Ice Crystals-Canadian Rockies

The other day I was out cross country skiing with my brother-in-law west of Banff. It was -20c , the sky was a beautiful azure blue and your breath almost froze in the air as it left your lips. At one point we stopped for a rest along a creek, and a collection of frozen crystals at waters edge caught my eye as the water flowed past our viewpoint. My area of concentration was so small, so perfect. We must enjoy the journey and not always seek the destination.

Rundle Sunrise-Canadian Rockies

It's the New Year now, we celebrated a great Christmas and had lots of fun with family and friends. My brush has not been very active lately, but I have been working on one of my other passions....photography. Living in the mountains I am fortunate to have magnificent vistas all around me to savour every day.

This morning not too long after I got to work a tinge of color outside caught my attention. I went to the window and gasped, for the sunrise coming up behind Mt. Rundle was one of the most spectacular ones I have ever seen. I ran inside to get my camera and was able to capture Rundle Sunrise before it faded into the light of day and memory.

In the next while I will be sharing some of my photos as well as paintings as I move along the journey of self discovery and expression.