September 4th

12.15pm: We headed up to Kananaskis country today, I wanted to do a bit of fishing & we have a favourite spot on Mud Lake . Well the day started off quite fine, but about an hour into the trip the skies predictably darkened, the thunder rang out around the mountains ( much to the discomfort of poor Charlie) and the rain poured down with a vengeance. End of trip!

August 26th

6pm: Huge drama this afternoon, as we sat down for supper a monumental gust of wind blew through the neighbourhood - uprooting this big old Spruce tree in front of Tabby's eyes. Extremely lucky that it fell away from us, shudder to think what would have happened if it had fallen on us. Further down the road, trees had fallen onto houses causing damage & the local fire department spent the rest of the evening on our street chopping & sawing down dangerous trees. Tabby was distraught, as this was her favourite tree. Wendy next door was really helpful in trying to clam her down - Charlie was still shell shocked from his traumatic first day in Daycare - Nicky missed all the fun!!

July 30th

8pm: Here I am coming in the opposite direction, heading west from Toronto to Calgary. Calgary has been plagued by violent thunderstorms all summer, and tonight was no exception - we dodged the worst of it coming into land, but it was still a very bumpy ride. This is probably over Drumheller. we are aiming for the patch of light, but hitting mostly angry storm clouds!

July 21st

7pm:
All summer we have had the same predictable pattern, warm, sunny mornings, cloudy afternoons & intermittent thunder storms. Well another storm just rolled through a moment ago, leaving this rather fetching rainbow in it's wake. I had to venture out onto our soggy front deck to take the picture - worth it I think.

July 12th

11pm: This is my nod to the Calgary Stampede which is on at the moment, although tonight's event was marred by freakish weather - monster hailstones & a perfect storm. To be honest I am not interested in attending the Calgary Stampede for a few reasons, but have enjoyed the Millarville rodeo down the road (where I did my bike ride a few weeks ago) - it is more down to earth, authentic some may say & this photo (of a photo) is a beautiful mystery barrel racing girl who raced that day back in 2008.