A Monarch finds Bliss

                               

Yes, one of the few monarchs we saw this summer found our purple cone flowers! Here she is feasting!

She visited all the cone flowers and golden rod but did not feast on the Queen Anne's Lace. She was a very welcome sight since we have not seen many monarchs this summer. Maybe next year there will be a recovery of this much loved visitor.

Big Hazel, Poppa, Little Hazel, Chris in the Fall Woods

 Our grandkids have moved to Calgary and when the fall foliage came this year we missed walking in the woods with them. Instead I did a painting of the lovely fall colours and drew an imaginary picture of the four of us walking in Le Moins Point. I wish it was a real photo of all of us out for a walk.

                         

Banff Hot Springs

While we were visiting Banff we walked to the Hot Springs for a look around. What an interesting place with the hot springs and pool and trails. We walked along a few trails and when we followed one path we looked at this wonderful view of these mountains. The marsh in the fore ground had changed to its beautiful fall colours and I had to paint this when we got home.