Yellow Wild Flower on the Silver Stump

Another photo from my walk up Elk Lake Pass. I found this gigantic tree stump that was cut down quite a few years ago so it's a lovely silver colour. Because it was cut and didn't fall naturally it had that nice flat surface which I thought would make a great platform for one of the many wild flowers spread around the area. Erego, the yellow wild flower on the silver stump!

Massive Range Sunset

Driving home from work today there was this wonderful shot that I just had to pull over for. It's actually right in front of the stables so I see it every day but it's gorgeous every time :P After a crazy, funky day of weather. Snow, rain, sun, you name it, we got it, this was a perfect ending. Featuring the northern end of the Massive Range and marvelous cloud coverage I love the backlighting.

Enjoy!

First Snow of 2009

So I'm finally back in town. Stoney's all closed down for the year and I'm back doing steak fry's. I'm also broken. Got bucked off a horse and broke my collar bone. Just about the end of the season though so all shall be well! I may even get my ass back into gear and update here more often. As a starting point, here's a photo of the first snow of summer 2009. Taken in late August, it shows Stoney Creek backed by the Palliser Range. Home sweet home!

Forever and a Day

Well it's only taken me a hell of a long time to get back into this blog but here's too a new leaf - hopefully. The busy winter seasons over and we're onto the time consuming summer season. I'm out of the kennel and into the stables (and backcountry). I'm going to try my hardest to get a post in once a week here, or at least whenever I'm in town. I have a goal to take a shit load more photo's this year than I did last year. I'm also interested in trying my hand at stock photo's. We'll see how that goes heh

Anyhoo, today's photo is a white tailed doe that was grazing along the side of the road to Johnson Lake. While I know she was walking away from me, the pose she struck because of whatever's in the bush ahead of her just makes it seem like nature caught unaware. There's actually a second doe hidden in the shadows just beyond her but she was a bit more camera shy than our friend here.

Kipper

Meet Kipper. He's one of them good old movie dog Siberian Husky's. Difference with Kipper is he's actually been in some movies :o Here you can see him relaxing on a sick day - even dogs take them every now and then. Kipper's got a gorgeous yellow eye complimented by a gorgeous blue eye. Too bad he has issues opening them for photos... Something to work on in the future.

Moonscape

I absolutely love the moon. One of my favourite things about winter is that the full moon just seems so bright! It reflects off everything on a clear night. I was lucky enough to get off work fairly early... 6 o'clockish, on the night of the full moon and it was a brilliant, clear sky! I only took a few minutes to drop off Kelly at home before I took off for the Minnewanka loop just outside of Banff. I'd gone there a week or so ago with the girls and kicked myself for not having my camera so I figured I'd go get some moonlit shots (I still plan on going in the daylight as well) The following are a couple of the photo's I got that night. I can't wait for the next full moon now!

Two Jack Lake and Mnt. Rundle in the background.

Lake Minnewanka

Red

This here is Red. He's another Canadian Inuit husky and as far as I know, related to Mistaya who's pictures you can see on here as well. I believe they're full siblings but from different litters. Red's a bit of a different dog, seems most of the Inuits are. He's got his bark head flip thing, his goal to annoy the piss out of you every time you're feeding and his cute little poses like this one where he just can't decide if you're worth getting up for or not. Another two steps closer and the decisions made though!

Fatso

This here is Fatso. He was a neighbourhood raven at Stoney Creek Camp where I cooked for Warner's last summer. He had a buddy as well but she wasn't as photo friendly. Liked to sit way up in trees out of good shot range. Some of Fatso's favourite foods included baking powder biscuits, maple ham and pecking the fat from the sausage pan on the dish rack... Weird bird...

Missy

Work's been extremely busy lately so I've had to put the photography and editting the photo's on the back burner. Alas, now I've moved to an awesome place with awesome roomies, slightly less awesome internet and work's slowing down so expect more updates! In the mean time, here's a photo from last month of lil ole Missy. Missy's a lead dog with fantastic eyes. She's always good for a smooch and an original pose, as seen with the above stretch.