Monday, July 21, 2025

Dinosaur butt for Susi

It's been a busy few days. Linda's sister and her partner are out visiting on the way to an event for a club they belong to. It's been wonderful to see them. It took only a few days for Linda to exhaust them (and me) with her minute by minute itinerary, but they went to bed early last night and were off this morning.

Their visit included a drive out to the end of highway 66 (not route 66) including a stroll near Forget-me-not pond and Elbow Falls. High tea at the Noble Tea house in Nanton, which is really good if you haven't been. The Nanton Bomber museum, including watching (and LISTENING!) to them firing up the engines on the Lancaster. Taking in a nearby car show and shine. A stroll around Nanton to visit antique stores. A drive out to the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, including stops at Horseshoe Canyon, Horsethief Canyon, a ride on the Bleriot Ferry, (Yes an actual ferry boat crossing the Red Deer River), and Orkney Lookout. In the evenings there was a domino game, and a challenging Board game that me and Linda would have won on our next turn, but Linda's sister triumphed in a squeaker.

So there are lots of family photos, but what I thought of while at the museum was my buddy Susi, and how happy she is to see fuzzy animal butts. These are not now fuzzy, and maybe never were fuzzy, but still. Thinking of you, Susi!

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For those that have discovered a need for a dino fix, scroll down to the bottom of the Of the Day section.

Of the Day
Driftwood (NZ)


Film
Some people out capturing a scene with a technology much older than film.


Linda


Newfoundland
A digital version of Baker Brook Falls. You may remember seeing film versions of this.


Polar bears


Eagles
I sold 2 prints of eagle photos from this trip, which made my day! Thank you so much A. L.


Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did
The freelance gardening crew hard at it. At least this isn't our garden.


90 days, or so ago


Flower
I saw this as we were getting in the car for Drumheller, and had to capture it.


Landscape, Horseshoe Canyon


Dino related
Since there's lots of photos from the museum, rather than do several dedicated posts, I'll add them in one at a time. That way, for those not interested it's easy to ignore. Like flowers, there are no names. I do have to admit there are far more dino names than I ever knew, so I guess the scientists are still hard at it. The museum is amazing! If you haven't been, go. We were astonished at the lineup to get in, and it was even longer when we left. The photos will be in order as I walked through, dodging people, trying to get a clear view. It's very difficult, but I did what I could, since I doubt they'd let anyone use a tripod. Try to ignore the noise in the dark background. I was using an f4 lens at 2000 ISO, and I really needed a 2.8 at least. Lots of people were taking phone photos, complete with flash. I know that doesn't work for anything behind glass, but have no idea how it works for the open displays.



Friday, July 18, 2025

Flowery Friday 11, pink peony!

The day you've all been waiting for. The pink peony is showing off. Some of the photos look similar; look for the ant. June 16 in case you were wondering.

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Next time, the white peony, and then more pink, and then red. Stay tuned!

Of the Day
Driftwood (NZ)


Linda


Newfoundland and Film


Polar bears


Eagles


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


90 days, or so ago


Flower


Landscape


Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Almost the last of the ramble plus film

I started a roll of film in late May while at the Lightchaser photo conference, here. I was hoping the water over the rocks in the river downstream of the dam would be interesting, but alas, no. Such is life sometimes.

During the ramble with friends last week, here and here, if you missed them, I was hoping to use up the rest of the roll. I found three interesting photos, although one turned out to be less interesting than I thought.

Here's two that I liked from that roll.

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I've no idea what's behind the door. It could be anything from an old car or truck slowly rusting away, to the lair of a criminal gang trying to keep a low profile.


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Along the way we found this abandoned farm. We had to shoot from the road. Often such buildings are good fodder for black and white film, but they were a bit too far away for a good composition with that camera.


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For this abandoned farm there was no gate, no fence, no 'no trespassing' signs, so we went in. Carefully. Sometimes there are things you don't want to step on, or in, hidden in the grass. We had hoped for owls, but no. Just lots of little birds and some hawks.


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And lastly, our house under dramatic skies, although we didn't get any rain that day.



Not sure how much blogging I'll get done over the next several days. One of Linda's sisters and her partner are coming to visit, on the way to and back from another place. Linda has a minute by minute itinerary. 

Of the Day
Driftwood (NZ)


Film
A landmark in SE Calgary.


Linda


Newfoundland
No points for guessing where we are. Taken from the deck of the Dildo Brewing Co and Museum. Curb your imagination.



Polar bears
I loved the sequence of this bear strolling up to the rock and settling in.


Eagles


Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did
A sunrise from September 2016.


90 days, or so ago


Flower
Lilies are starting to bloom.


Landscape