The Alberta Prairie

I will post other pictures soon, but I just loved this picture so I wanted it up now. The setting sun in the west, the lone oil well pump working away, and the dry, yet to grow range under the gathering cloud seemed like a terrific picture to capture. Even the fence posts speak of…

Spring is arriving

Out here on the prairies, we know that even though the snow is melting, a new snowstorm is still possible as yesterday demonstrated. However, that doesn’t mean we aren’t dreaming about the warming ground and an expected garden development for this year. Wendy and I headed off to the garden center the other day after…

Japanese pen

A number of years ago I had a collection of pens that included a few cartridge fountain pens. I enjoyed them, but they had a nasty habit of getting messy at times! Blue ink can really leave behind a stain. Eventually, the need to write finer documents, the possibility of a mess, and the cost…