A remedy for much

There is little in this world that breathes joy and peace into my lungs like a day in the mountains. The blue sky, the clean air and the remarkable geography are hard to beat! Yesterday we were in Calgary – lovely Calgary – still a place that holds many wonderful memories for us. Today was…

Banff Alberta

I love how a telephoto lens can flatten a picture, as this one does. This is a photograph I took in 2006, early spring, looking west along the trans-Canada highway as we approached the mountains. Calgary is said to be set in the foothills, and you get the sense of rolling hills as you drive…

Mountain adventures

It’s been some time since my camera and I went for this kind of a walk, a slow meandering through the woods to see what pictures could be captured. Snow and water and sun make a great combination, especially in the mountains. It has been some time since we’ve been to the mountains and this…