The sun shines!

Last evening as I drove east and then west on the same road, the sun was setting. It seemed dramatic, especially on my westbound trip heading home. The sun was coloured by the smoke in the air ,and the haze gave a ghostly outline to the downtown office towers. On the prairies, the sun is…

The road to The Hat

The Hat. That’s what Medicine Hat is often called when in a local conversation. It’s a city known for its natural gas deposits. Rudyard Kipling visited Medicine Hat and in his writings as a city” that has all hell as a basement”. Did you know that this is the sunniest city in Canada? Winter skies…

When it is cold outside

A number of our friends who live east of here have told me, that they see it’s cold out here. Yup – it is cold out here! It’s January and we’re on the prairies…it’s winter so they tell me. But the white snow, the crunch under your feet (love that sound) and Alberta’s famous blue…