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| Meet the Common (Red-sided) Garter Snake Or if you like the Garden snake or Ribbon snake Length ranging from 45 - 97 cm A gentle non aggressive snake Found all over Canada except Newfoundland |
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| Unfortunately I do not have any information on this lovely little snake... If anyone knows its name and could help me out I would appreciate it |
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| The Royal Saskatchewan Museum is right down the street from Catherine's apartment Although I did not take a picture of the outside of the building I did take lots of pictures of it's current inhabitants inside the building...if you are a snake hater you may wish to skip this section of photos! I really like snakes. I think they help create a very healthy ecosystem The following photos are of some of the nine snake species from Saskatchewan Live exhibit is called Snakes Alive! Enjoy |
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| Smooth Green Snake Measures on average 36-51 cm in length is a non venomous snake also called the Grass Snake Also found in Carberry sand hills. Catherine and I saw one during a hike a number of years ago |
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| Northern Red Bellied snake (I wish I could have seen it's underneath) Sometimes referred as the Fire Snake Average adult length of 8 - 16 " |
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| Meet the Bull Snake Whose average length can be anywhere from 4 - 7 feet It's range extends from the Northeastern Mexico to Southwestern Saskatchewan This too is non venomous, this is a constrictor In the wild they can live up yo 20 years |
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| Bull Snake |
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| This is the Connaught Library Also built in 1930 The building was designed in the Georgian Classic by architect Joseph Warburton On our tour today as it is the library with the status of being the oldest in Regina, it's close to Catherine's apartment and we stopped in to pick up a bunch of books I liked the Tyndall stone panel on the 'entrance pavillion' |
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| Welcome to the Albert Memorial Bridge "The longest bridge (840 feet) spanning the shortest body of water (Wascana Creek)" in the world Original idea was to dedicate this bridge to the fallen soldiers of World War I 'Although spaces were provided for the installation of the plaques of the province's war dead, they were never utilized' Built in 1930 as a public relief program that was created in response to the crash of the stock market in 1929 also known as the Great Depression This build employed over 700 men |
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| 'Regina' is the latin word for Queen Queen Victoria |
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| 'The bridge is Highly decorated with Egyptian motifs' including the above glazed terra cotta balusters Can you see the lotus flowers and the papyrus plants?! |
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| Now if you noticed from the snow in the bottom picture these two photos are from my most recent visit with Catherine a couple of weeks ago. I had a couple of vacation days to use up and thought a wee visit to see my big sister would be perfect A different view of the dome...can you even tell that I'm not using my 'big girl' camera but the ipad instead? |
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| Another view of the main entrance |
