Thursday, March 31, 2011
Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
How are robins supposed to deal with snow?
They aren’t exactly tiny, fragile birds, but still, there’s just not a lot of food around for them yet and I don’t think they enjoy being out in the snow.
Birds are such miraculous creatures. They can fly and they run on … chicken feed.
Calgary skyscrapers. Photo by Jill Browne, February 22, 2011.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Shiny buildings, but not so shiny on a grey February day. It’s like that again today.
Here’s a Google Street View picture, also downtown, looking at different buildings, in warmer weather.
And a link in case you can’t see that.
That clear structure hanging over the sidewalk, looking like several box kites joined together, is a sculpture put in when the building was known as the Amoco building. When the sun shines through it, there are rainbow colours. It’s quite attractive.
Chamber of Commerce Building, Calgary. Photo by Jill Browne, January 3, 2011.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Snow. Had lunch with an old friend at a Mexican restaurant with a pagoda-shaped sign where the Chinese restaurant used to be. Fun lunch, yucky weather.
I took this picture in January. The old Chamber of Commerce building is the home of the Chamber, and a beautiful building it is. It’s been integrated into the modern skyscraper behind it and can be reached via the Plus 15.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
A week ago I went to the Calgary Zoo for the day. It was bright and sunny, a perfect spring day.
The lions were basking on the rocks. We ran into Kelly, a Zoo educator I’ve known for a few years and found out the lions can bask on the rocks all year round if they want.
The baby giraffe was cute but it was the hyrax that stood out unexpectedly. Usually these little grey guys are few and far between. But this day we saw them piled up on each other in groups of five and six, looking like piles of grey rocks. I guess that’s the point.
Fun day at the zoo.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Big hurrah, there was more grit in the box at the fire station. In fact, it was even sandy and not just the sharp little pebbles I posted about before.
This winter. Man. It’s snowed and thawed and snowed and thawed more times than I can remember from other winters.
Everyone is sick of it.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
It was indeed St. Patrick’s Day.
I didn’t do a darn thing about it.
Didn’t wear green, didn’t drink green beer, didn’t put on a silly hat that says, “Kiss me, I’m Irish”.
Didn’t eat Irish stew, didn’t try dancing without moving my arms, didn’t dye my hair red and stay out of the sun.
Oh wait. I had broccoli.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Would have been a good day to take in a cheap movie if I had only thought of it in time!
Now that I have NetFlix it’s easier to see a movie at home, but NetFlix in Canada has a lot of gaps.
How long are video rental stores and even movie theatres going to last?
jill