"Hold On Tight..." - Photo of the Day - May 14th, 2010

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"Hold on Tight"

The tentacles of a giant Pacific Octopus reach out from the dark to grab on with their suction-cup like suckers.

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"Sunset at the High Level Bridge" - Project 365 - Day 133 of 365

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"Sunset at the High Level Bridge"

Day 133 of 365

A bright orange sun sets over the High Level Bridge, as seen from the grounds of the Galt Museum in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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"Sitting Bear" - Photo of the Day - May 13th, 2010

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"Sitting Bear"

A brown bear sits back on it's haunches while foraging for berries in a meadow at the base of the Rockies.

Captured in Waterton Lakes National Park, at the base of Mount Crandell, where the prairie grasslands of southern Alberta abruptly meet the mountains. Southern Alberta, Canada.

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"Gopher Kiss" - Project 365 - Day 132

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"Gopher Kiss"

Day 132 of 365

Two baby gophers stop at the entrance to their den to touch noses in a tender moment.

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"Raleigh Falls" - Photo of the Day - May 12th, 2010

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"Raleigh Falls"

A small river cascades over rocks in a sunlit forest at Raliegh Falls in northern Ontario, Canada.

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"Cactus in the Sunshine" - Project 365 - Day 131 of 365

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"Cactus in the Sunshine"

Day 131 of 365

A small cactus with orange flowers casts stark shadows against a nearby wall when lit by the evening sun.

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"Moose in Kananaskis" - Photo of the Day - May 11th, 2010

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"Moose in Kananaskis"

A bull moose idly wanders along a grassy hillside next to the edge of a pine forest.

Captured in Kananaskis Country in the eastern reaches of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada.

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"Bright Blue Skies" - Project 365 - Day 130 of 365

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"Bright Blue Skies"

Day 130 of 365

The skies today were bright, and filled with fluffy clouds.

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"Common Viper's Bugloss - Photo of the Day - May 10th, 2010

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"Common Viper's Bugloss"

Small blue flowers crown the tips of a common viper’s bugloss plant. Captured near Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Common viper’s-bugloss was introduced to North America as a garden flower in the 1600s; by the mid-1800s, agriculturalists were condemning it as a vile foreign weed. Although it is said to be edible, it would make a rather bristly dish. In fact, some people get rashes by simply touching this hairy plant. The beautiful flowers, on the other hand, make a pretty garnish when floated in punch or tossed in salads.

At one time, common viper’s-bugloss was said to have the power to drive away sadness, especially when combined with wine. It was also believed to counteract viper venom, and therefore to cure all snake bites. Unfortunately, it was most effective when administered before the bite, which required a certain amount of foresight.

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"At the End of the Day" - Project 365 - Day 129 of 365

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"At the End of the Day"

Day 129 of 365

A blazing sunset lights up dark clouds and silhouettes the neighborhood trees.

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"Happy Mother's Day" - Photo of the Day - May 9th, 2010

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Happy Mother's Day!
"Mother Baboon"

An olive baboon sits nursing her young infant.

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"American White Pelicans" - Project 365 - Day 128 of 365

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"American White Pelicans"

Day 128 of 365

Went to the park today to take bird pics and found 2 pelicans...only in Alberta! LOL!

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"Two Ends and a Beginning..." - Photo of the Day - May 8th, 2010

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"Two Ends and a Beginning..."

A baby elephant stands quietly framed by two mature elephants at the Metro Toronto Zoo in Ontario, Canada.

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"Lunchtime" - Photo of the Day - May 7th, 2010

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"Lunchtime"

A red squirrel sits on a post eating nuts on a warm sunny day in Sauble Falls Provincial Park.

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"Curious Bovines" - Project 365 - Day 127 of 365

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"Curious Bovines"

Day 127 of 365

Two curious beef cows watch me through the fence bordering their pasture..

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"Orange Lily" - Project 365 - Day 126 of 365

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"Orange Lily"

Day 126 of 365

Testing the macro capabilities of my new P&S camera, a Canon Powershot SX200. I wanted something that I could have tucked away in a pocket or purse when one of my D-SLRs just wasn't appropriate.

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"Columbine" - Photo of the Day - May 6th, 2010

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"Columbine"

A close-up of the brightly red and yellow coloured flower of a wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). Captured in late May 2009 near Thessalon in rural Ontario, Canada.

Also known as Canadian Columbine , or (ambiguously) called “Red Columbine”, wild columbine is a wildflower of the Ranunculaceae family. Leaves are both basal and cauline, lobed and divided. The distinctive flowers appear in late spring, above the foliage. Flowers consist of coloured sepals, and petals elongated into a spur.

