Moments to Savour
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Moments to Savour

It only happens twice a year.

Prior to the settlement of the prairie provinces in Canada, surveyors divided up the land into sections. The imperial mile was used to create a grid which follows the latitudinal lines. Thus, when roads were being created they tend to follow those straight lines separating the properties.

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Love Birds
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Love Birds

As I made my way to the middle of the field to capture a bevy of swans feeding in the midst of a gaggle of geese, I heard a noise behind and above me. Coming in to land were two more swans, wings out-stretched, calling out to the others that were on the ground. As they came to rest on the ground, the two swans began the dance.

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Guarding the Barn
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Guarding the Barn

Story about finding a great horned owl in an abandoned farm yard near Hodgeville, Saskatchewan. We were not sure what we would find when we arrived there but what was evident was the stories around every corner.

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