Valley trip, Regina Beach trip and a couple others...

Since we've finally been having some decent weather, I've had the odd evening to jet out with Olive (the car) and Buster (the dog) to check out some of the prairie scenes. This could be another homage to the province I call home.

It's a longer one, as there's actually two separate shooting trips in here, but I limited myself to about 20. Hope you enjoy none the less! :)

Comments please! They help me to liiiiiive!








The rest are from my trip out to Regina Beach to see Marcel's Light Painting photography at the gallery. I made several stops along the way to see what there was to see in the "Land of Living Skies."




For the above photo (I think one of my favourites from this haul just based on the saturation of the sky - which I did not have to enhance post-production - and the cloud formations) I debated whether or not to take out the the telephone/power lines. Ultimately I decided to leave them in there because, like the lack of mountains and trees of Southern Saskatchewan (which if you didn't know is quite different from Northern Saskatchewan which is predominantly forest), the power lines are very much a part of the landscape.



"Waaah! Llama Face!"





Back to the city I love.

Playground

This one (above) is my favourite - the lighting and the texture are awwwesooome.

Traveling the backroads... sorta

In spite of some claims, there are many things to be found and seen in the prairies. The South Saskatchewan plains offers appropriate land for many flowers that you can see when ripping down the highway. At least a few times each summer I try to make a point to wander around in ditches and check them out. I usually find other things to check out while I'm at it.





The town of Indian Head might not be a mecca of activity...


But once a year, it becomes home to the fictional town of "Mercy" - the setting of locally produced CBC tv program; Little Mosque on the Prairie. We saw the church and Mercy Mosque in a transitional state. I like that you can see the trees just on the other side of the main door.



The town of Qu'Appelle, not far from Indian Head, has some amazing flower gardens next to a campground. Not the sort of place you'd be likely to just stumble into without looking for it, but Mom and I had been before, and given all the rain we've had this year I figured it might be worth a trip back to see what the gardens offer. And they had a lot.










And while we sometimes have spectacular sunsets, we sometimes have sunsets that are beautiful in their simplicity and relative subtlety.



I hope you all have a chance to check out the province this summer! Enjoy! And as always; COMMENTS PLEASE!!! :)

Flowers, Buster, Abi and Shiloh

Amanda recently joined the apparent puppy revolution, and brought Shiloh over to have a play date with Buster and Abi. Sadly, Abi was terrified of the 11 week old (ish?) ball of fluffy-fury, particularly the snapping of her teeth (they're so sharp at that age...). But Buster was definitely up to the challenge. They had a whale of a time.

Comments please!