy.




This is Max...




...and this is Wendy.  I think they were both happy to get a visit from a passerby...I know they brightened up my day.

Looks like they have a pretty good life out on their farm near Macoun, Saskatchewan.

Photographed on June 23, 2023.

Ray Opera House


In the early 1900's the main floor operated as a grocery store and the upper level was the opera house.  

Imagine going to the opera on a Saturday night in 1908...in northwestern North Dakota. 


The Ray Opera House is now a museum.

Photographed in Ray, North Dakota on June 21, 2023.

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Canola


Some of the canola here is already blooming.  


Spotted this field a few miles east of Crosby, North Dakota.

Photographed on June 23, 2023.

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

A Beautiful Place Out in the Country


Everything is so green and lush down here this year.

Lucy Township School near Powers Lake, North Dakota was photographed on June 21, 2023.

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

PV Grain Elevator


Stopped in Columbus, North Dakota for a few photos of the PV grain elevator.


Many of the old elevators I've seen North Dakota over the past few days are clad with metal siding.

Photographed on June 20, 2023.

Twin Butte Cemetery


End of the day near Colgan, North Dakota.


Photographed on June 19, 2023.

Monday, June 19, 2023

Be Legendary™

Welcome to North Dakota
Be Legendary™



Photographed just a little bit east of Westby, Montana on June 18, 2023.

Sunday, June 18, 2023

Flight




An exquisitely designed sculpture of geese in flight...graceful and elegant.


Thank you to Roger and Paulette Bourlon.


Photographed in Parc Ponteix in Ponteix, Saskatchewan on June 17, 2023.

Friday, June 16, 2023

Oh!


Oh!  Caught me by surprise. 


They really like Romaine lettuce (if you happen to have any handy). 

Photographed in Alex's yard in Medicine Hat, Alberta on May 29, 2021.

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Saints Peter and Paul near Arbakka

This small Ukrainian Orthodox church was built in 1904 and stands in the countryside about a mile north of the Manitoba/Minnesota border.


The prominent structure at the front of the building could easily be mistaken for a bell tower but is actually a prominent entryway to the temple (a characteristic design of people originating from the Carpathian Mountains).



Across the churchyard is the cemetery.


Handsome old headstones mark the graves of pioneers. 


When the church was the centre of activity for the area there most likely would have been a wooden belfry that stood separately from the church and housed the bell that now stands on blocks beside the church.  


Locally the church is known as "Bilawchuks" as the land for the church and cemetery were donated by the Bilawchuk family.


Three simple budded crosses grace the roofline of the church.

The grounds are bordered on three sides by trees creating a park-like feeling...really quite a lovely place to visit.  A picnic table would be a welcome addition.  

Information courtesy of the Canadian Orthodox History Project.

Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Temple and Cemetery was photographed near Arbakka, Manitoba on August 21, 2022.