Dauphin Train Station

This handsome CNR train station in Dauphin, Manitoba was built in 1912 and designated a Heritage Railway Station in 1990.  I can't remember ever seeing a train station built of brick before so this was a treat.

I couldn't actually back up far enough to get the entire building into the camera frame except for this one angled view.,,but I'm sure you get the idea.  It's a beauty!

Photographed on August 23, 2022.

Horses

Horses on the plains near Red Rock Coulee.

And curious animals they are.  Within seconds they were up close and personal, offering a soft muzzle for a brief stroke and then back out onto the prairie.  

Can't beat these transient, memorable moments with animals.

Photographed midway between Seven Persons and Orion, Alberta on September 20, 2017.

I'm Hiding

Gardening in Pat's yard a couple of summers ago...

This little ground squirrel would "hide" in the drain pipe whenever I passed by...then as soon as I rounded the corner was quickly back to eating the johnny-jump-ups.  Cute little bugger anyway.

Photographed in Medicine Hat, Alberta on June 30, 2021.

Move 'em Up, Head 'em Out

On my roundabout way from Brandon to Snowflake...

A ranch sign that instantly reminded me of watching reruns of "Rawhide" when I was a kid.

Those were the days.

Photographed near Boissevain, Manitoba on August 17. 2022.

Prairie Hare

A prairie hare amongst the headsones at a country cemetery.  

As soon as he or she noticed me...gone like a flash!  They don't want anything to do with people...and somedays I have much the same feeling.

Photographed at Saint Demetrius Cemetery near Gardenton, Manitoba on August 22, 2022.