From the Editor's Computer
I love watching nature's colour scheme
changes with each seasonal change.
As spring approaches and the leaves start
budding out, you can see new life emerging before your eyes. Pretty soon, the landscape is covered in a
blanket of deep green which contrasts beautifully with the clear blue of the
sky and any bodies of water.
Then the fruit trees and flowers start
blooming and there is a profusion of rainbow colours everywhere. In addition, there are many baby calves
frolicking in the fields.
One advantage of my many weekly trips to
appointments in Red Deer is that I have been able to watch the
progression from summer to autumn to winter.
When I first started out, the hay was just
being cut and baled. Then I watched the
canola crops bloom - there seemed to be fields and fields of yellow this year -
and the barley develop its beard as each crop matured through the season.
As the season progressed, I observed the
farmers harvesting their crops. For me, there is something magical about
seeing a field of bales with the sunlight shining on them, against a backdrop
of darkening clouds. It is the perfect
harvest picture.
As autumn truly approached, and the
temperatures started getting a little cooler, I enjoyed the changing colour of
the leaves and the juxtaposition of the yellows and reds against the darker
greens of the evergreen trees. My
favourite views are of the gorgeous fall colours reflected in some water along
with the deep blue of the sky also reflected.
Then we had our first snowfall, I was out
early enough to not only see everything snow-covered, but also the hoar frost
coating everything as the entire landscape sparkled and glistened in the
sunlight.
Now that winter seems to be here, the
landscape has the pristine, spotless look after a fresh snowfall. Any colour - such as the evergreens and birds
- shows up clearly against the white background.
As we enter the winter season, appreciate
the beauty it presents to us.
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