The Gift

I sit at the edge of a dead glacier breathing in the dust of a thousand years of erosion. It is totally silent except for the sound of the wind howling down the ghostly remains of the ice giant.

Good times

The previous day to this one I backpacked to another lake a little lower in elevation than this one. That evening was as close to perfect as life gets in the backcountry. I had a warm fire and I watched the light show of the universe.
Just before sunrise, a bird landed in the tree above my tent and began to call the sun. It seemed like that was my signal to get up.
An hour's climbing brought me to this lake. It was glass calm and sunny. I lay on the rocks sunbathing and enjoying the solitude. After I was fully warmed I went for a dip with the trout in the ice cold lake.
Tell me, how can life have more meaning than this?
Mamiya C33, 65mm, Delta 100, DDX

The start of something new/old

I'm back to shooting film for a while.

Portrait of a survivor

This girl had a hard winter. Her stomach was so sunken in that it looked like the two sides were touching. She did have a young one that looked healthy enough. I'm sure they are both looking forward to the bounty that awaits them.

A weed by any other name.

Cool sunset over the city

Driving home after a cloudy day in the mountains I was treated to this sunset ....

Out in the storm

I was out in a pretty intense spring storm today, but I had these guys for company. :)

Inglismaldie

Rummel

Tree Line

Fortuitous moments

Every so often I have the privilege to witness something very cool. On the weekend, I was out for a snowshoe and I had stopped to have a look at some big horn sheep that were eating something on the other side of a frozen creek that I was following. There was a herd of maybe 10 of them. They did not seem to mind my presence.

A short while after I stopped there I caught a grey/brown streak out of the corner of my eye about 8 feet away. I didn't even have a chance to be startled before this streak went past me. It was a lone coyote on the hunt for some fresh sheep meat.

The sheep didn't have much time to see the coyote and he was moving incredibly fast. Once they did notice the entire heard set off at a run for some cliffs that were semi-close by. They barely made it. The coyote got to within 5 or 10 feet of them, but he was out classed.

It was only after the whole thing went down that I managed to fumble out my camera. My lens only went to 55mm so, I was not able to get the close view that I had in my minds eye, but that is the coyote circled in red. I could tell he was pissed that he didn't get some supper, he bit the tree next to him a few times while I watched.

A short distance up the creek bed I saw the sheep watching the coyote on the edge of this cliff.
This is what I actually came to view, but the light never seemed to favour me. There are a number of large frozen waterfalls along this canyon.

After a day of waiting for the light, I only had time for a quick tea before heading back down the canyon in the dark. I kept expecting to see the coyote streak past me in the dark, but it never happened.

Whitehorn

Tea

Pocaterra

Sometimes I have to remember to keep breathing.

The Castle

After a long fruitless day I was greeted by the Castle in full bloom.