Chickadee Photo Art

Whiteshell Winter

// March 27th, 2011 // No Comments » // Boreal Forest, Canadian Shield, Manitoba Tourist Destination, Recent Posts, Scenic, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Winter

Officially it is spring but snow remains and we do have plenty of that this year.  A winter drive to the Whiteshell Provincial Park on a sunny day is really beautiful.  Below:  Hoar Frost in the boreal forest where fast currents prevent the water from freezing. The resulting moisture rises up and puts a white coat on the trees.

Below: This is in the Barrier Bay area of the Winnipeg River System.  You can see snow machine tracks on the frozen part of the river and open water on the other side.  Current are very fast in many sections of this river.

A few roads in the park are plowed in the winter which allows for a drive into the winter forest.

Enjoy!

Sharon

Late Summer at Steeprock Manitoba

// November 4th, 2010 // No Comments » // Interlake, Lake Manitoba, Manitoba Tourist Destination, Recent Posts, Scenic

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

Farewell to summer . . .

// October 22nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Atikaki Wilderness Provincial Park, Birds of Manitoba, Boreal Forest, Dragonflies-Butterflies-Moths, Interlake, Manitoba Tourist Destination, Recent Posts, Urban Nature, Wildflowers

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