Interlake

We took a drive out to Steeprock a few weeks ago just before all the leaves blew off the trees, about a 3 hour drive north of Winnipeg.  It was a lovely warm late summer day even on the open shores of Lake Manitoba and all the fall colours were evident.  The limestone rock formations here are a very popular spot for photographers.  Photos are a little deceiving however, because although these may look like high cliffs (photo above) they are really not that high – just the angle that the photo was taken at.  One thing in great abundance that day were garter snakes and I presume they were beginning to migrate back to their limestone sinkholes for the winter at Steeprock the same as they do in the Narcisse area.  Snakes were literally everywhere, swimming to shore from somewhere on Lake Manitoba, on the ground, on the smooth pebbled shore and sunning on the little rock ledges on the limestone “cliffs”.  If anyone has a great fear of these harmless snakes they would definitely not have enjoyed the day.

Below, some more photos of the rock formations and on the next post in a few days I’ll post the Steeprock garter snakes.

Enjoy!

~Sharon

I thought I would update the information on my October 18th post.  Below is an excerpt from “Wikipedia” naming the edible mushrooms we know so well.

“In the Canadian Prairies (particularly Manitoba), the term “honey fungus” is unknown to many; due to the large presence of Ukrainian Canadians in this area, the fungus is often referred to as pidpenky , from the Ukrainian term, “beneath the stump”.

Here are some more photos (courtesy of my cousins son Justin) of these delicious edible mushrooms some of which are shown growing “beneath the stump”  . . .

My aunt speaks of a yellow ring on these mushrooms – one way of identifying them.  You can see a yellow ring on the stem in the photo below.

Enjoy!

~Sharon

We are experiencing some great weather as we head into fall with our temperatures reaching the mid 20′s celcius which is quite above average for this time of year.  This post is dedicated to some late summer scenes as we head into our fall season. Below are bunch berries growing on a moss covered log in Atitaki Wilderness Provincial Park.

Below: A silhouette of my cousin on the shore of Lake Manitoba.

Below: A dragonfly resting on a garden flower.

Below: Eastern Kingbird at a local pond.

Below: Cranberry Bush with ripened fruit.

Enjoy!

~Sharon