"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Tiger Swallow Tail Butterfly

Crooked Mountain Cabins
Fourth Annual Sisters Weekend

(Near) Otter Lake, Manitoba
June 2012

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Curious American Robin

Brandon, Manitoba
June 2011

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Eastern Comma Butterfly


I stood on a chair with my arms at full length for is picture.
Thank goodness he didn't move

Brandon Manitoba
July 2006

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Leopard frogs

Adam Lake
Turtle Mountain Provincal Park
July 2012

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Snowy Owl
He did not want his picture taken!

Highway 22
Between Elgin & Souris

March
2008

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Plains Bison

Minnedosa, Manitoba
September
2006

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Double Crested Cormorant
(juvenile pair)

Thanks Rick

Minnedosa, Manitoba
September
2006

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Common Green Darner Dragonfly

Row of Cedar trees & me

Brandon, Manitoba
September 2004

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Lake Darner

Clear Lake
Riding Mountain National Park
June 2003

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Common Tree Squirrel
noticing me...

Brandon, Manitoba
June 2012

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Common Tree Squirrel

Brandon, Manitoba
June 2012

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

This wee bird makes me think of SPRING!


White Throated Sparrow

Brandon, Manitoba
 Spring 2009




"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Elusive Ginger Tabby

Brandon, Manitoba
June 2009

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Aphrodite Fritillary or Brush Footed Butterfly

Spruce Woods Provincial Park
July 2009

"Wild Life of Manitoba"


Painted Turtles basking in the sun

Devils Punch Bowl
Spruce Woods Provincial Park

July 2009

"Wild Life Of Manitoba"

Monarch Butterfly

Spirit Sands
Spruce Woods Provincial Park

July 2009

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Smooth Green Snake defending his territory.
Also known as Grass Snake
This one was about 5 inches long

Spirit Sands
Spruce Woods Provincial Park

July 2009

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Lady bug gathering

Brandon, Manitoba
September
2006

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

 Rose Breasted Grosbeak

Brandon, Manitoba
July 2008 

"Wild Life of Manitoba"

Discovered this Fox in the Bison Enclosure
Minnedosa, Manitoba

July 2008



Columbia Ice Fields

We did the Ice tour, which was a little unsettling
Happy to have experienced it, just the same

Alberta, Canada
July 2008

Sumwapta Falls
This is my favourite picture


Just outside the National Park
Alberta, Canada
2006

Exposed roots

Sumwapta Falls
Alberta, Canada
2006

Discovered during our mountain hike

Jasper National Park
Alberta, Canada
2006

Wet bread, anyone?

Last full day in Egypt, rained the whole day & night
Cairo, Egypt
February 2010

King Ramses II Temple
Notice the Queen beside his legs?

Each statue over 60 feet in height
Abu Simbel Southern Egypt
February 2010

River Cruise Boat
Nile River, Egypt
February 2010

Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
The only female pharoah is Egyptian history
Egypt
February 2010

Inverted Hieroglyphics
Karnak Temple, Egypt
February 2010

Karnak Temple

Day 4 of our tour
There are 32 pillars in the Hypostyle Hall

Luxor, Egypt
February 2010

Tourist Security Officer
City of Giza in the background.
The temperature a toasty 32 degrees
Giza, Egypt
February 2010

Travertine Patterns
Pamukkale, Turkey
February 2011

White Travertine Plateau
Cotton Palace
Near the town of Denizli, Pamukkale
Turkey
February, 2011

The Celsus Library

The reason I wanted to visit Turkey

Ephesos, Turkey
February 2011

Alter within Rock Church
Cappadocia Region
Goreme Open Air Museum
Turkey
February 2011

Göreme Open Air Museum
The Hittite people used these formations as homes
Formed by a volcanic eruption
Cappodocia, Turkey
February 2011

Turkish Cat
Istanbul
February 2011



The King's Royal box
Hagia Sophia
Istanbul, Turkey
February 2011

Hagia Sophia
Istanbul, Turkey
Febuary 2011

Originally a Christian Church.
Converted to a Mosque by the Ottoman Empire
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
February 2011

Istanbul, Turkey
The Blue Mosque taken from inside Hagia Sophia
February 2011

Hand made leather "house slippers'
Marrakech, Morocco
February 2012

Flower Fossil from the Sahara Desert
Notice the petals above the main fossil
Erfoud, Morocco
February 2012

Fes, Morocco
Patiently waiting in the Medina
February 2012

Fes, Morocco
Deep inside the "Medina"
February 2012

Erfoud, Morocco
February 2012