Team Broom

 

Windmill vs Flag

 

Slave Lake Sand Castle

 

Submerged Stones

Having not taken any sort of vacation all year long, Sylvia and I took a spontaneous day trip to Devonshire Beach in Slave Lake, Alberta. The sands were beautiful, the lake cool and gorgeous, the day sunny and hot, the people lovely. And on a whim, we stopped at a hotel and somehow got ourselves a suite with a jacuzzi for less than $200. A good day to finish a very difficult spring and summer. 
 

Golden Hour Flower

 

Baby Yoda at Kootenay Lake

Last week, Sylvia and I took Baby Yoda to Creston, British Columbia to enjoy some time in the forest. It was a brief but necessary respite from Alberta. 
 

Mushrooms of Vilna

Another Destination for the Post-COVID Era

 

In Ticonderoga, New York, there exists a faithful recreation of the sets used to shoot the original Star Trek series. Now that I know this is a real thing in the world, I must of course experience it. Now I just need to decide if I should go by land (an 80-hour round trip), or just fly to Montreal and rent a car for the short drive to Ticonderoga . . . 

A Plan for Pinawa

If it's ever safe to go outside again, I'd love to take a few days for a summer road trip to Pinawa Dam Provincial Heritage Park, the site of one of the first hydroelectric dams on the Prairies; it operated from 1906 to 1951, and judging by the photos on Google Maps, it's an impressive sight. The park itself looks quite bucolic. 

 

The Last Conversation

The Looming Beaver

Dune Thing

Washed ashore, this fine debris
Hard-shelled bounty from the sea
Found by Gilligan, first mate guy
Baked by Mary Ann into coconut cream pie

The Perils of Depth of Field

Ninja Sylvia

Susanberry

Beside the Rock

Hidden in plain sight
She stalks her prey
In the forest deep
(Pay no attention to the logging road)

The Shack on Turnbull Beach

The Emergence of Sean

Crimson and Clover

A Rocky Abyss