Hello! I'm back from my annual visit to Winnipeg. As usual, I spent lots of time driving around enjoying the landscape - and, as usual, taking lots of pictures! Here are a few. (I'll post some black-and-white shots to my other blog, too - see the link at the right if you're interested.)

First, some beautiful flowers. These were taken at some of my favourite places, like Assiniboine Park's English Garden and Sculpture Garden.











This statue is in one of many by a sculptor named Leo Mol; there's a garden containing a collection of his works in Assiniboine Park.





And now .. the usual prairie landscapes. Ho, hum, more beautiful scenery. I never seem to get tired of it! Hope you still enjoy it, too.









Here's a little cemetery in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. What a peaceful place to rest.



I had to take a Rufus with me, of course. (His brothers went to stay with their friends, the Rufi, who live with their person, Jackie.)

Here he is enjoying a nice healthy dinner (I'm sure he was the happiest naked mole rat in Winnipeg!) and surveying the view from his perch on the dashboard.




I always go to Gimli when I'm in Manitoba. It's on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg and it's a nice little beach town with a stony beach and a few cute little shops and a restaurant where I always have a pickerel dinner! (Me, a creature of habit? Nah!) This trip I went for the first time to Grand Beach, which is on the other side of Lake Winnipeg. It's a provincial park; no shops but oh, the beach! Beautiful white sand. Shallow water - good for wading. I walked for about an hour from one end of the beach to the other. Here's a picture of the sand dunes, and of some interesting tracks in the sand.



I enjoy walking the trails at Assiniboine Forest and Fort Whyte Alive (a nature centre). Here's a view of the forest.



So that's it! Another wonderful trip. Can't wait to go back next year!

(Check out Jill Blogz for some black & white shots, too!)

Thanks for stopping by!