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.
