Bow River Hoodoos Trail, Banff National Park, Alberta

At 0800 I walked beneath clear skies from the Banff Centre to the Bow River Hoodoos Trail, the 3°C air nipping at my gloved hands. Tall, straight pines edged the trail, and I thought how different th...

Bow Valley Provincial Park, Alberta

Leaving behind days of rain that drenched lawns and gardens in northern Nova Scotia, Vilis and I flew away from sunrise early this morning, westward to Calgary. Cloud obscured much of the Canadian lan...

Birding at Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area, Nova Scotia

On a hunt for early warblers, I drove this morning in sun and wind to Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area, a freshwater marsh located on the north shore of Nova Scotia about 35 kilometres west of Tatam...

Auckland Botanic Gardens, New Zealand

In a last, brief embrace of North Island New Zealand, Vilis and I spent today’s sunny late morning and early afternoon hours in the Auckland Botanic Gardens and on the adjacent Puhinui Stream Fo...