April 30-Crocuses

I'm still not feeling up to snuff, so I dug into my archives of photos to find this one I took a few years back. Enjoy!

April 29-Kanata Beach

I haven't been feeling well (hence the photos being posted a day or two late.) I didn't feel well enough to take photos for yesterday, so I dug into my archives to show you how southern Saskatchewan can look like in all its glory when summer arrives (which isn't today because we are supposed to get 5 cm of snow in the next 24 hours.)

This was taken from the house of a friend who lives at Kanata Beach a few years ago. A storm had just ripped through the valley, leaving its mark on the sky. It's no wonder why our licence plates say "Land of living skies". It never looks the same twice.

April 28-April showers...

April showers bring May flowers. Well, they also bring April flowers too. This is a picture of the first flowers blooming in my yard.

April 27-Big box stores

This is the site that greets you as you enter Regina on the TransCanada Highway #1 from the east. Big box stores. Dozens of them.

I took the picture because this is a relatively new phenomenon in the past 10 years here in Regina. (This use to be an empty field.)

I hope that either a) they will plant trees or something to hide these ugly buildings or b) society will evolve so it doesn't want to shop in such a way in the future.

April 26-Birds of a feather

Since I have a feeder AND a bird bath in my back yard, I have become quite popular with these fine feathered friends. (My cats haven't made up their minds yet; they love having birds around the house outside, but are quite frustrated that they never can catch one.)

I stepped outside yesterday for a quick walk and found them chirping up a storm on my fence.

April 25-Stained Glass at the Legion

This stained glass window created gentle rainbows in the foyer of the Royal Canadian Legion #1 Branch in downtown Regina.

The banner across the top says "Saskatchewan for Freedom". Beside the main figure are four smaller banners that read Liberty, Truth, and Justice.

Below the main figure are four other figures, representing the Navy, Air Force, Nursing Profession and Army.

April 24-Expo 86 Cow

Here is another Joe Fafard cow sculpture. This one was one of the focal points of the Saskatchewan Pavilion at Expo 86. It now lazily overlooks all those who enter Tower I downtown. (Since the building is locked at night, I had to take this through the plate glass windows.)

According to the brochure the City of Regina put out about downtown art, people visiting the sculpture at Expo 86 would rub the cow's nose for luck.