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Dorothy – don’t call it a Ghost Town

Dorothy – don’t call it a Ghost Town

The Hamlet of Dorothy, Alberta is often referred to as a ghost town, but don’t tell that to Linda Miller. Six generations of her family have lived there and she begs to differ.

Prairie Grain Elevators

Prairie Grain Elevators

I grew up in Western Canada. And, I have to say, that was a few decades or so ago. In most of my childhood memories, one of the things that keeps showing up is the presence of grain elevators.

My first impressions of the Canadian Badlands…

My first impressions of the Canadian Badlands…

BIG sky dominating the landscape. You can’t help but aim your camera skyward to capture the cloud formations. Land fertile and green from irrigation or rain abruptly changing to desert and sagebush as we descend into one of the river valleys.

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Bull Moose in Algonquin Park

Winter wildlife in Algonquin Provincial Park

Sticky Date Pudding

Sticky Date Pudding recipe

Alex Wells Champion Hoop Dancer

Alex Wells, World Champion Hoop Dancer, Brave

Charles Mattaini Bowstring Bridges - Elora tombstone

Charles Mattaini’s Bowstring Bridges

Bassano Centennial

Hotel X Toronto

Hotel X Toronto

Leader, Saskatchewan sculpture. Red-headed Woodpecker, 2004, Grant McLaughlin

Leader wildlife sculptures

historical view of Sandon from Idaho Mountain c 1896 clearly shows the Methodisy church in relation to the rest of the city

Valley of the Ghosts – Sandon, B.C.

Okanagan wine

Sustainable Tourism in B.C.’s Okanagan wine country

powwow-drummers and singers

The Joy of Powwows

prairie dog

Prairie dog science in Grasslands National Park

Louie Kamookak - Inuit oral historian and finder of Sir John Franklin’s lost ships

Louie Kamookak – Inuit oral historian and finder of Sir John Franklin’s lost ships

Halloween in Canada

Central Canada meets western Canada

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