Winter at the Witch House

It's been beastly hot down here in southeastern Alberta so I think it's time to cool things off with some wintery shots of the witch house.

That feels much better.

Photographed near Dollard, Saskatchewan on April 5, 2020.

Hello?

Not everyone has their very own phone booth.  This one stands just across the driveway from the Pelepiuk farm sign.

Photographed near Sarto, Manitoba on August 20, 2022.

Pelepiuk Farm Sign

A charming farm sign near Sarto, Manitoba.

Photographed on August 20, 2022.

Seed Drill

An old seed drill planted with petunias in Baldur, Manitoba.  Nice!

Photographed August 18, 2022.

Prairie Cathedral

This is the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Cooks Creek, Manitoba...

...or simply "Prairie Cathedral" as it is known locally.  

In a word, spectacular!

Photographed on August 23, 2022.

Van Gogh's Flowers

Photographed near Holland, Manitoba on August 17, 2022.

Goose Monument

This giant Canada Goose statue in Lundar, Manitoba stands eighteen feet high and twenty feet wide.

Photographed on August 23, 2022.

Paul Emile

A boy's grave marker at Cimetière de Notre-Dame de Lourdes near Verwood, Saskatchewan.  Lots of colour variations on the dual-layered steel marker makes for a bright spot in this country cemetery. 

Photographed on August 15, 2022.

Mural

A charming mural painted on a brick wall in downtown Wawanesa, Manitoba.

There's a really great restaurant just down the street called La Rocque.  You may need to make a reservation for the supper meal.

Photographed on August 18, 2022.

Frog

I've seen frogs every day on my road trip through southern Manitoba.  That's a good thing. 

I like frogs.  When I was a kid growing up on a small farm in southeastern Saskatchewan there were an abundance of frogs.  I had a little red wagon that I would partially fill with water (after plugging the drain holes in the corners with broken twigs of course), place a few flat stones in the water then pull the wagon around and collect frogs.  Whenever I found one I'd place it in the wagon and continue on my search for more frogs.  Many would simply jump out but some stayed put and seemed to enjoy the ride.  At the end of the journey I'd dump them out of the wagon by the slough near the potato patch.  Fun kid stuff.     

Photographed near Senkiw, Manitoba on August 22, 2022.