Don't think this one's my favorite photos but I just took it looking from my back deck. Jan. 20- 08
Cheers, Barrie.

Barrie, That is great scenery, and even better to have it right outside your door 8)

Steve

Knnn (Steve) It's what realtors here call a peek-a-boo view when selling a home. Here's a more panoramic view just a quarter mile from my place. It's overlooking Georgia Strait towards the British Columbia mainland with about 30 miles of ocean between both land masses.
I'll have to look around for some of my favorite photos in keeping with this thread. Cheers, Barrie.

Here are a few that I took today, Jan 20th;

It was a toasty -16*C with a 30 KM wind. 😯

Allen

Yikes 😯 That's real ice not fake right? It looks too perfect and staged to be real.
Man...I don't know how you do it 😆

Cheers, Barrie.

I hate to admit it but first we import the ice from the lower mainland. Ours does not freeze as clear and is harder to shape. The Castle is made from Edmonton Ice. There is also a maze, a 'working' 8' to 10' big screen TV, and a 15' tall slide.

The man that made the bugs bunny and the dragonfly on a plant takes a week's vacation every year to do this. Bugs is about 6' tall, 8' with the pedestal.

They use clothes irons to weld the blocks together and electric chain saws to rough shape it. Then a variety of hand tools and electric tools are used for detailed shaping. The smooth finish comes from either hair dryers or small propane torches.

Here is another sculpture that is a little harder to make out. It is life size and has 3 eskimo children tossing a 4th in the air using a blanket.

It is truly amazing what can be done with a lot of effort.

The winged warrioress has curly hair streaming back from her head at least 12" and, as is obvious to us dirty old men, implants. 😀

Allen

If the dark marks at left aren't a fossilized LEAF, I'll eat my slippers. 😉

Barb

Cool. Where did you find the rock?

Allen

Allen, happily at our place.
Since then I've wanted to bring in an excavator 😆 , but resisted the urge.

You'd think with a university in these communit(ies) that there'd be a chance for the public to interract
with some of the departments, i.e. identifying rocks / or paleontology. Nada.
I called the university and the receptionist said "Do you know WHO you've called?" 🙄
Duh!
Barb

Maybe she didn't remember who she worked for. 😉 😉

Obviously the university is there to educate those who pay and only to the extent that it fits into their plans.

Wish me luck. I am about to try to get information out of Agriculture Canada's Lethbridge Research Station at One Four about growing Yucca glauca Nuttal and Mamillaria vivipara which are unique to the area. 🙁 😐

Allen

And Now to put the thread back on its rails:: My apologies Steve.

Took this pic from my front yard 2 summers ago when I was getting up at an awfully early hour.

Allen

Allen, It's always more enjoyable when the threads take whatever direction they choose 😀

BTW ~ Great Photo!

Steve

I have a picture from my sister and brother in laws place in Morinville that looks just like that. You have to love those Alberta skies.
Great pic!