Monday, January 27, 2020
Kerrobert Water Tower
The Kerrobert Water Tower has been a local landmark visible for miles around since being built in 1914. The half-moon can be seen in the above photos as well...luck was on my side.
One of four remaining "lighthouse shaped" water towers in Saskatchewan, it continues to supply water to the community and was declared a Municipal Heritage Site in 2005.
The other three standpipe water towers are located in Humboldt, Kamsack and Weyburn. Photos of the latter can be seen here: Weyburn Water Tower
Photographed on November 19, 2019.
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Bums
This is usually how pronghorns are seen on the prairie...white bums running off into the distance.
I saw this small herd late last fall south of Acadia Valley, Alberta.
Photographed on November 17, 2019.
Saturday, January 25, 2020
The Open Road
June 30, 2017 |
Above is the road through Fort Walsh National Historic Site in the Cypress Hills of Saskatchewan. It was a late spring day boasting of greenery and sunshine.
October 22, 2019 |
October 25, 2019 |
November 24, 2017 |
January 30, 2017 |
December 14, 2018 |
December 15, 2018 |
December 15, 2018 |
Somewhere in the vicinity of Souris, North Dakota...a power line, some snow, a gravel road and a great big sky.
March 27, 2017 |
February 22, 2019 |
July 30, 2019 |
October 14, 2018 |
November 19, 2019 |
January 4, 2020 |
It's always a good day out on the open road.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year! Here are a couple of photos of the Chinese Alliance Church in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
I can remember spending Chinese New Year in Vancouver's Chinatown more than a few times. Parades with dragons, firecrackers and lots of delicious food. Good times.
Photographed on March 24, 2018.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
A Gopher by Any Other Name...
...is a Richardson's ground squirrel. This one posed for the camera near Barons, Alberta. They've really been tearing up the prairie down here in the south the past few years.
Photographed on August 22, 2018.
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
A Boy and His Dog
A pink marble headstone with full colour ceramic photograph at Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Cemetery.
Everyone should have a dog.
Photographed near Drobot, Saskatchewan on December 19, 2019.
Monday, January 20, 2020
Herronton Grain Elevator
The old "Pool" grain elevator at Herronton, Alberta.
It's still in reasonably good condition.
Photographed on October 12, 2018.
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Rosemount Farm
As soon as I saw this farm sign I thought of that old western film "Paint Your Wagon."
Photographed near Rokeby, Saskatchewan on January 7, 2020.
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Daisy
This is Daisy.
She came to her people as a six week old puppy. I'd never seen an Australian Shepherd puppy before...she looked pretty cute, much like a little bear with her bobbed tail. The grandchildren were given the task of naming her..."Daisy" is a good dog name.
I take care of the trees and shrubs at Daisy's house in Medicine Hat so I'd often see her outside in the yard. We quickly became buddies...she loved to play "fetch" and would literally jump through a hoop to retrieve a ball or other toy. Once I learned that she needed to be taken care of for a few weeks while her people were on a cruise that winter I immediately volunteered for the job. Soon after her second parvo shot Daisy was off to Nevada for the winter.
Move ahead a few months to late January of 2013. We were having some harsh weather in southern Alberta at the time and I was getting a little concerned about my trip south. I don't care to travel during extreme winter conditions but then all of a sudden there was a short break and I was on my way. There were some exciting winter driving conditions for the next few days but once I made it to Saint George, Utah I new the worst was over.
After a couple days of "reacquaintance" her people were on their way to Florida for a cruise and Daisy and I were on our own in Henderson, Nevada. We had a nice place to stay and there were a few dog parks nearby. But...I easily get bored so I packed up the puppy and we were off on a road trip to southern California.
I'd never travelled with a puppy before but I quickly learned that it's best to stop every hour or so for a walk and a pee. Daisy is great in the car...even though I had the air conditioner on most of the time she loved having the seat heater on. She'd curl up and sleep on the warm seat for an hour and then she'd start to do that whistle-through-the-nose thing that dogs do. That meant it was time for a pit stop. We had a great time out on the road and she was just the best in hotels...no messes and no barking.
We saw a good chunk of Los Angeles (where they have the best food trucks in the world in my opinion) on the trip...Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills, Beverly Hills and Bel Air and many other places that one just hears about. It really is a different world on the southern California coast. Having a puppy along for the trip helped to keep me "down to earth." Daisy saw lots of things and traveled many miles before she was a year old. She was a lucky puppy...and I was lucky to be her guardian for the time.
Zoom ahead several years to the here and now...I still take her for walks when our schedules align. And now she has a new roommate...a border collie puppy named Jesse. They get along fine...and they both like to play "fetch."
The above photo of Daisy was taken on November 22, 2019 while we were on a walk through Police Point Park in Medicine Hat, Alberta.