Oh, Canada
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We are off to Portugal for a couple of weeks ... anon .... or sooner.
- Keefer Lake, Ontario, Canada -
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Extremely low light but too pretty of a warbler not to post.
DuPage County, IL
.. We Stand on Guard for Thee... And then we leave for Florida with the other Snowbirds. It was -6℃ at 7AM this morning.
(The term Snowbird is used to describe Canadians and people from the Northeast or Midwestern United States who spend a large portion of winter in warmer locales such as Arizona, Florida, or elsewhere along the Sunbelt region of the southern United States, areas of the Caribbean and even as far away as Australia and New Zealand.)
These three Canadian Geese were out for a flight on a beautiful morning at Frank Lake, Alberta, Canada
-Branta canadensis
It's not difficult to understand why I'm still living in Canada 25 years later despite telling myself it would be my new home for 'probably just a couple' of years. We were lucky to still be able to go on vacation this summer, even though it wasn't the trip we had originally booked (cancelled due to Covid) but I am incredibly grateful to live in a location where you don't need to go far for views like this.
Wishing all my dear Canadian friends a joyous and wonderful CANADA DAY!
Fairview mountain looming over Lake Louise and several lucky paddlers as they paddle across those beautiful glacial waters.
"Canada Day, formerly known as Dominion Day, is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, with the passing of the British North America Act, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single dominion within the British Empire called Canada." Wiki
Happy belated Canada Day, from the 2010 archives, from the Lake O'Hara hike in the Rockies. Long rant about covid regulations in Canada and Mexico below:
During my recent trip in Mexico, one hotel I stayed in offered Canadian TV channels, and I watched it one morning. It was an eye opener. In mid-June 2021 they were discussing the possibility of opening the border between..... Ontario and Quebec!!! I know they closed the international border but between provinces?? . I never thought I would say these words, but I'm glad I wasn't living in Canada during the pandemic. Oh, I heard Australia was even worse, the rules in Mexico are also so random, the police stop you in the middle of nowhere to spray hour hands with sanitizer and sometimes you have to go through a spray of disinfectant and wipe your shoes in it, ......yes that would prevent anyone from getting sick if I had the virus and they licked my hair, my shoes or my shirt. Most archeological sites and even some outdoor roadside viewpoints are either completely or partially closed and barricaded, yet indoor dining is allowed and public transport is packed to capacity, I guess the virus only spreads in breezy outdoor settings in Mexico.
Canada warbler. Two days on Mt. Pisgah on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and on the way out, finally spied what I had been chasing.
Fresh powder along the Norfolk Southern Lurgan Branch made for an appropriate scene as train 16T came east with a Canadian National leader. The red-faced SD60 had all the buffs out for a Golden Hour chase as the sun started to paint the underside of the evening clouds.
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the cabin at the lake was so nice to visit yesterday .. it was so hot so the family had a lovely swim .. keep cool dear friends
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CN 314 descends the Bala towards Toronto with a classic Canadian cab dash 9 in the lead. It feels fitting to post a uniquely Canadian locomotive on a day celebrating our sovereignty! Happy Canada Day everyone!
CN 314 with CN 2514, CN 2242
CN 149 rolls around a curve on the CN York sub with a lovely Classic Canadian duo. CN 2505 and CN 2509 (both C44-9WLs) are built with a unique "Canadian Comfort" safety cab, which is easily detectable with the 4 glass pane windows on the front of the cab. With a vast majority of CNs "Dash 8" fleet sitting in storage, this 1994 built duo is about as classic CN you can get right now.
While I couldn't cross the border into Canada (because of Covid protocols and the fact that I don't have a passport,) nature kept reminding me just how close I was....
Land of the 12 Foot Icicles...
Minus 43 degrees celsius tonight & tomorrow -45.4 Fahrenheit. Happy Groundhog Day... ours is tunneling to a warmer locale.
The Harris's Sparrow is the only North American songbird that breeds in Canada and nowhere else in the world. It also holds the distinction as being the second largest sparrow in the US with only the Spotted Towhee out-sizing it.
We do not have the Towhee sparrow in our state and mainly see the Harris's Sparrow during migrations. I captured this one off a country road after noticing its striking head.