Cycle Write Blog

True, when driving, biking or walking, prairie landscapes can be a lot of green if there’s generous rainfall.

You need to be there, to see often the arch of sky magic and cloud-shaping action while in the foothills and Alberta prairies.

An artist can be seen as a skilled master visionary.

I returned to Vancouver to enjoy its annual spring bust-out of blooming cherry blossom trees across the city.

Until I lived in Alberta, I wasn’t even aware of the regional weather phenomena of chinook winds and its eye-catching distinct cloud formation, “chinook arch”.

Don’t kid yourself.

Though I had read and heard dimly about the glorious Almafi Italian coast, I wasn’t prepared for its steep, jaw-dropping hillside views plunging into the Mediterranean Sea –and its lemons.

There are places that stir longing for snowy drifts and night-time magic for Christmas.

Last fall I spent several days with my good American friend, Mary enjoying autumn leaf glory along the jagged rocky shoreline of Lake Superior.

The name for the beautiful area of Diamond Valley at the foothills of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, is a bit misleading.