Easter in the mountains

Happy Easter!  We spent Easter Sunday with friends in Canmore. 

It was a perfect spring day in the mountains.

Took a nice walk along the river with Cari-Ann, Jonathon, Vi, Bill and of course, Muñeca.

Muñeca is the Mexi-mutt that Cari-Ann rescued from the streets of Puerto Peñasco.  She seems to be adapting quite well to life as a pampered indoor dog.  She's already been back-country skiing and she loves the snow!  She's also quite fascinated with the thousands of wild bunnies in Canmore.

Jon, Cari-Ann & Muñeca.

It doesn't hurt to daydream...

Ahhhh!

This piece of artwork by Pasquale Ouellet has sparked quite a lot of controversy in Canmore. 

I quite like it, but then, I don't own property that has been "horribly de-valued by the enormity of the sheer ugliness...blah, blah, blah"

The hand-painted poem, in both French & English, is about the Chinook winds.

The wind which elates me without moving

Which makes the trees dance

And of the silence of the mountains

Makes a great noise

He is the chinook and his arc

Came as a friend

To warm up the souls numbed

By the snow, the rain and the cold

And when he cannot control his power

One should not be upset with him

Because he is a clumsy giant

With an immense heart

Okay, well I like the sculpture better than the poetry, but what do I know?

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Of course, no trip to Canmore is complete without a picture of the Three Sisters

In other news - it's gopher season. 

Taz would be content to sit on the hill at the end of our street watching them - all day!