Radically Retired

Tag: Saskatchewan

  • Easter Eggish

    Easter Eggish

    I’d often heard about the excellent meat offerings at the Ukrainian Co-op in our capital city, Regina, Saskatchewan.

    When I Googled the address, the images that came up were all the incentive I needed to convince hubs to take me there to get some photos.

    All sides of this building are covered with colourful and historical murals.

    My feature photo shows where we parked our truck on arrival. We soon discovered that this was an exit, so we had to walk around to the opposite side to locate the entrance.

    The walk was worth it.

    If you’ve ever seen a hand painted Ukrainian easter egg, you’ll know how I chose the title for this post.

    From Google Images
  • A Lesson in Distance

    A Lesson in Distance

    In the mid to late 1980’s, artistic murals on building walls here in my province, were a new concept.

    In 1989, the town administration of Duck Lake, Saskatchewan had heard of another Canadian town – Chemainus, British Columbia (where a murals project had become quite famous) so a delegation traveled to B.C. to explore the feasibility.

    The resulting Duck Lake historical murals definitely boosted tourism.

    Now, these massive art displays are found on building walls in cities and towns across our entire province.

    I snapped my feature photo in our capital city – Regina, Sask. Sadly, I was too close to catch the ladybug that was on the far right of this colourful mural. I always forget to switch to the .5 (extra wide) lens on my phone in such situations.

    Hopefully, lesson learned this time.

  • Trouble in the Sky

    Trouble in the Sky

    Late yesterday afternoon, a call was interrupted by the loud honking on my cell phone of an Environment Canada tornado warning for our area.

    Within an hour, the eerie calm set in and the sky darkened.

    My feature photo is looking east from our balcony. Soon, the wind picked up, and the nimbus clouds moving in from the west started attacking the fluffy white cumulus clouds, threatening the formation of the dreaded combination: cumulonimbus. The cloud formations I learned in science class so many years ago have stuck with me. That’s a testament to a good teacher.

    Thankfully, our only outcome from the ominous warning, was a ten minute episode of heavy rain, wind, thunder, and lightning; then it just carried on moving east.

    I’ll admit I was more than a bit anxious for a while.

  • Seas of Gold

    Seas of Gold

    Canada is the top canola producer in the world, and of the Canadian provinces, my province of Saskatchewan is the top canola producer in Canada.

    This is the time of year that canola comes into full bloom and my feature photo (taken “on the way by”) is typical of what we see no matter which direction we drive.

    Click here if you’d like to learn about the many uses for canola besides canola oil for salad dressings or cooking.