Erla's Rocky Mountain Watercolors Art Blog

Crosscountry Skiing in the Kananasksis

There they go!  One of our favorite trails when the kids were little was the loop up Elk Pass in the Kananasksis.  It was a long loop but we would take the  kids thinking there was nothing to it.  Sabra would get stubborn and say she wouldn't ski any further.  She would lay down in the snow until I bribed her with chocolate and tell her we would soon be there.  The kids will always remember  "Its just around the next corner".

Now that they are all grown up they appreciate the fact that they are fabulous snowboarders, and skiers.  When they get  older they will return to cross country skiing.  Stephen has!  Sabra wants to and Courtenay is undaunted by the steepest black diamond runs.  The grandkids can out ski adults and baby Ophelia will be out there soon.

I guess I am skiing with my paintbrush as I sit here in the wheelchair looking out at the snow!

 

Flowers from Peter

Peter brought me flowers from Invermere when he went shopping.  The scent of these lilly's made me think of summer.  I know thats a long way off but it did give me hope that I will be able walk well enough to go to Tuscany in May.  Cobblestones and stairs everywhere. 

Check out my latest travel adventures!

Dance Little Hopi Boy!

My daughter Courtenay took a photograph of a Hopi  boy when she was in Tucson Arizona.

  I love the shy way he is moving and the little bow and the arrows on his back.

 

Lets Play Shinny

It took half a day to clear a spot on the slough and then they could have a game of shinny.  Just hockey.

They didn't have to drop their gloves and fight. 

No brain or spinal cord injuries.

The Sad Sunflower

Why is the sunflower so sad?  Its because the artist broke her leg in the California Desert shortly after Peter bought her flowers in Borrego Springs.

Looking on the bright side I now have lots of time to paint while sitting in a wheelchair back home.  Who wants to golf, bike, hike in the California sunshine anyway!

 

San Jacinto Mountains

Blue sky in the desert.  I painted the view from the swimming pool area of our home for two months in the Anza Borrego State Park.  Today Peter and I hiked up  the wash.  I need ankle high hiking boots as stepping on rocks is precarious. Tomorrow we will go to  El Cajon and shop.  The desert is hot for a few hours during the daylight and COLD as soon as the sun disappears over the San Jacinto Mountains.

Chicken and chicks

This must be the roosters favorite hen and their chicks!

Ice on Deadmans Creek

We went for a walk down to the creek the other day, and enjoyed the new snow! Later on we saw the bear tracks!  It looked like the bear was on a mission to get to the sloughs judging by the direction.  Stephen was busy cutting wood for the fireplace and never saw a thing! We notice it veered around him.  Guess he didn't like the sound of the chainsaw.

Ferral Rooster

As soon as the snow began to fall, I had this urge to go to Kuaai and see the ferral chickens running about!

Tuscany here we come!