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Took this last July when we went to the Bragg Creek area for a Day. This is a great spot to visit. The pup was with us but my wife Jan had to keep him on a lease as climbed up on the rocks to get this shot. I'm sure he would have jumped into the river if he had the chance to.
Definitely better large on Black
A packed morning up on Winnats Pass. Instagramers, wild campers, climbers, togs, drone pilots and a young lady doing yoga!
A stunning sunrise with an inversion to go with it! Perfect
If hurricanes and erosion can modify the position of a tree, this one is a whole different question. What happened there?!? It's going upwards!
Serrano Parkway, El Dorado Hills / El Dorado County, California
This morning I decided to head up into the western part of El Dorado County to see if I could locate the Black-fronted Forktails that I saw for the very first time last year in late April. I was rewarded with male, female and immature females. Like last year, the vegetation along the small creek had been chopped down, perhaps by the Serrano Parkway maintenance staff. And, like last year, in order to get down to the level of these small forktails to get quality side views, I had to lay on my belly, often times in moist terrain, using my elbows as a tripod. Hopefully, I can locate a colony of these forktails in Sacramento County as the distance outside of Sacramento County is probably less than 4-5 miles.
Elbow Falls is a small set of waterfalls along the Elbow River, west of the hamlet of Bragg Creek within Kananaskis Improvement District, Alberta.
Two women on an ATV motor past the grain elevator in Elbow, Sask. August 2021.
Head here for a colourized version of that elevator, shot from the other side.
Sunrise over the Elbow River just below Elbow Falls west of Calgary. Based on the weather we've had lately, I'm assuming this scene would now be snow covered, This was taken on the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend.
Just a short drive from Calgary, AB, Canada.
The Bourne Legacy movie shot the opening scenes there.
Jeremy Renner jumped into the freezing water ..brrr...
I'll try to add a link to the youtube ..if I can figure it out... hah! got it .... if you want to see his brief interview about it..go here...
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While on my mini road trip through California I stopped in an adorable bed & breakfast in Yountville for a night. In my small room I noticed this beautiful light pouring through my window and pictured this simple self portrait. The soft light, the stretch of shadows pulling to the right from the shutters, and the table alone against the wall - Simplicity...love.
Bed & Breakfast: Petit Logis Inn Yountville, CA.
Here is a reworking of an upload from last Sunday; it was so awesome visiting Elbow Falls again last weekend and I loved this image so much that I just had to fiddle with it some more!
It originally started out as a high contrast black and white but I decided to leave a touch of colour in and I really think it made the image much better!
What do you guys think?
Hope you are all having an awesome weekend!
This morning, I am again posting four more photos taken a few days ago, on 7 June 2017, when a group of eight of us spent a wonderful day exploring Elbow Falls and Forgetmenot Pond, in Kananaskis. We drove west of the city into the eastern edge of the mountains, stopping at three different places, including a stop along the edge of the main highway, where we found beautiful Shooting stars and a few little brown cup fungi.
The devastating flood of 2013 destroyed the picnic area and trails at Elbow Falls. It is a very popular area, within easy reach of Calgary. The huge parking lot tends to fill up completely, especially at weekends. This photo shows the top of the falls in the centre of the photo, just as the water starts to plunge down.
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What a great day we had! It was one beautiful find after another, and I think we all must have arrived back home at the end of the day, feeling happy and content. Dorothy and Stephen, as always, you planned a wonderful day for us and you even managed to arrange with the weatherman for beautiful sunshine and warmth, with an occasional welcome slight breeze. I still can't believe how lucky we were, seeing so many interesting things. In fact, I'm finding it difficult to decide what was the highlight for me. The Harlequin Duck, the distant Common Nighthawk flying high overhead, the two Morel mushrooms, the small cluster of beautiful brown jelly cup fungi?? And so on .... Great to spend a day with such a pleasant group of keen, interested people.
