Category Archives: ipad

Searching For Sun – Let’s Go Higher

How high? At 450 metres the sun was shining in a bluebird sky. Any higher? At 600 metres snow began to cover the road. At the highest? At 2,350 metres for 360 degrees the sun was a balmy 10 Celsius … Continue reading

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The Perfect Day

What makes a perfect day? Is it foregoing the opportunity to sleep in on a Saturday morning? Rousing and rushing because you did sleep too late but need to meet the a 10 am deadline to meet the hiking club for … Continue reading

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Stairs

Cee’s fun foto challenge for this week is stairs. One of my favorite memories of walking the El Camino was spending the afternoon exploring the Templar castle in Ponferrada, Spain. I became so lost in the exploration of the castle when strolling … Continue reading

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Jake’s Photo Challenge – Entrance

Jake at Jakesprinter Sunday Post has chosen “entrance” for his weekly photo challenge. Using nature as a catalyst, my photos of “entrance” feature wood and rock.

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Do You See What I See ?

‘The imagination is the spur of delights … all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures … Continue reading

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All About Lines – Rail Lines

In response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, this past Saturday I was once again walking along the rail lines. This time, the rail line was along the Bull River in the East Kootenays.

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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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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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