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I took a moment to look up and saw these lacy branches framing wispy clouds against a rich blue sky. I was sold.

On a whim, I made a quick trip to a small town called Devon. It is on a major river and usually has pretty views in the fall. I decided to include the highway bridge as a strong architectural statement in contrast to the natural surroundings.

A lucky moment. It was as if the clouds or the tree limbs were mimicking each other. Perfect against the rich blues of our Alberta skies.

I was leaving our local river park when I turned and saw this spectacular view. The iPhone upside down is so good at capturing both the angle of view and the exposure.

Our wild prairie skies. I took the screen out of our bedroom window so I can have unimpeded views of our beautiful autumn skies. Alberta, Canada.

Trochu, Alberta These historical old beauties can still be found in small town rural Alberta. The day was perfect for this ruddy red barn, with a gorgeous sky backdrop and rich foreground.

Sometimes you MUST take a shot. We were travelling on a back street in Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho, when this tower caught my eye. My husband had to make a U-turn for me to get the shot. Even then, I walked around for a bit trying to find the best angle so the clouds were cuddling the structure and everything was naturally framed.

No kidding. Somebody took the time to fashion a plane with a skeleton pilot with a wolf man stuck in the propeller. Gotta love roadside art. Northern Utah.

A tiny gravestone nearly lost in the shadows except for a warming ray of morning sunshine. Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho. Grandview Cemetery.

We arrived in Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho in heavy rain. Stopped at the visitor’s centre where I spotted this fragile lily, translucent and covered in rain drops.

A trip to our famous West Edmonton Mall with its very own ship.
The light is usually perfect for photography and the water adds that extra reflective element.

Road trip. Alberta has oodles of old churches, and in particular these handsome onion-domed churches. This is the Holy Trinity Russo Orthodox Church in Smoky Lake. Just gorgeous against that blue sky.

Another road trip this time up to Cold Lake. Alberta is so rich with abandoned aged buildings along the roadside. God provided the pretty blue sky and lacy clouds for a backdrop. The trees and the fencing were perfect frame edges.

Beauty of nature found in the front yard on the eaves drain downpipe. Snow followed by mild temps created this icy cascade.

I love old collapsed buildings heavily dressed in winter snow. The low sun gave this shot an ethereal glow. Taken along an Alberta highway.

Too cute to pass by, I had to capture this tribute to the movie, Cars. Saint Paul in Rural Alberta.

Sometimes, one need only look out their bedroom window. A beautiful morning sky that doesn’t last long, but what colors!

Who can resist a frosted wire fence stretching into the distance, bedazzled into diamonds by sunshine. I had to wait for this shot since the sun was being very shy that day.

A cerulean blue sky, some snowy foliage, and a handsome old yesteryear barn that has withstood the ravages of time and weather. Alberta countryside is filled with these gorgeous old buildings.

The day was grey and flat, but as we passed this graveyard, I noticed the sun attempting a breakthrough. I jumped from the car and waited. It was simply amazing. I stood in the snow for a long time delighting in the shots. Especially the long shadows resulting from the gravestones.