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FOX TALES ON STAMPS
Edition #501 Friday, July 23, 2010
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Grasslands National Park of Canada
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My Mom, Nel Vandergaag, with a couple of her friends, attended a 5-day photography seminar in Val Marie, Saskatchewan. They stayed in a former convent that has been turned into a Bed and Breakfast. It sounds like a great place to stay and reasonably priced. See their site at http://www.convent.ca
Val Marie is in Southern Saskatchewan right next to Grasslands National Park of Canada. My mom said they were up at 4:00 a.m. to take pictures of this sunrise.
My Mom is an avid photographer and belongs to the West Kootenay Camera Club in Castlegar BC, where she lives. Check out their camera club's website at http://westkootenaycameraclub.com/. This year she signed up for the Wild Prairie Photo Seminar held by James R. Page, a Victoria photographer. He is the author of "Wild Prairie: A Photographer’s Personal Journey", published by Greystone Books. See his site for more information http://www.jamesrpage.ca.
Grasslands National Park consists of two separate areas of mixed grass prairie that by circumstance and luck have remained in a relatively natural state. The rolling hills are a trove of fauna and flora species including many which are endangered.
Semi-wild plains bison have been reintroduced to Grasslands National Park.
Situated on the Saskatchewan-Montana border, these parks are regularly adding territory to their land base. Free camping is allowed anywhere - a minimum of 1 km off the gravel roads.
A leaning tree caused by the strong prairie winds.
Big sky country. Saskatchewan is the hardest province to spell but the easiest one to draw.
A meadowlark.
Beardtongue, wild blue flax, blanketflower and prairie smoke - knowing my Mom, this is just a tiny sampling of her wildflower photographs from this trip. Here's an interesting site showing Saskatchewan's native plants and wildflowers - http://www.em.ca/garden/native/nat_photos.html
A yellow-headed blackbird.
Well maintained gravel roads enable travellers to move around without degrading the natural landscape.
My mom took this photo from the car window. Pronghorn are not true antelope even though they are often named antelope in colloquial terms.
Oooh, looks like a storm brewing.
First dark clouds -
- then rain and pelting hail -
- and a beautiful rainbow.
Carp attemping to leap up a dam on the Frenchman River.
One evening my Mom and her friends hiked to a "tabletop" next to 70 Mile Butte. A great view - here's a beautiful sunset to the west.
And a full moon to the east.
Thanks for sharing, Mom!
Some more sites to peruse-
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The Salvation Army Quiz
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We show you a minute portion of the design of a postage stamp. You have to determine which stamp it is. Send us an email with your answer.
We hold a contest every newsletter. For every correct answer we will donate $1.00 to our favourite charity, the Salvation Army. Click here to go to the The Salvation Army International Home Page to see what services they offer to communities around the world.
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Answer to Last Week's Salvation Army Quiz
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We received five correct answers to last week's identification quiz. That means a $5.00 donation to Salvation Army.
Here's the famous person we asked you to identify
Here's the answer - Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. For more information go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands .
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