Seen along 40

No, it isn't closed. Yes there were floods and landslides recently. We still went. We saw. We photographed. It was a lovely day for a drive. We were a bit surprised at how many people were on the road, and parked along the road for some of the trail heads. Lots of the creek beds were a whole lot wider, with the topsoil washed away, and the boulders littered with dead trees.

The route was from my place, out highway 1, south on 40, east on 541 to Longview, and 22 and 22X to home again.

I took both film and digital cameras, and for once, actually used both of them. Didn't finish the roll though, so it's just digital today.

1. There's a lovely little waterfall. Once the guy who doesn't like the taste of Calgary water finished filling up a bunch of jugs, we had it to ourselves and worked the scene.

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6. A typical view along that road, but l like how the layers of rock fold and bend.

7. Sean working a different scene.

8. While he was capturing the cows, I had this happen.

9. Home again.

Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Driftwood (NB)

Film

Linda

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

90 days, or so ago

Flower

Landscape

Serendipity

Storm season

This time of year is storm season in Calgary. The usual pattern is a morning with clear skies, becoming warm to hot into the afternoon, as the clouds slowly gather. Then there might be some rain or a thunderstorm during late afternoon to early evening, then a nice evening. 

These storms can be quite localized, and there are people who like chasing them. I can see the attraction, some of the cloudscapes are amazing. Get too close, or zig when you should have zagged while careening down gravel roads, and you might have a big problem.

Last night, just before sunset Linda was outside tending her garden and told me there was a lovely cloud off to the east. I grabbed the camera.

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2. This panorama would print out about 3 feet x not quite 2 feet.

3. You might need to look carefully at this series of 3 images to see what I found interesting. The people on the right side got a great view.

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6. A little earlier in the month, from the pedestrian bridge.

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8. I think this was a bit later in the day.

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10, Earlier in the month, this was the scariest looking, but it came to nothing.

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13. Not storm clouds, but sunset drama clouds. Just because I'm doing clouds today.

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Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Driftwood (NB)

Film

Linda during the MGAA tour.

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

90 days, or so ago and Flower. Hint, lots of flowers will be showing up in this section for a while.

Landscape

Serendipity

A cloud photo I found while looking for something else.

Coutts 2, or what caught my eye

Part 1 has the back story, it's here if you missed it.

As a PSA, and a complete digression, I learned that if you put -ai in your google search term, it won't return any AI results. That means no AI Overview at the top of the results, which is what I want. You're welcome.

These photos are what caught my eye as Linda toured with her buddies.

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Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Driftwood (NB)

Film

Linda

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

90 days, or so ago

Flower

Landscape

Serendipity