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Mike Drew For PostmediaCalgary Herald |
Ravens know exactly what they’re doing.
Nope, didn’t fall through this time.
The County of Wheatland looked pretty much like the County of Newell.
Ya know, I think this might be the prettiest picture of a feedlot I’ve ever taken. There was a gorgeous prismatic cloud sitting almost directly...
Well, okay, I guess it’s winter now. At least judging by the sudden snow and the seven-vehicle pileup on the hill in front of my shack. Monday...
I love to hear the tinkle of flowing water. Except, ya know, when I’ve foolishly sipped Diet Coke within an hour of bedtime. But other than that,...
For those of you reading this that aren’t from southern Alberta, please know the weather isn’t always like this. In fact, as I’m typing this...
There was more snow than I expected up in the Raven River country. I’d seen in the forecast that flurries were going to happen but from the looks...
It was going to be the first big snowfall and I didn’t want to miss it. So I headed west and dove straight in. Kind of strange how the mind...
OK, it sure looked like a dust cloud. I’d seen a few tractors out in the fields as I rolled along and they were trailing dust as they went so...
There was a helicopter coming by. I could hear the whomp-whomp of its blades as it approached, no doubt on its way to do some heavy lifting...
Two hunch-shouldered herons stood in the shallow waters of Weed Lake. The light was dim and still pre-dawn blue but I stopped for a few seconds to...
The sky was on fire. Looked like it, anyway. The sun was rising behind me and blasting the chinook clouds to the west with a spray of orange, red...
So here’s what happened. Early in the evening I got an email alert that there was going to be an outbreak of northern lights and they would likely...
There were just a few stray raindrops. A small storm had just passed and the sun was about to pop through but rain was still tapping on the poplar...
My passport had expired. Apparently, it had run out back in May but I hadn’t noticed, not having had any need to since I last crossed the border...
From the look of the clouds, it was going to get windy. Heading west into the foothills I could see the ragged edge of a chinook-type arch overhead...
Those gnarly old tree roots just didn’t look as good this time. When I’d last stopped by this old beaver pond back in December of last year it...
Basically, I got up early because I was planning lunch. Yes, that’s right, I left the house at 2:30 a.m. because I wanted to be in a lovely little...
I was on my way to really put the long in long weekend. This is what happened. My friends Wendy and Dave were getting married on Sunday and I had...
I struck purple gold. Driving slowly along Kneehill Creek through a narrow part of the valley, I was trying to spot a pair of owls that had just...
It was hot enough to make a turkey pant. Or anything else, for that matter, including me. The temperature on the truck’s dash was reading 33C and...
Gotta admit, it took me a while to figure out what that sound was. It was a low-pitched and kind of lethargic boop-boop-boop-boop sound, like a...
I was having a tough time focusing on the pea blossoms. I could see them through the viewfinder but, thanks to the sweat in my eyes, I couldn’t...