by pattihenderson | Apr 13, 2014 | Weekend Adventures
Yesterday I had the pleasure to attend my very first photography workshop (!) hosted by photographer Mark Unrau of The Photography School of the Rockies. As you can see from this photo, the workshop was held in a most spectacular location, the top of Sulphur Mountain...
by pattihenderson | Apr 6, 2014 | Weekend Adventures
This past week the photography world suffered a grave loss when AP photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus lost her life covering preparations for elections in war-torn Afghanistan. Niedringhaus’ story is a compelling one. A Pulitzer Prize winning photographer known...
by pattihenderson | Mar 23, 2014 | Weekend Adventures
As I sit here at my desk in Cochrane, my Weather Network app tells me it is -14 outside right now, and it “feels like” -20. I look out my window to find another fresh dusting of the white stuff. What is the date again?? Didn’t the first day of spring...
by pattihenderson | Mar 16, 2014 | Weekend Adventures
When author Paul Auster wrote the quote above, I’m not sure if he had witnessed an Alberta sky but I’m sure that if he had, he would gasp. Yesterday I continued my new Saturday ritual: hopping in the Jeep, picking a road, a direction and seeing where that...
by pattihenderson | Mar 9, 2014 | Weekend Adventures
Living in my new western home I notice the mountains calling my name each Saturday. Yesterday was no different. The day dawned warm (yay) and sunny and so I hopped in my Jeep and set my course for The Rockies. It is a beautiful and luckily for me, short drive and on...