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October 12, 2020October 11, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Autumn By The River

The North Saskatchewan River valley in Edmonton, a couple of weeks before Hallowe’en, with Van Morrison’s Autumn Song.

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October 9, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Leaves Turn To Brown

September 23, 2020September 22, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

Wordless Wednesday 23 September 2020

October 20, 2019Snowbird of Paradise

Sunday Morning in Borden Park

Borden Park is one of Edmonton’s best-kept secrets. When we moved here in 2014 I would walk to this park but since then I have had a couple of bad falls and I can no longer walk that far, so today I drove there. Even so, I had a lovely walk when I got there […]

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September 25, 2019September 24, 2019Snowbird of Paradise

Blustery River Valley

Tuesday was very windy, but it was still a pleasure to see the autumn colours in the North Saskatchewan River valley from the lookouts at the top and bottom of the funicular.  

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September 15, 2019September 14, 2019Snowbird of Paradise

Fall is the Best Season

This week, we are beginning to see some glorious fall colours. Right across the street from our house is the first tree in our street to turn yellow, and I was pleased to get a picture of it with the sun shining through the leaves. In the last few years, I have taken lots of […]

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October 14, 2018October 13, 2018Snowbird of Paradise

Autumn in My Neighbourhood

Since I suffered a bad fall last spring, I have been trying to gradually get back to my former walking strength. I’m not there yet, but I’m making good progress. I am up to about two miles (3.2 km) now before I need a rest. This week my walks took me to Borden Park in […]

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September 29, 2017Snowbird of Paradise

Autumn in My Neighbourhood

October 22, 2015November 28, 2018Snowbird of Paradise

October Afternoon in Borden Park, Edmonton

September 26, 2015September 26, 2015Snowbird of Paradise

Elk Island National Park, Alberta

Elk Island National Park is a conservation area for all sorts of wildlife including wood bison, plains bison, elk, and moose..These pictures show some of the lovely scenery as well as some bison. 26 September 2015

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