Daddy's Day

Today was a very nice day - not only spending it with mom & dad, but the weather and outdoors. I took them to The Bow Valley Ranche at Fish Creek Park, a historic house which has been restored and is now a restaurant. You can find more information out the ranch, here: The Historical Bow Valley Ranche at Fish Creek. Here are our pictures from today - ENJOY!

Huge trees

The Historical Bow Valley Ranche

Chief David Crowchild

(1899 - 1982)

Wood Frog

by Carmen Belllingham

Children of Yesterday

by Vilem Zach

Rollicking Duo

by Erica Neumann

Walking Buffalo

(1871 - 1967)

Egg Money sculpture

Lone Wolf

by Craig Johnson

daddy

mom & dad

Ranche Eggs Benedict - my meal!!! YUMMY

Bison Brisket & Game Meat Chorizo Hash - dad's meal

Heritage Chicken Confit Sandwich - mom's meal

Annie's Bakery - formerly the Foreman's house

Foreman's house entry

Fish Creek

Bunkhouse

Cookhouse

Barn

Saturday

Lucy and I had a great day planned but this is how it really ended up.

After dropping Jacki off at work, we decided to drive out to the Ralph Klein Park. Thought we'd take pictures, enjoy mother nature and have a nice walk before the rain started. NO GO - dogs are not allowed in the park.

Being close to the south I then thought, let's head over to Spruce Meadows and we can walk around and take pictures there. Started driving and got stuck in construction traffic AND a triathlon. A normal 15 minute drive took us 45 minutes.

We get to Spruce Meadows and there is an event going on so we could not get in. CRAP! So we went to the off leash park right beside the Meadows. Had a nice little walk and didn't get eaten by too many mosquitoes. Good thing I left the mosquito repellent bracelets in the car!

After our walk we had to go to PetSmart to pick up Pan Fry some crickets. I wasn't going to go back towards 130th through all the traffic so I thought I'd take McLeod to the store closer to home. Well another hour in construction traffic just to get about 2 minutes. Finally made it to PetSmart in time to get rained on. We got the crickets and ducked into Staples to recycle a toner cartridge.

FINALLY got home and said the heck with it, we weren't leaving until we had to pick Jacki up around 9:30. We both had a nice snooze on the couch at least.

Glenmore Reservoir, "H", Bear & Rain

After picking up Lucy from mom & dad's, I decided we both needed a nice walk. The rain had quit, the sun was trying to peek out before setting and we both needed to enjoy mother nature's splendor. We stopped off at the Heritage Park parking lot and decided to walk a bit around the reservoir. The sky was threatening but it didn't look that bad. It was a nice peaceful walk with not many crowding the path. The birds were chirping and the mosquitoes weren't out. Here's a few pictures from this evening.

 Sun trying to come out at the beginning of our walk.

Rounding the bend on the East side of the Reservoir. 

Peaceful pathway

Break in the trees looking West

Nice mountains in the background

At a peak looking West

 

 Heritage Park from the South

 

SS Moyie

I always wanted to see a bear in the wild!

Pale yellow flowers

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

The arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) at Fort Calgary in 1883 established the fledgling community as a hub for settlement and development in southern Alberta. The trail south from Calgary to Fort Macleod became a significant transportation route and several stopping houses and small communities emerged along the path, including Fish Creek. The Catholic community in Fish Creek was initially ministered to by several travelling members of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) religious order, including Father Albert Lacombe, the renowned missionary, Father Joseph-Jean-Marie Lestanc, a well-known itinerant priest, and Father Jacques Riou. In 1904, the area's Catholics united to construct St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church on land donated by Patrick Glenn, son of John Glenn, one of Calgary's pioneer farmers. Lacombe is believed to have become the first resident priest at the church in 1909 and served here until his death in 1916. The cluster of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, St. Paul's Anglican Church, and the Lacombe Home site in the area speaks powerfully to the religious significance of this place in Calgary's history.

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church is a typical, early twentieth century Alberta church. Unlike many other early Catholic churches in the province, however, which were often inspired by Neo-Classical or Romanesque models, this church is defined by its Carpenter Gothic style of architecture which reproduces the traditionally stone elements of Gothic architecture in wood. This style is evident in the steeply pitched roof and the pointed arch windows. Like many early buildings serving Alberta communities, St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church was constructed using local craftsman.

Bird on a wire

Not sure what kind of bird this is but he's been hanging around chatting like there is no tomorrow.

Rhubarb Pie

Mom had enough rhubarb to make a pie. I picked up some corn and potatoes so we had a nice meal, including BBQ steak. Very delicious.