Thanks so much, Dorothy and Stephen, for such a great day - my favourite kind of day : ) Thank you, also, for the ride and for the donuts you brought along for everyone to enjoy. Nice to end our day with a stop at the Cinnamon Spoon cafe in Bragg Creek, for a very welcome coffee.
rain. in canada. who knew? we went out to visit more 10 cent family today, and it started raining cats and dogs. and moose. on our way back we dropped by elbow falls. which supposably ken went down with his kayak. impressive.
Another shot taken at the lovely and majestic Elbow Falls from our trip out there at the end of September on the way to see Sloan in nearby Bragg Creek, here you can see a side view of the falls and rapids and the incredible rock formations surrounding them.
It was a beautiful early autumn afternoon, with warm sun, a nice breeze, and a gently overcast sky to top it all off!
Hope you are all having an excellent week so far; I can't believe it's Wednesday already!
This is a waterfall on the Elbow River coming into Calgary that totally overflowed it's banks in June and there a whole new channel on both sides of the falls. Much of the infrastructure for tourists is totally gone. Still a very beautiful place...
Explore #7 Aug 23
Not far off noon today and there are only 8 new photos from people on my "People you follow" page. Sure makes me wonder if there are others that are just not showing up. Just checked the Help Forum and I see that others are having the same issue and that staff know about it.
Well, I'm certainly glad that my daughter and I made this trip yesterday, and not today. Extreme winds today, up to 172 km/hr along parts of Highway 22, with several huge container trucks/trailers flipped over on their side. Also, grass fires in fields, fueled by the strong wind. Yesterday, we were down in that whole area - it would have been dreadful today. Tomorrow's forecast, 26 October 2019, calls for snow and strong winds, so I know where I will sensibly be - home and hibernating!
Yesterday, 24 October 2019, was partly a repeat of my day three days earlier, which I had thoroughly enjoyed. This time, however, was my favourite kind of day - a day spent with my daughter and our cameras : ) I always try and think of places we could go where I know she will see some interesting and beautiful things. I knew that she would be able to see an old grain elevator, beautiful scenery, old barns and sheds, and anything else that we might come across. She also mentioned to me that Bragg Creek had their Scarecrows day yesterday, with some of the locals "competing" for the Best Scarecrow.
So, we combined everything into one great day, with sunshine and white clouds (that are always a bonus). Almost forgot to mention the wind that was just the same as three days earlier.
Maybe it is always windy down south.
We set off just after 9:00 am and headed south, where we could find the grain elevator. From there, we headed west, coming across several things that I had completely missed on 21 October. Obvious things, too, so I'm not sure how that happened. Once we reached the place I wanted to get to, we then turned north and headed for Bragg Creek. Such a contrast from wide open prairie farmland to forest. By that time, we were both feeling hungry, so we called in at one of the little restaurants in Bragg Creek.
My daughter had mentioned that Bragg Creek was holding a Scarecrow day, so we walked around the shops in the hamlet, looking at the various Scarecrow displays outside. We drove a few of the roads, too, discovering some different ones. The photo of two happy scarecrows that I posted this morning was actually taken way down south, not in Bragg Creek.
From Bragg Creek, we drove down Highway 66/Elbow Falls Trail as far as Forgetmenot Pond, stopping briefly at Elbow Falls en route. I knew snow is in the forecast for Calgary and the places we went to yesterday, so we made the most of the sunshine and clear ground while we could. Thanks so much, Rachel, for a great day spent together! So glad you had a free day. My favourite kind of day.
Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours...
~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
I don't remember the weather forecast saying that we would be getting snow today, 28 October 2016 - I'm sure it only said rain. Anyway, it's snowing again this morning, with a temperature of 0°C (32°F) and windchill -2°C (28°F).
Usually, I don't have three long day outings within five days, except during the Christmas Bird Counts, but two days ago, I was lucky enough to go with friends, Shirley and Anne, for a day's outing SW and SE of the city.
