Monthly Archives: March 2013

Moments In Time – # 43

We have all experienced those “moments in time” where we see a picture, hear a song or a phrase is read and we are taken back to a moment in time to a place, a person or an activity that … Continue reading

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Fun Foto Challenge – Circles and Curves

The amazing architecture of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain is all about curves and will also apply to Cee’s next fun foto challenge of lines. Enjoy the beauty of this magnificent structure. Read about my visit to Bilbao here.

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Travel Theme – Time

Ailsa’s over at Where’s My Backpack has chosen “time” for her travel theme. When I climb the hill to the top of the butte, this tree and bench say it is time to sit and rest a while, admire the … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge – Future Tense

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge is Future Tense. On a beautiful bluebird sky Sunday afternoon, I was at the right place at the right time to photograph the train as it approached the spot where I was waiting. The … Continue reading

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Cherry Creek

What started as a search for an eagle nest near the Cherry Creek confluence with the Kootenay River ended up as a peek into abandoned buildings and wondering what it was like to live in the area some fifty years … Continue reading

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Travel Theme – Green

Ailsa over at Where’s My Backpack has Green as the weekly travel theme. With warming temperatures and the moisture in the rock and ground and hidden from the sun, the moss is very green and it is sending out spores … Continue reading

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Wild Weekly Photo Challenge # 23 Spring

Let’s Be Wild photo theme # 23 is Spring. Although the calendar says Spring, here in the East Kootenays of BC, it will be at least another month (usually around Mother’s Day in May) before the hillsides burst into bloom. On … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge Theme of the Week – Lunchtime

The Daily Post photo challenge for this week is Lunchtime. On the EKOC hike on the Dewdney Trail, we had a wonderful lunchtime spot at 1000 metres in between the hills, out of the wind with views of the surrounding … Continue reading

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The Dewdney Trail – Searching for Gold

A group of seven EKOC (East Kootenay Outdoor Club) enthusiastic hikers headed up the Wildhorse Creek to hike a section of the Dewdney Trail. The trail was developed in the 1860’s when the excitement of the gold rush was paramount in the … Continue reading

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Arranged By Nature – Jake’s Sunday Post

It is very fitting that Jake’s Sunday Post – Arrangement relates to my Sunday hike in my backyard. When I took my aerial view of my backyard, I noticed hoodoo formations and was curious as to where they were located … Continue reading

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