Posted by in Uncategorized Christopher Martin Photography The first grizzly bear I saw this year was along the Kananaskis River in May. I was watching ground squirrels playing around the field in the Opal picnic area. Then they started standing up alert and chirping to one another. Looking towards the river, I couldn’t see anything. Then from out of…Read more »
Posted by in gardens, Uncategorized My husband had placed a towel over the doggie door yesterday and I was showing my little dog that he can still go out it, by pushing on the towel. The dog backed up. I saw something hanging from the edge of the towel and pulled it off, thinking it was a piece of fabric.…Read more »
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After recent travels to Italy I told the story of Giuseppe Garibaldi and how he is so famous that his statues appear all over the World and now I have been to Iceland and seen Leif Ericson and although not nearly as prolific in his bronze and stones appearances…
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Note: This post replaces one from June 22 which was taken down when I learned that I had incorrectly equated two obscure places that should not have been. You will need to read this entire post to get the correct story. — Though the Bible does not specify…
Posted by in Uncategorized Posted by in Uncategorized Christopher Martin Photography In Banff National Park’s Bow Valley, the dandelions are among the first flowers to come into bloom in large patches. This draws the bears as it has to taste delicious compared to the other vegetarian items on their spring menu. I spied this young grizzly bear mowing through one of these patches…Read more »
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Outside Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik’s Lutheran Cathedral, is a statue of Leifur Eiriksson who was an Icelander born about 970 and who explored the oceans and the lands west of Iceland, establishing colonies in Greenland and Newfoundland and who according to legend reached America long before Christopher Columbus or Amerigo…
Posted by in Uncategorized All four of the Gospels make some reference to the imprisonment of John the Baptist (Matthew 14:3,10; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:20; John 3:24). This must have been a significant and traumatic event for both the disciples of John and the disciples of Jesus. Mark, the shortest gospel, gives the most complete account of why Herod […]…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Christopher Martin Photography Dawn reached across the Fairholme Range and brushed the sky through to Mount Rundle. An eight second exposure traced the motion in the scene, blurring the water into soft streaks and stretching out the clouds above. Photographed on June 4, 2017 on the Vermilion Lakes in Banff National Park’s Bow Valley. View…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Christopher Martin Photography The moon was scribbling on the surface of one of the Vermilion Lakes in Banff National Park on the weekend. View original post
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