Summer Holidays 2023 - Saskatchewan

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Flying into Reginawas a hymn to the prairies. Under heavy clouds, the pale untilled fields shone around the green squares of the home farms. A few ravines traced with spring bushes meandered across the flat landscape. Thin grey roads marked the section lines. Fat drill-straight rain-storms obliterated the scenes to the north and west of Regina.

Later after two drenching, flooding bursts of rain, the almost-wild green grass in Wascana Park fed the Canada Geese and their goslings. Bird calls rang out through the cover of trees. The lake’s bullrushes rustled in a faint breeze, still dry from last year. North of the city, ravines shone with bright foliage.

Driving south to Weyburn revealed the patterns of fields not yet ready for planting. Sloughs and wide puddles reflected the blue sky filled with puffy white clouds. The farms seen from above a few days ago now seemed much bigger and more substantial. Trees were the demarcation between home and work.

In Weyburn, the Riverside Park Walking Path twisted through the town. Towards evening, a few Red-winged Blackbirds flitted from bush to bush, ignoring the heat. In the wet-land, algae-green pools gave contrast to the dark-blue of the clouds that stained the Souris River. Tall, thin statues of wheat swaying in the wind gave the quiet town’s park a heroic quality, honouring the prairie farmers.

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Photos

Sherwood Forest golf course
North of Regina

Courthouse, Weyburn
Loving colour!

Comments

[Hellen Asproloupos]

Green!!!
Never have I seen pics of SK with such deep green vegetation ! Gorgeous pics , again.

[Isabel Gibson]

I know you (like me) have also seen England's fields from the air. There's sure no mistaking SK for that green and pleasant land, is there? All straight lines and huge areas. Wow. And you got great shots of the rain storms.

[beentouring]

Saskatchewan
Spring is glorious in Saskatchewan!