Just go!

Posted on April 15, 2018 by prairiegirlwonders

Posts have been few and far between for a number of different reasons, but quietly in the background, a trip to Paris has been planned! It’s getting very close to lift off, and I hope to have many pictures to share in the weeks to come.

somewhere over Minnesota, March 2016

Everyone I’ve talked to about Paris seems to have a strong opinion. It’s beautiful! The food was amazing! Wine is cheap! Paris in the Spring! You’ll love it! People are rude! Dog poop is everywhere! I would never go back! I’ve tried to take those opinions with a grain of salt because travel is very personal, What one person thinks is an amazing destination, is on another person’s “I would never go there!” list. (Jamaica is on that list for me.) My only travel advice is if you want to go somewhere, just go!

I thought it would be fun to pick just one photo from each of the last few trips to capture what I liked the most about each one.

Elk Island National Park, near Edmonton Alberta, Summer 2017 (one of the best places to watch a sunset!)

Puerto Vallarta, Banderas Bay, March 2017

Island Lake Lodge, August 2016 for a classic Canadian wilderness scene.

Prince Albert National Park, June 2016 (another classic Canadian wilderness scene)

New Orleans, March 2016. This was a hard one because I pretty much love everything about New Orleans. But one of my favourite things was walking along Royal Street at night in the French Quarter to take pictures of the window displays. This was in the window of the Red Truck Gallery.

Jasper National Park, July 2015. I love talking animal pictures.

Watching surfers, Maui, March 2105

This is not far from home at all…near Regina, summer 2015

Butchart Gardens, Victoria, BC, June 2014

…and still one of my favourite pictures I’ve ever taken…Great Bear Rainforest, June 2013

All of these pictures make me realize I’m very lucky to be able to travel and to see and experience many different places.

mountains of Banff

Posted on September 27, 2017 by prairiegirlwonders

It was a hot, dry, summer in Western Canada, and as a result there were a lot of forest fires. Prior to our camping trip to Banff in August, it had been so smoky that the highway between Banff, and Radium, British Columbia had been closed. We camped for four days and had spectacular weather for three of those days.

Castle Mountain

Cascade Mountain

Walking by the Bow River

It was very smoky on on our last full day in Banff. Mount Rundle on a clear day…

Rundle on a clear day

And on a smoky day….

Rundle on a smoky day

Made for an interesting sunset…

Banff August 2017 Banff August 2017 1

Astotin Lake Sunset

Posted on September 20, 2017 by prairiegirlwonders

“Peace is always beautiful…” Walt Whitman

Astotin Lake, Elk Island National Park

sunset is my favourite time of day

Posted on August 25, 2017 by prairiegirlwonders

Three for three! This is the third year I’ve been to Elk Island National Park in the last five years on my annual camping trip with my parents. The sunsets here are beautiful. We stayed two nights this year – the first night it rained, and the second night, well, this was the view….

Elk Island Sunset 4 Elk Island Geese at sunset Elk Island Sunset 2 Elk Island Sunset 3

This was the sunset in 2015…

Elk Island Sunset 3

And in 2012…

Elk Island Sunset in 2012 1 Elk Island Sunset in 2012 2

summer snaps

Posted on August 1, 2017 by prairiegirlwonders

A collection of scenes and things that captured my interest in the month of July…

flock of pelicans over Wascana Park

at Claybank Brick Plant, lots of cool things to photograph here…

I was a safe distance away….it didn’t want to move. It was also 35 degrees celsius that day and there was no shade in sight. Its family was laying in the grass on the other side of the road.

a roof in a field?

summer night in the city, watching the sky

Canada 150 – wide open spaces

Posted on June 28, 2017 by prairiegirlwonders

I grew up in a house with a field just beyond our backyard, in a town that was seemingly plunked down in the middle of nowhere. It was surrounded by fields, and in one direction, beyond the fields were the Great Sandhills. I can tolerate crowds, I’ve lived in a city since I finished high school, and I’m not sure I could live in a small town again, but I still am attracted to wide open spaces. All of these pictures were taken near Regina, SK.

sunflower against a blue sky

morning sunrise on the prairies prairie sunrise 2

sunrise in mid-July

saskatchewan wheat field against a grey sky3 land of living skies canola field near regina 3 Canola field near Regina 2 wide open prairie road summer storm clouds on the prairies clouds on the prairies-2 asc_7116

at the right moment castle butte prairie sunset

Saskatchewan Sky 4 St. Nicholas Anglican Church 2 pretty donkeys

Canada 150 – My Beautiful Country

Posted on June 21, 2017 by prairiegirlwonders

Summer in Canada to me means going somewhere and seeing some of my beautiful country. Canada is such a wonderfully diverse country and I appreciate it all…prairies, mountains, ocean, and our cities, too. I’ve only been as far east as Quebec City, and would love to see the east coast of Canada someday.

Summer Solstice, English Bay, Vancouver 2013

Summer Solstice 2013 2