SNOW!!!

 

Straight out of the Camera Sunday

Happening right now!

Some SOOC shots of the winter storm blasting my sister's place today. 

We are warm and cozy watching it from inside the house!!

 

 Scenic Weekends

 

On the Road to Elkwater

Skywatch Friday

One of my must see places in Alberta is this little farmhouse,schoolhouse. I have never been to see it in the winter, up until now. I have a few pictures on the blog of this in the middle of Summer though. In the summer I have been known to climb through the barbed wire fences and get closer to take photos at different angles!! Not this time though. We parked on the side of the gravel road to take these pictures. The snow has drifted up against the fence quite deeply in spots, and even though we did try to open up the small gate which was frozen shut, we didn't get through the fence.

We had to use our four wheel drive to get off the side of the road!

 

You can see the building from a long ways away when you are driving down the highway. You have to turn off the main road and travel up a gravel road to get to where it is located. I don't know why I like this little schoolhouse so much, I think it might be just wondering about its history and the stories its four walls could tell!

 

The view from the top of the hill that this little Schoolhouse is located on is awesome. Rolling hills all around, big sky country! In the summer herds of cattle can be seen in the fields below and the colors are green and gorgeous. 

 

One of the windows have been broken and removed the entire time I have seen this building. I looked into the window last time I was here, and all that is in the building is a  thick layer of dirt on the ground. I'm lucky it wasn't home to something scary!

 

My hubby and I have been in Alberta for a month now, and most days are bright and sunny like today. Blue skies and sunshine are the norm!!

 

A view of the road just leading away from the schoolhouse. 

Friday Fences 

 

I am loving exploring this country we are in. Alberta is a beautiful province, huge skies and bright sunny days. 

 

Project 52 - Whimsy

 

 

Reading the Paper in peace and quiet.

 

 

Just a little whimsy to brighten up the day. 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Dreams of Spring Coming

Today's Flowers

There is beauty in the dried, the dead, the withered.

There is beauty in the old.

There is beauty in the past, and hope for the future.

 

Nestled amongst the patches of ice, shards of broken pottery and cracked cement the remains of grasses and weeds. 

 

Autumn golds and silvers.

 

 

 

 

 

Macro Monday 

 

 

 

Sweet Treats

 

 

Inspired Tuesday

 

I have to say I have been having some sweet days lately. 

Oh, and some sweet treats too!

 Life is sweet. And who doesn't like a little sweet moment or two in their lives?

Squirreled by a Church

 

Hubby and I were out yesterday driving around the town, trying to learn our way here and there in new surroundings. We had seen a walkway that came down the side of a hill, spanned over the road we were travelling on, and continued down the side of the hill on the other side of the road. At the top of the section spanning the road was a Lookout that we wanted to get to, as the view of the town from the lookout was awesome.

 

We had seen the twin spiers of this Church from a distance as we were passing under the walkway we were trying to access, so of course we had to go immediately to find out this little photographic gem, putting off the finding of the start of the walkway in the process.

 

This is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Medicine Hat. Its huge gothic structure looked kind of out of place in the older residential nieghbourhood it sat in. It was kind of imposing to say the least!

 

The light was getting sweet just after we arrived, streaming in from behind where I stood to take this shot. 

 

It was lighting up the stained glass windows. I had to run to the front and see if the doors were unlocked to get in. 

I could see inside the streams of colored light pooling over the pews and the alter of the church. The light glowed and here was me stuck on the outside.

 

One of the stained glass windows of the Church.

 

We never found the walkway, and we didn't gain access to the inside of the church, but still managed to catch a few photos and now have a couple of goals to pursue in the coming days!!

Outdoor Wednesday 

Bare tree branches against a blue sky. 

Roadtrip Part 3

 

Friday Fences 

Along the #1 Highway outside of Banff, Alberta, we saw these twin tunnels built over the road at regular intervals down the highway. These are walkways over the highway for wild animals to traverse from one side of the highway to the other side without being hit by vehicles and they make the roads safer for them and for the vehicles and people who travel the roads.

 

They are completely fenced in so that the path they take from one side of the road to the other is clear for them and safe to walk over. Fences along the side of the highway are also constructed to keep the animals away from the roads.

 

These photos were taken on our recent roadtrip from B.C. to Alberta to visit family.

Skywatch Friday 

They also make a pretty good frame for taking a photo through!

 The skies were partly cloudy and the further we got into Alberta the more the skies got blue. We left the cloudy skies behind in B.C.!

 

And since being here in Alberta I have found a lot of things that bring me joy. 

Visiting my family

Seeing my kids

Walks in beautiful parks

Blue skies

Not a drop of rain

Blue skies! 

Crisp clear sunny bright days.

Yummy food, probably too much yummy food! 

Sleeping in every day

Coffee, Coffee Coffee.

Meeting some new people

 And....

I'm trying to be grateful to the police officer who gave me a ticket for a burned out headlight!!