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"Lounging Buffalo" - Photo of the Day - May 5th, 2010

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"Lounging Buffalo"

A male bison, or buffalo, rests among the tall prairie grasses and wildflowers in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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SNOW!!!" - Project 365 - Day 125 of 365

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"SNOW!!!"

Day 125 of 365

It isn't fair...everyone is posting pics of beautiful flowers and I'm posting pics of snow...again. And yes, its May 5th!

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"Magpie Out on a Limb" - Photo of the Day - May 4th, 2010

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"Magpie Out on a Limb"

A black-billed magpie perches on the broken limb of a fallen tree, surveying the forest floor for food.

Captured in the woods of Indian Battle Park along the shores of the Oldman River in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Taken with a Canon Rebel XSi using a 70-300mm lens.

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The Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica) is a large black and white bird (20 inches), belonging to the crow family (Corvidae). It has a very long tail and dark bill. The bill, head, breast and underparts are black, with lustrous green iridescence on the wings and tail. The belly and shoulders are white, as well as the primaries that show as white wing patches in flight.

Magpies inhabit open woodlands, savannas or brush-covered country near streams from Alaska, through western Canada, south into California and east to the Great Plains.

"Lucky 13" - Project 365 - Day 124 of 365

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"Lucky 13"

Day 124 of 365

A bleak day again today so not much outside to photograph. Today's photo is therefore my lucky 13 keychain, along with my Myrtle Beach keychain, just to remind me of warmer climates.

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"My Boys!" - Project 365 - Day 123 of 365

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"My Boys!"

Day 12. of 365

My two cats sit together, though only one of them seems to be interested in posing for a photo shoot.

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"Stormy Skies" - Photo of the Day - May 2nd, 2010

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"Stormy Skies"

The cold, brilliant blue glacial waters of Vermillion River (in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada) flow past dark green pine forests and lofty Rocky Mountains beneath a sky filled with dark, angry storm clouds.

Captured with a Canon Rebel XSi using an 18-55mm lens. Converted to HDR using Photomatix Pro 3.

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"Spring Buds" - Project 365 - Day 122 of 365

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"Spring Buds"

Day 122 of 365

Fresh spring buds on a tree, colours inverted using Tiffen DFX.

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"Just a Swingin' " - Photo of the Day - May 1st, 2010

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"Just a Swingin' "

A young female African elephant sways back and forth, dancing from foot to foot while swinging her trunk to amuse herself.

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"Orange Tulips" - Project 365 - Day 121 of 365

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"Orange Tulips"

Day 121 of 365

A close-up of a vase of orange tulips.

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"Mountainside Daisy" - Photo of the Day - April 30th, 2010

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"Mountainside Daisy"

A close-up of a bright white and yellow Common Daisy against a green background. Captured on the green slopes of the Rocky Mountains along the highway leading to Crowsnest Pass in Alberta, Canada.

The Common Daisy (bellis perennis) is naturalized widely throughout North America. While Alberta is not generally within the normal range of this species of flower, British Columbia is, so Crowsnest Pass is not too far out of range.
Many related plants also share the name “Daisy”, so to distinguish this species from other daisies it is sometimes qualified as Common Daisy, Lawn Daisy or occasionally English daisy.

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"Chillaxin' "- Project 365 - Day 120 of 365

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"Chillaxin' "

Day 120 of 365

A small herd of horses recline in a sunny pasture, enjoying a warm spring day after the recent storms.

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"Out on a Limb" - Photo of the Day - April 29th, 2010

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"Out on a Limb"

A black-capped chickadee puffs up it’s feathers to keep warm while perched on the crossed branches and twigs of a woodland still devoid of foliage in early spring. This image was captured in Lynde Shores Conservation Area, in Whitby, Ontario, Canada.

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"Sleeping the Storm Away!" - Project 365 - Day 119 of 365

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"Sleeping the Storm Away!"

Day 119 of 365

A spring storm, combining heavy rain, high winds, and chilly temperatures had us cooped up inside today. So my white cat decided that the best thing to do was huts curl up and sleep until things looked better..

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"Chomping on the Bit" - Photo of the Day - April 28th, 2010

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"Chomping on the Bit"

A shaggy chestnut draft horse with a blonde mane and a white blaze marking on it’s face works at the bit in it’s mouth as it waits restlessly to pull another sleigh full of sightseers around scenic Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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"Heavenly Skies" - Photo of the Day April 27th, 2010

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"Heavenly Skies"

Fluffy, white clouds drift through a bright, blue sky.

Captured over the prairies of southern Saskatchewan, newar Swift Currabt, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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"Silver Flip Flops!" - Project 365 - Day 117 of 365

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"Silver Flip Flops!"

Day 117 of 365

It's almost flip-flop weather, can't wait!

