Hats Off to Alberta!
I cannot believe this is my last official post as an Albertan! That year went by SO fast!! On this snowy morning in Cochrane, I am looking back on a short, intense yet wonderful year of work and play in Canada’s Heartland, and I could not think of a better...
My Year Living Under the Endless Alberta Sky
Happy New Year dear readers! The past few days I have been working on a project long promised, and last night, on New Year’s Eve, I raised my head up from my computer long enough to be awestruck by the spectacular sunset taking place just outside my apartment...
Morning Has Broken
There are times that being a farmer’s daughter comes in handy. Having an internal 5:30 am alarm clock is one of the perks, especially if you want to take photos at “The Golden Hour” just as the sun rises. As many of you know, I have taken a plethora...
Sit Tall in the Saddle
Have you ever had a week when the world just wasn’t spinning in your direction? I must admit to having such a week and as I prep my camera and Jeep for a head-cleansing drive south down my favourite Cowboy Trail, I am looking for some solace on the open road. I...
Where The Wild Things Are
No, this is not a story about the wonderful children’s book by Maurice Sendak (but wouldn’t that be awesome?). It IS a short story about one of my most favourite things I have been lucky to experience while living here in Alberta. Whenever I get a chance...
“Thank You, Forever and Sincerely, For As Long As We Have Voices.” – Elizabeth Gilbert
In Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert writes: “In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back the people in this world who sustain our lives. In the end, maybe it’s wiser to surrender before the miraculous scope of human generosity...
What breaks at daybreak?
Margaret Atwood writes “What breaks at daybreak? Is it the night? Is it the sun, cracked in two by the horizon like an egg, spilling out the light?” This past week I was the lucky one to witness daybreak, that cracking of the egg, at wonderful, magical...
A Geography of the Soul
Irish author Josephine Hart writes “There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives.” Yesterday, as I drove down a now familiar stretch of road between Bragg Creek and Black Diamond, Alberta, I found myself...
“It is photography that keeps my heart open.” – Paul Zizka
As I sit in my cozy little apartment in Cochrane, watching the fluffy blanket of snow gradually thicken outside, I can’t help but think warm thoughts of my day of adventure yesterday at The Banff Mountain Festival. This day has long been in my calendar as...About Me
Hi, I’m Patti, wonderer, wanderer and photographer. During the week I’m a marketer in the publishing industry and on weekends I take to the road to explore this beautiful planet we live on. Find me on Instagram
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