PICTURES!!

As promised, here are some more pictures of this lovely, picturesque area.



This is one of the streets in Fernie. I loved it because there is the "Fernie Livery & Transfer Company", and obvious throwback to the old days when there were probably horse drawn wagons hauling freight. I also love the Fernie General Store -- it actually has the Ghostrider Trading Company, which is where I found my metal sculpture of a bear and moose.








Another historic building in town was the old rail road station. It is now shops and a little restaurant. And as always, there is a view of Mt. Hosmer and the "ghostrider"














This picture is absolutely one of my favorites. This statue was in front of the court house, and I knew it was a memorial to fallen WWII Canadians. What I didn't see until I looked at the pictures was the "Flanders Fields" on the cross. The face of the statue looks so compassionate, looking at the cross. With the mountains in the background, this is just a great picture.













This picture was taken at a great distance, to get a picture of the lightpole with the flowers. What I didn't realize when I took it was how the architectural detail of this old building really makes the picture. The flowers are very secondary to the shot. And I love it.


















And here is a beautiful church that was in the downtown area. I really loved the look of the steeple and cross against the background of the mountains. I call it the "Leaning Church of Fernie" -- just kidding. Too bad I have such poor eyesight, and with the sun on the camera screen, I couldn't tell that I didn't have the camera level. Oh well.....I like the picture anyway.
















And finally, another shot of the Lizard Range Mountains in the Canadian Rockies at Island Lake. I don't know why, but I just like this shot with a piece of the sign as perspective for the shot. All the elements came together in this shot with the lake, trees, mountains being framed by the frees and the trail sign.