Images From 2005
Enough words, I close the year with some favourite images from 2005.
We live in a beautiful land and these are examples of my modest efforts to capture some of its grandeur, its history and its serenity during my travels this past year.
The peaceful simplicity of the MacDougall United Church near Cochrane, Alberta; the expansive vista from the top of the Cypress Hills; the haunting reminder of the passing of an era of human-scale grain farming; the murals of Greenwood where hundreds of Japanese Canadian internees were kept and where many chose to remain after the war; the natural beauty of the lily and the woodpecker; and the setting sun over a peaceful bay that I am blessed to have grace my front door - all these give meaning and texture and context to my life, and for each I am truly thankful.
May you all have a Peaceful, Healthy and Fulfilling New Year.
This lovely church sits in the foothills of the Alberta Rockies, between Canmore and Cochrane.
A mural on the wall of an historic building in Greenwood, BC.
The lovely Prairie lily with Brown Eyed-Susan companion, growing wild just east of Danceland at Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan.
View north from the Cypress Hills in Saskatchewan, the highest point of land in Canada between the Rockies and the Lakehead.
A rare Pilliated woodpecker at work in my backyard.
The new fossils of the prairies, these examples of the once ubiquitous grain elevator, are nestled in a valley north west of Swift Current, Sk.
An October dusk settles over Mill Bay, B.C.
P.S.
If you want to see some truly outstanding photographs of the prairies accompanied by an informative,contemplative and well-written narrative, I recommend you acquire a copy of Wild Prairie -A Photographer's Personal Journey -by James R. Page, published by Greystone Books and available at most leading bookstores.
James is a friend and a gifted photographer.
We live in a beautiful land and these are examples of my modest efforts to capture some of its grandeur, its history and its serenity during my travels this past year.
The peaceful simplicity of the MacDougall United Church near Cochrane, Alberta; the expansive vista from the top of the Cypress Hills; the haunting reminder of the passing of an era of human-scale grain farming; the murals of Greenwood where hundreds of Japanese Canadian internees were kept and where many chose to remain after the war; the natural beauty of the lily and the woodpecker; and the setting sun over a peaceful bay that I am blessed to have grace my front door - all these give meaning and texture and context to my life, and for each I am truly thankful.
May you all have a Peaceful, Healthy and Fulfilling New Year.
This lovely church sits in the foothills of the Alberta Rockies, between Canmore and Cochrane.
A mural on the wall of an historic building in Greenwood, BC.
The lovely Prairie lily with Brown Eyed-Susan companion, growing wild just east of Danceland at Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan.
View north from the Cypress Hills in Saskatchewan, the highest point of land in Canada between the Rockies and the Lakehead.
A rare Pilliated woodpecker at work in my backyard.
The new fossils of the prairies, these examples of the once ubiquitous grain elevator, are nestled in a valley north west of Swift Current, Sk.
An October dusk settles over Mill Bay, B.C.
P.S.
If you want to see some truly outstanding photographs of the prairies accompanied by an informative,contemplative and well-written narrative, I recommend you acquire a copy of Wild Prairie -A Photographer's Personal Journey -by James R. Page, published by Greystone Books and available at most leading bookstores.
James is a friend and a gifted photographer.
posted by Ben Buan | 11:20 a.m.
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