I’m currently in Northern Alberta taking in all the pristine, untouched wilderness this lovely province has to offer.
Kodak lent me one of their new EasyShare M381 digital cameras to capture the gorgeous sites. My old camera had a big docking station you had to plug into the wall and then the computer to upload photos. This one just takes a USB cord and was pretty easy to use out of the box.
I haven’t seen any wild roses, but I love the trees pictured here. I’m not sure why, but I call them scrubby pines. They’re actually Jack Pines and apparently they are one of the first trees to grow after a forest fire. This is what Wikipedia says about them: “It is fire-adapted to stand-replacing fires, with the cones remaining closed for many years, until a forest fire kills the mature trees and opens the cones, reseeding the burnt ground.”
These would be perfect to line the back of my yard to give us privacy from the giant house going up behind us. The soil in my yard is pretty dry and I wouldn’t have to trim as they grow fairly straight. I’m wondering if it’s something I could buy at a nursery…
Twitter
Facebook
Youtube
RSS
