Category: pictures

Riding Mountain National Park – June 9, continued

Posted in Activities, animals, bear, birds, bison, canada, critters, Flowers, Food, gardens, life, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, Riding Mountain National Park, travel, trees, vacation, Wildlife

After checking into my beautiful deluxe room at Elkhorn Resort, I headed downstairs and outside to visit the horses at the stables. I talked to one of the employees, asking about the extra horses they had compared to other visits. She told me that they often board horses over the winter but due to COVID-19,… Continue reading Riding Mountain National Park – June 9, continued

Riding Mountain National Park is Open

Posted in Activities, animals, bear, birds, canada, critters, dragonflies, ducks, hawk, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, Riding Mountain National Park, travel, trees, Wildlife, Winnipeg2 Comments

Right after the Federal Government here announced that Riding Mountain National Park was opening – the Elkhorn Resort put their rooms on sale. All rooms for the same price – so I quickly picked a deluxe suite and booked 3 nights. I had packed my suitcase the night before I was leaving an had everything… Continue reading Riding Mountain National Park is Open

Clouds & Moon

Posted in Activities, Moon, Nature, pictures, Winnipeg

Last night the clouds were moving and changing constantly and in between the clouds, I could see the Moon trying to show itself. It is almost full moon and was interesting watching. It is often fascinating to just sit and watch the sky.

Parkade Cleaning Day

Posted in Activities, birds, dog, dog walking, Grand Beach, Grand Beach Provincial Park, life, lockport, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, walking, weather, Wildlife, Winnipeg

The apartment building where I leave has underground parking, so once a year we are ordered to remove our vehicles for the day for cleaning. There is very little street parking in the area and what little there is has a maximum time of 2 hours. So, I decided to head north and visit Grand… Continue reading Parkade Cleaning Day

A Return Trip to Fort Whyte Alive

Posted in Activities, birds, canada, Fort Whyte Alive, geese, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, trees, walking, weather, Wildlife, Winnipeg

Fort Whyte Alive re-opened last week as soon as they were able to and I headed there for a walk yesterday. COVID-19 restrictions had closed the facility in mid March. While they were closed, they built a new bridge so that after going through the reception building, we walked across a lake instead of following… Continue reading A Return Trip to Fort Whyte Alive

A Windy Morning at Oak Hammock Marsh

Posted in Activities, birds, ducks, flight, geese, Manitoba, Nature, Oak Hammock Marsh, pictures, Provincial Park, swans, walking, weather, Wildlife2 Comments

I had a few possibilities as to where I would go today, but I knew it had to be out of the city. Since the provincial parks are open, my first thought was the Whiteshell Provincial Park as it has been years since I have been there. It is a little over an hour to… Continue reading A Windy Morning at Oak Hammock Marsh

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

Looking out my Window

Posted in Activities, apartment, Baking, birds, canada, flight, geese, Manitoba, pictures, trees, weather, Wildlife, Winnipeg, yard2 Comments

It isn’t very warm out here this morning (2C), but when the sun shines it doesn’t feel too bad. I have my window wide open and leaned out to take a few photos this morning. I took my camera to the window this morning because I heard Canada Geese and saw 2 of them that… Continue reading Looking out my Window

Sour Dough Bread Experience

Posted in Activities, apartment, Baking, life, pictures8 Comments

Since my last post, I have made my first 2 loaves of bread from my sour dough starter. The first loaf did not rise much at all and turned out to be very a very heavy bread. I did eat a couple of slices, but have to admit that it wasn’t great. Most of the… Continue reading Sour Dough Bread Experience