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"Male Pow Wow Dancers" - Photo of the Day - April 26th, 2010

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"Male Pow Wow Dancers"

Four native American men in fantastically intricate and colourful regalia dance together at a large pow wow.

Captured at the 10th Annual International Peace Pow Wow hosted by the Blackfoot Canadian Cultural Society, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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"I AM CANADIAN!" - Project 365 - Day 116 of 365

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"I AM CANADIAN!"

Day 116 of 365

The Canadian flag flying proudly in a strong wind!

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"White-tail Watcher" - Photo of the Day - April 25th, 2010

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"White-tail Watcher"

A white-tailed buck watches me, feeling emboldened by the shelter of the surrounding trees.

Captured in Indian Battle Park in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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"Alberta Gold" - Project 365 - Day 115 of 365

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"Alberta Gold"

Day 115 of 365

A beautiful sunset. I was almost too late, stepped outside just in time!

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"Anemone Cricket" - Photo of the Day - April 24th, 2010

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"Anemone Cricket"

A macro image of a small, black cricket perching on the petals and stamen of a white anemone blossom.

Captured in the Toronto Botanical Gardens, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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"Apple Blossoms Today...Snow Tomorrow!" - Project 365 - Day 114 of 365

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"Apple Blossoms Today...Snow Tomorrow!"

Day 114 of 365

I captured these apple blossoms just in time, it's going to snow tomorrow according to the forecast. So much for the apple blossoms.

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Officially Albertan!" - Project 365 - Day 113 of 365

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"Officially Albertan!"

Day 113 of 365

I've procrastinated long enough. I've finally been forced to pony up the money for new plates on my car. My baby has finally become officially Albertan..

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"Flapping Flamingo" - Photo of the Day - April 23rd, 2010

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"Flapping Flamingo"

A pink flamingo flaps it’s wings as it prepares to take flight.

Captured at the Toronto Zoo in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

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"King of the Mountain" - Project 365 - Day 112 of 365

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"King of the Mountain"

Day 112 of 365

A bighorn mountain sheep stands on a rocky overhang in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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"Mallard Duckling" - Photo of the Day - April 22nd, 2010

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"Mallard Duckling"

An adolescent mallard duck climbs onto rocks at the edge of a pond.

Captured in Henderson Park in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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"Fenced in Mountains" - Photo of the Day - April 21st, 2010

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"Fenced in Mountains"

A barbed-wire fence borders a green pasture lying at the foot of the solid wall of snow covered rock that makes up the Livingstone Range of the Canadian Rockies, north of the entrance to Crowsnest Pass.

Captured on North Burmis Road, north of Burmis, Alberta, Canada.

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"Willow Over The Lake" - Project 365 - Day 111 of 365

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"Willow Over The Lake"

Day 111 of 365

A willow tree leans out over the edge of Henderson Lake, a man-made lake in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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"Snow on the Crowsnest Mountain" - Photo of the Day - April 20th, 2010

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"Snow on the Crowsnest Mountain"

Sunlight illuminates the top of the iconic Crowsnest Mountain, while a thick snow-storm looms behind it.

Captured in the Crowsnest Pass through the Canadian Rockies, near Coleman, Alberta, Canada. Taken with a canon Rebel XSi using a 70-300mm lens.

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"Tiger Lily" - Project 365 - Day 110 of 365

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"Tiger Lily"

Day 110 of 365

A close-up of a tiger lily flower, captured with my Blackberry Storm camera-phone.

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"Self Portrait" - Project 365 - Day 109 of 365

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"Self Portrait"

Day 109 of 365

Just a shadow on the wall... albeit an orange one!

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"Giraffe Lips" - Project 365 - Day 108 of 365

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"Giraffe Lips"

Day 108 of 365

A giraffe uses it's lips to strip green bark off of a tree branch.

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"Daisy Bee" - Photo of the Day - April 18th, 2010

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"Daisy Bee"

A close-up shot of a bee enjoying the sweet nectar of a beautiful common daisy on a warm spring day.

This picture was captured at the Harmony Creek Conservation Area in Oshawa, Ontario.
Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel using an 18-55mm lens.

Bellis perennis is a common European species of Daisy, often considered the archetypal species of that name. Many related plants also share the name “Daisy”, so to distinguish this species from other daisies it is sometimes qualified as Common Daisy, Lawn Daisy or occasionally English daisy. It is native to western, central and northern Europe. The species is widely naturalized in North America, and also in South America.

It is a herbaceous plant with short creeping rhizomes and small rounded or spoon-shaped evergreen leaves 2–5 cm long, grows close to ground. The flowerheads are 2–3 cm in diameter, with white ray florets (often tipped red) and yellow disc florets; they are produced on leafless stems 2–10 cm (rarely 15 cm) tall.

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