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Retired Provincial Parks planner. Nature, conservation, birding, gardening, food preserving etc. Anything but conservative 📎
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Beautiful birds. We have northern shrikes in winter and loggerheads in summer. House sparrow meal.
October 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Beautiful birds. We have northern shrikes in winter and loggerheads in summer. House sparrow meal.
😂 Like dis guy? Probably much bigger.
October 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
😂 Like dis guy? Probably much bigger.
Cheeky buggers don’t care! Just ignoring me 😂. Been in the yard for 9 hours.
October 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Cheeky buggers don’t care! Just ignoring me 😂. Been in the yard for 9 hours.
They decided to move off the garden to the grass ☺️
October 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
They decided to move off the garden to the grass ☺️
Pretty cool when they cruise past the front window where we perch for morning coffee
October 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Pretty cool when they cruise past the front window where we perch for morning coffee
The calf just moved to bed by mom on the garden patch. Man they are beautiful animals!
October 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The calf just moved to bed by mom on the garden patch. Man they are beautiful animals!
Morning visitors just hanging out. 😍
October 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Morning visitors just hanging out. 😍
Our white crowned and white throated sparrows are moving through now heading south. Love the evening when they all settle into the shrubs for the night and peep to each other. They love the dense haskap bushes.
October 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Our white crowned and white throated sparrows are moving through now heading south. Love the evening when they all settle into the shrubs for the night and peep to each other. They love the dense haskap bushes.
Black walnut is an absolute fave. I made this one. First prototype.
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Black walnut is an absolute fave. I made this one. First prototype.
My favourite life long memory from time in the woods with my dad, the high bush cranberry. This in our yard.
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My favourite life long memory from time in the woods with my dad, the high bush cranberry. This in our yard.
Back at you with cherry joy!
August 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Back at you with cherry joy!
The morning pick. Last 3lbs of sour cherries…finally! 😊
August 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The morning pick. Last 3lbs of sour cherries…finally! 😊
Did my own cherry frozen yogurt today w Chapmans vanilla frozen yogurt and my sour cherry jam 😊
August 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Did my own cherry frozen yogurt today w Chapmans vanilla frozen yogurt and my sour cherry jam 😊
This week will finish things off 😟. Can’t get enough water as soil is dry down deep.
August 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This week will finish things off 😟. Can’t get enough water as soil is dry down deep.
As I sit reading this beside my stove 🍅 😉
August 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
As I sit reading this beside my stove 🍅 😉
We finally got to explore the Qu’apelle valley this summer. Stunning place with incredible history. Also really enjoyed Motherwell National Historic Site.
August 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
We finally got to explore the Qu’apelle valley this summer. Stunning place with incredible history. Also really enjoyed Motherwell National Historic Site.
Oh YES! My absolute favourite park! Magical place. 6 visits and I need to go back. It’s the centre piece in our living room in fact. 😍 (by Ian Sheldon).
August 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Oh YES! My absolute favourite park! Magical place. 6 visits and I need to go back. It’s the centre piece in our living room in fact. 😍 (by Ian Sheldon).
Enough cherries to fit in one more clafoutis 😋
August 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Enough cherries to fit in one more clafoutis 😋
Dried sour cherries 🍒 😍
August 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Dried sour cherries 🍒 😍
Morning pick. Coming on strong now.
August 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Morning pick. Coming on strong now.
Brilliant. This on the patio table I made.
August 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Brilliant. This on the patio table I made.
29th anniversary dessert made by my beautiful wife ❤️🍒. Sour cherry clafoutis, cherries from our garden.
I have endured a lot of spoiling in those 29 years. 😉
I have endured a lot of spoiling in those 29 years. 😉
August 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
29th anniversary dessert made by my beautiful wife ❤️🍒. Sour cherry clafoutis, cherries from our garden.
I have endured a lot of spoiling in those 29 years. 😉
I have endured a lot of spoiling in those 29 years. 😉
I just finished another batch of sour cherry jam for your pancakes. 🥞 It’s amazing on pancakes. 😋
August 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I just finished another batch of sour cherry jam for your pancakes. 🥞 It’s amazing on pancakes. 😋
Amazing to have sour cherries (Cupid) this big and sweet in central Alberta. .95 inch diameter and gushing with juice.
August 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Amazing to have sour cherries (Cupid) this big and sweet in central Alberta. .95 inch diameter and gushing with juice.