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How Many Calypso Orchids Can We Find?
The goal for the day was to hike various pathways in the Kimberley Nature Park in search of the tiny exquisite Calypso Orchid. In the East Kootenays this Orchid blooms the latter part of May. Mother Nature favored the region with a … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, enjoyment, happiness, hiking, joy, Nature, Out My Backyard, Photography, Weekly Travel Themes, Where's My Backpack
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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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Tagged BC, beauty, East Kootenays, fun, happiness, Imagination, joy, Nature, Out My Backyard, Phoneography, Photography, snow
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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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Tagged Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, East Kootenays, enjoyment, happiness, hiking, Nature, Out My Backyard, Phoneography, Photography, Rail Lines, train
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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
Posted in Challenges, Deep thoughts, Finding Joy, Hiking, ipad, Out My Backdoor, Phonegraphy, Photography, Play
Tagged BC, camera, East Kootenays, fun, happiness, ipad, joy, Nature, Out My Backyard, Phoneography, Photography, postaday, Where's My Backpack
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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
Posted in Challenges, Finding Joy, Fun, Hiking, Out My Backdoor, Phonegraphy, Photography, Play
Tagged BC, beauty, Challenge, East Kootenays, fun, happiness, hiking, joy, Nature, Phonographs, Photography, postaday, The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge
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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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Tagged BC, Challenge, East Kootenays, happiness, hiking, joy, Nature, Phoneography, Photography, postaday, Travel Theme, Where's My Backpack
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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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Tagged BC, beauty, East Kootenays, enjoyment, fun, happiness, joy, LetsBeWild, Nature, Phoneography, Photography, postaday, Wild Weekly Photo Challenge
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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
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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Tagged Adventure, BC, beauty, Dewdney Trail, East Kootenays, enjoyment, happiness, hiking, joy, Nature, Out My Backyard, Outdoors, Trail
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Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge – Lost In The Details
Christopher Martin does indeed live in one of the most beautiful regions of Western Canada. The Kananaskis, Banff and Canmore Rocky Mountain areas provide many wonderful opportunities “to get lost in the details” of a nature or wildlife scene. On the … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, camera, Color, enjoyment, happiness, hiking, joy, Nature, Photography, postaday, Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge
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Journeying with Joy 