Yesterday, I was showing the scenery of Alberta to our visitors, Jennifer and Raymond Desjardins when we came across some bighorn sheep, patrolling Highway 40 in Kananaskis Country. Never shy, two rams were strolling down the middle of the road, oblivious to the traffic they were delaying. Exercising a little patience, we managed to get a…
Scotland Favourites II
My final selection of photographs from Scotland. I begin with this picture taken on the last day of our holiday on our return to Edinburgh. It was a cool, rainy day; fortunately one of the few we experienced while in Scotland. I was searching a good vantage point to photograph the Forth Bridge. I found a…
New Flowers for Today
We’ve had some new flowers bloom in the backyard this morning. They’re both flowers of the echinopsis cactus. There are many varieties of the this cactus, all producing similar but different coloured flowers. This first one is obviously yellow; we’ve also had white and pink flowers this spring. I like this one, the pink echinopsis flower better….
Scotland Favourites 1
I have a lot of photographs from Scotland and more favourites than I can cover in one post. So, here’s the first set of my most liked photographs from Scotland. This picture was taken in morning at Ballathie House, a hotel we visited in our travels. I arose early to get some photographs before breakfast…
Golf in Scotland
As I mentioned in a previous post, we recently returned from a holiday in Scotland. A big part of that trip was golf, 7 rounds scheduled in 8 days. We were fortunate to play some excellent courses, including some of the world’s most renowned. We played on three of the perennial British Open courses, the…