09 Jul 2012
Posted by Dave under Dave's Thoughts,Family,Photos
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21 Jun 2012
Posted by Dave under Dave's Thoughts,Photos
Does this Look Like the Zoo!?
We have a nice sitting area on our lower deck – sheltered from the elements with the main deck above and in a little nook. There is a short railing and a little flower bed with hanging baskets above. We’ve got a couple of chairs and a bistro table there – it’s a great spot to sit and have a coffee.
Ma Robin (not yet named by Alyssa!) thinks so too. The last couple of years we’ve had robins nest on the upper deck, but this year the nest is on the direct vent outlet for the basement gas fireplace. With some of the cool weather we’ve had this spring, I hadn’t yet turned the pilot light off so the vent is actually quite warm. Fortunately, we haven’t turned the fireplace on any of the recent evenings! So, in the interest of not making hard-boiled robin’s eggs, I turned the pilot light off and took a few pictures.
On the front step, we had a bit of a concern earlier this week when something seemed to have spooked Amanda (… or Amanduck, as the boys have started saying! … How can a man-duck be laying eggs?? … har, har, har!). Anyway, the nest was unattended for most of Tuesday night and we were a bit concerned that it might be abandoned. However, Amanda was back Wednesday morning – a little jumpier than normal, but back on the nest. We were all a bit relieved – we’re looking forward to seeing ducklings in about a week or so.
15 Jun 2012
Posted by Dave under Dave's Thoughts,Photos
Amanda
Time for an update on the duck situation. Momma duck has a name, Amanda. Alyssa chose the name because she felt that we couldn’t just generically refer to “the duck” or even to “Momma” duck. I guess that it just wasn’t proper to be on anything but a first name basis with someone who has chosen to raise their kids (well, eggs) right at your front door.
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05 Jun 2012
Posted by Dave under Dave's Thoughts,Photos
Clouds
Yesterday, driving into Calgary in the afternoon to pick up the kids at school there were the most amazing cloud formations over the foothills. It isn’t too uncommon to see various unique kinds of clouds, such as wave clouds or lenticular clouds, forming as the westerly winds come over the Rockies towards the prairie. However, the clouds yesterday were so impressive that I had to stop and take a few pictures:
These shots really don’t do justice to the sheer scope of the cloud formation. There were at least 35 bands of the lenticular formations starting well north of the city continuing to the far south horizon. I wasn’t thinking about it at the time, but it would be really interesting to see a satellite image of southern Alberta at the same time (about 2100 UTC on 4 June 2012), the best I could find is this low resolution image for all of western Canada which doesn’t have enough detail along the western edge of the continental divide:
