Canada Through Your Eyes

What a lovely picture Sandy!!!

Sandy that's one of the most beautiful pictures I've seen! :D Every so often I've spotted a gorgeous scene in a frost covered setting but it's always been without a camera in hand. Congratulations!

Here's some more western sky views for you.

I would have loved to have caught these two fellows with a frosty surrounding

I couldn't pass by these two ........ a scene from yesteryears.

Saskatchewan is the land of living skies........do you see what I see? (more noticeable in the thumbnail)

Come winter this province can really shine (blindingly so).

Nice ones Pam!!! Somehow, I miss the sunny winters, but not the snow!!!!

I've never noticed a blizzard coming in waves.....until this day.

Yep there is a trade-off........one I'm not sure I could make (even though your winter temps are much kinder Glenda ;).

Winters CAN get rather dull, boring and rainy out here!!! I think we get much more snow now that when we first moved out here in 1990. And boy, did we get a good dump in 1996!! Mother Nature just letting us know she's still out there!
A good friend of ours grew up on the Island, and he said when he was young, and up until about 1980, winters were cool with quite a bit of snow. Then things changed, it warmed up, and very rarely did it snow. Now it seems to be going back the other way again!
I dont' mind the snow actually, it's the -40 temperatures that I don't like. : - )

ggd

Glenda I have a feeling this is what you feel when you remember the winters of yesteryears here. ;D

The picture was taken at -40 (including the windchill). Here however those really frigid winters are becoming very rare (or of much shorter duration).

Yep, that looks pretty durned cold!!!!!!

Those prairie sky pics are awesome, Pam!

Sandy

Wow - those pictures are spectacular!! And Canada has so much diversity of geography that I'm sure each area can share something beautiful.

What a talented bunch.

I'm still looking for some photos I took up north of Peterborough at one of the lakes there.

Meanwhile, I'll contribute with a photo of my grandsons digging for dinosaur bones at Cherry Beach in Toronto.

Now, who would have thunk that was the big city of Toronto? It looks positivley serene. Hmmm, dinosaur bones, Grandma? I'll have to remember that one. lol Very, very cute.

Sandy

Thankyou for the photographic tour of your lovely country, I have really enjoyed it. The photos are a great personal view of your
surroundings and not impersonal like magazine pics. I will look forward to seeing more photos of places I will never see for myself
except through your cameras. Isn't the saying " every picture tells a story". Well I really enjoyed this one.
Lesley.

Lesley - check out the Chronicles of Dave and Bullwinkle thread and you will see more personal views of Canada. I've had the privilege of visiting New Zealand twice and we thoroughly enjoyed it both times.
Ann

PS You also remind me that I've not been out to do the tourist thing in Ottawa with the camera.

I'm looking forward to Dave and Bullwinkle's trip to Ottawa. I haven't been there for 30 years sigh. ya I'm old as dirt.

Well I'm gonna get some summer pics of Ottawa. I reckon the snow will fly before we see Dave and Bullwinkle here. LOL

:) Oh Cyber what a wonderful picture of your grandsons (and Toronto's scenery). Ü I'm still LOL re digging dinosaur bones. ;D

Lesley we sure are happy to share our views with everyone here and really are pleased you enjoyed seeing them.

Here's Checkerboard Hill, SK. (the white stuff is the start of the hail storm).

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What was moving in on us when we were taking pictures in the Leader area....


who says there aren't any mountains to be seen here?. ;D

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Thanks Sandy! :)

(I really feel bad when I miss someone's posting :S).

Gorgeous Pictures!! Makes you want to go for a road trip

Jo where are your pics??? :)

Here's a few more of mine

Gravelbourg

"Founded as an outpost of French Canada by a priest from Quebec via New York City, settled in part by Franco Americans, endowed in the earliest beginnings with institutions whose architecture and aims strove for the grand scale, there is even today something uncommon about Gravelbourg. Certainly it cuts an uncommon outline on the prairie horizon where earth and sky unite, dissolve and disappear into infinity, as they do nowhere else in the world."

Gravelbourg has been dubbed the ‘Cultural Gem of Saskatchewan’. Thanks to its remarkable bilingual heritage, regal architecture and rich culture, Gravelbourg is A Touch of Europe on the Prairies.

The town was for many years the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic diocese of Gravelbourg and there was a francophone bishop in residence. Pope John Paul II, however, suppressed the diocese in 1998. The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption was at that time designated a "co-cathedral" of the archdiocese of Regina although in practical terms this has little real meaning.

Population of Gravelbourg 1,089

And this is the church that one of their early priests painted all the murals and pictures within.

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Our Lady of the Assumption Co-cathedral - Gravelbourg
CathedralThe Church of St. Philomena became the Cathedral of St. Philomena July 27, 1930, and was later renamed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in 1965.

It is an imposing edifice that can accommodate up to 1,500 persons. It measure 54.8 metres in length, 25.9 metres in width at the transept, 15.8 metre in the nave and is 19.8 metres in height in its main body.

The facade, illuminated by a stained glass window depicting the Assumption of Our Lady, is flanked by twin towers crowned by cupolas that rise to a height of 53.3 metres. It is a steel frame structure with the outside walls of fireproof brick, light tan in colour, with trimming of Indiana stone.

The four bells are alternately engraved with the names: Philomène, Pierre, Charles, Joseph-Émilienne and were donated by parishioners.

The contract cost was $96,618. and the final tally of expenses amounted to $287,515. The required funding was provided by donations from parishioners and anonymous benefactors.

The construction began in 1918 and the Most Reverend O. E. Mathieu, Archbishop of Regina, presided at the blessing ceremony on November 5, 1919. The architect, J. E. Fortin of Montreal, chose a style that combined the Romanesque and Italian Renaissance. The interior decoration is entirely from the hand of Msgr. Charles Maillard, pastor of Gravelbourg. He dedicated ten years of his life (1921 - 1931) to this work.

It is to be noted that the plan of the nave was modified to accommodate the liturgical norms of the Vatican II Council.

On September 14th 1998, Pope John Paul II announced major boundary changes in Saskatchewan, the effect of which was to merge the diocese of Gravelbourg and the Archdiocese of Regina. An official decree from Rome designated Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral as a co-cathedral of the archdiocese.

As a protestant, belonging to a church that is really simply decorated, this one was a visual gem to see.

The Bishops house next door.......this is now going to be a restaurant and lounge.

An early summer view from Cypress Hills. The Saskatchewan side has the highest point in Canada east of the Rockies.

To infinity............and beyond

Love seeing these photos. Thanks to all of you. Don't think we'll be doing much gadding about this summer, but I'll try and remember to take my camera with me next time we are going somewhere. Here are some photos I posted in 2006. The Engish Gardens and Assiniboine Park look even better this year. I think a lot of the credit goes to Ken Beatty.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/571321/

:) It was sure nice to see those lovely gardens again echoes. I had to LOL when I saw your post since I had been thinking of linking to pictures people posted over the years. :)

For those watching this thread it has been continued here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/894054/ :)

Scene by the Bluff's. Lake Ontario, Guildwood Inn 2008.

Guildwood Inn again. It's pretty quite in there, despite it's location in Eastern Scarborough

evr - nice pics. But can you please repost them on the newer link that Lilypon posted above? A lot of people may have stopped watching this thread.

woops sorry! that's why I was wondering why it's been a year since people posted lol. Thanks violaann!