This month's calendar image features a pair of horses in a farm field just east of Calgary at sunset. The dramatic sunset lit up the clouds over the horizon and created a beautiful silhouette of the Rocky Mountains on the western horizon and a chinook arch high overhead. The horses observing me from the farm field near the road were a lucky break and a fun addition to the photo!
This months calendar image features a stand of beautiful white birch trees in winter. We went snowshoeing at the West Bragg Creek Provincial Recreation Area in the foothills southwest of Calgary. We made our way around the Snowshoe Hare trail, which is a very popular trail for beginners to snowshoeing. It's not too terribly busy but popular enough that the trail is well marked and beaten down by other visitors. It's also a good distance (about 6 km) if you want to take your kids.
This months calendar image features a glowing halo around the sun on an icy cold day in winter. Halos are created by light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere and can form at any time of year but are much more common on very cold days in the winter. This image was made on the prairies south and east of the Calgary city limits on a beautiful winter day.
This months calendar image features a beautiful pink sky sunset over the sand and lava trails at the south end of Kamaole III beach in Kihei on the island of Maui. As we slip into the colder months here at home I thought it would be nice to share the view from paradise to warm you up!
This months calendar image features a Pump Jack working an oil well on the prairies to the west of Calgary at Sunrise. The sun had just popped up above the horizon and created a beautiful silhouette of the pump against the cloudy landscape.