Category: animals

Back to the Zoo

Posted in Activities, animals, Assiniboine Park, assiniboine park zoo, birds, critters, eagle, Fort Whyte Alive, geese, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, walking, Wildlife, Winnipeg, zoo

Things are very slowly starting to return to normal. The big thing (for me) is that the Assiniboine Park Zoo has opened. Normally, I volunteer there about 3-4 times a week, and I have really missed it. The zoo opened to the public on Wednesday May 13th, but on Tuesday the 12th, we had a… Continue reading Back to the Zoo

An Afternoon Walk in the Park

Posted in Activities, animals, birds, Birds Hill Provincial Park, exercise, family, Manitoba, Mom, Nature, pictures, Provincial Park, spring, trees, walking, weather, Wildlife, Winnipeg, winter

Yesterday was Mother’s Day – so a belated Mother’s Day to all the mothers. Hope you had a good day. Social distancing makes it hard to get the hugs, but hopefully everyone got a phone call. My daughter called me and we had a lovely chat just before I headed out for my walk. We… Continue reading An Afternoon Walk in the Park

Keeping Safe

Posted in Activities, Africa, Africam, animals, apartment, assiniboine park zoo, Baking, birds, cat, critters, home, life, Nature, owl, pictures, Wildlife, zoo4 Comments

Covid-19 is not the first pandemic that has threatened this world – but it is the current one. There was no internet for the other big ones though, and this has been a method of spreading the information (both true and untrue information) quickly for this pandemic. So – how are you doing? I have… Continue reading Keeping Safe

Dogs/Cats/House Sitting

Posted in Activities, animals, cat, critters, dog, dog walking, dogs, Harry, Leo, pets, pictures, Sunny, Timmy, walking, Winnipeg6 Comments

For the last couple of weeks, I have been staying with my buddies Sunny, Leo, Harry & Timmy in their home, while their mom is away on vacation. You have met these boys before, but I have (of course) taken a few more photos of our time together. Many of my facebook friends have seen… Continue reading Dogs/Cats/House Sitting

Looking for an Owl

Posted in Activities, animals, Assiniboine Park, assiniboine park zoo, bear, birds, critters, dog, dog walking, dogs, eagle, garden, Leo, Manitoba, Nature, owl, pictures, Sunny, trees, walking, Wildlife, Winnipeg, zoo2 Comments

After walking the dogs this morning, I headed to the English Garden beside the Zoo at Assiniboine Park. Several people have been seeing a Barred Owl there and I wanted to see and photograph it also. I couldn’t find him though – even with the help of a friend who had seen him more than… Continue reading Looking for an Owl

Bears will be Bears

Posted in animals, Assiniboine Park, assiniboine park zoo, bear, critters, ice, Manitoba, pictures, snow, Winnipeg, winter, zoo5 Comments

The Polar Bears at the Assiniboine Park Zoo were having lots of fun yesterday. The 2 main participants in this wrestling match are Storm and York and then Willow makes an appearance at the end as she very slowly slid down the hill towards them. I could have stayed and watched them much longer, but… Continue reading Bears will be Bears

A Winter Walk at Fort Whyte Alive

Posted in Activities, animals, critters, family, Fort Whyte Alive, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, snow, trees, walking, weather, Wildlife, Winnipeg, winter8 Comments

It was a pretty chilly morning when I decided I needed a nature break, but nature was calling, so I bundled up and headed for Fort White Alive yesterday. You can see larger versions of these photos by clicking on them and scrolling through. I had almost finished the loop around, when I saw a… Continue reading A Winter Walk at Fort Whyte Alive

Assiniboine Park Zoo in the Winter

Posted in Activities, animals, Assiniboine Park, assiniboine park zoo, birds, critters, Nature, pictures, snow, tree, trees, walking, weather, Winnipeg, winter, zoo6 Comments

There is a lot of good views of the critters in the Assiniboine Park Zoo in the winter. Most of the animals live in the climate that we have here and get much more active in the winter than in the summer, when they would rather find a shady place to sleep. I went there… Continue reading Assiniboine Park Zoo in the Winter

Winnipeg to Vancouver – Heading Home, day 3 & 4

Posted in Activities, animals, birds, cat, critters, family, Nature, pictures, swans, travel, vacation, Vancouver, walking, Wildlife, Winnipeg, zoo

It didn’t take long to get to Edmonton and since it was still morning, I thought I should find the Zoo and explore it. My GPS failed me though and although it got me fairly close (as I found out the next day), but it left me on a dead end street, saying “you have… Continue reading Winnipeg to Vancouver – Heading Home, day 3 & 4

Winnipeg to Vancouver – Day 7, Part 2

Posted in Activities, animals, birds, critters, family, flight, Flowers, gardens, houseplants, Nature, pictures, Port Coquitlam, travel, trees, vacation, Vancouver, walking, Wildlife, Winnipeg

We still had the afternoon left after finishing the Capilano Swinging Bridge walk, and Angie mentioned that there is an indoor conservatory combined with an aviary that she though we should take a look at. Birds and plants are high on my list of favourite things – so of course I agreed to this suggestion… Continue reading Winnipeg to Vancouver – Day 7, Part 2