We had a very early start, 7:00 am, and drove west of the city to start with, driving to the far end of Elbow Falls Trail (Highway 66). While at Elbow Falls, we saw a pair of American Dippers flying from rock to rock. They were vocalizing, too, which I had never heard before.
Though there seemed to be very few birds to be seen all day, we were so lucky to see a total of four Moose - two at each of two different locations SW of the city. It is always nice to see a Moose, and to see four in one day was a real treat. The second two were fairly young ones.
From Elbow Falls Trail, we drove down through the Millarville area and finally ended up east of High River. We found one of the Great Horned Owls that everyone had been following earlier in the year, along with a nearby little American Tree Sparrow. We did see a few Hawks, including a Rough-legged Hawk on a hay bale and a very dark morph Hawk later in the day.
A great day, ladies - thank you so much for inviting me along and thanks so much, Shirley, for driving! Greatly appreciated. So glad we didn't have today's weather instead!
Elbows up is a Canadian hockey expression, which has become a galvanising force across Canada in the face of Donald Trump's ridiculous tariffs and trade war.
The expression refers to dropping the gloves and raising your arms just before a fight. We didn't ask for this trade war, but you can bet your life we won't back down.
For Americans who may not fully understand what is going on, here's a breakdown in three points.
1. Trump's tariffs made us mad.
2. Trump's threats to our sovereignty made us go ballistic.
3. All this was started, unprovoked, by the United States.
We have been the United States' staunchest ally, helping fight wildfires most recently in California, hurricane recovery (Katrina) and assorted other natural disaster power failures. We stood side by side with US troops in Afghanistan, two World Wars, Korea and took in, fed and sheltered over 30,000 American citizens when the US government shut down US airspace after 9-11. To us, this tariffs, trade war, annexation talk has felt like a stab in the back. In simple terms, the US government has taken a long standing mutually beneficial partnership and pissed all over it... for no good reason.
We are retaliating with dollar for dollar reciprocal tariffs of our own. We are the biggest importer of US alcohol and beer in the world- all that has been removed from our shelves. We supply 40% of US oil, 98% of US natural gas and 40% of US aluminium, plus we are the US' largest outside supplier of steel and softwood lumber. All these are now under threat. No one in our federal or provincial governments relishes taking these steps, but we won't just roll over and take these threats and abuses passively.
There is a massive, organic movement across Canada to boycott American products that is gaining traction very quickly. Never have I seen so many people look at products in grocery stores as to their origin and put them back if they were from the US. Canadians are the largest group of tourists to the US with over 23 million visits last year. Many, many people are now cancelling all travel plans to the US. Yes, we are taking these threats very seriously.
Our new Prime Minister-designate, Mark Carney, has said we can no longer trust the United States as a reliable friend or ally. This is the state we are all now in.
Sorry for the long winded rant, but watching US television media report so many inaccuracies and outright lies about this situation is maddening and frustrating. I'm hoping this may clear up some inaccuracies. Oh and the fentanyl threat from Canada? Bogus. US Border Security seized 43 lbs of fentanyl in 2024; meanwhile well over 800 lbs came from the US into Canada.
We're Here looks at creating our own stamps today.
These guys arrived ready for a day on the river. flows are a little low but still enough white water down stream for a good day,
The beautiful and majestic Elbow Falls from yet another angle; taken on the wonderful day trip that Lisa, the dogs, and I took to the Falls and the surrounding area last Friday!
As you can see, this was one of the drizzly and overcast times of the day!
Also, the first day went AWESOME; got all settled in, got all my accesses, etc, but it was a tad boring because I had to fill in all the paperwork and do a bunch of reading and stuff.
Still, I am now just excited, no longer nervous and / or scared at all, it really is a wonderful place with wonderful people!
To demonstrate just how truly mercurial and ever-changing the weather was being yesterday, check out my photo below, my first upload of Elbow Falls from basically the opposite point to where I took this one.
Here it was drizzling and the sky was grey, but visibility was still excellent and Elbow Falls is still magnificent no matter what the conditions!
I think it looks really dramatic and imposing here!