My Hometown Edmonton

I consider Edmonton my hometown although I was born in Toronto, ON and raised in the Peace River country of northeastern British Columbia. My first child, who was adopted and raised by another family, was born in Calgary in 1963.  I lived in Calgary, Alberta and Oklahoma City, USA as a new bride with my Canadian husband in the mid-1960s. He died in 1971. An 8-year marriage, rocky and wonderful. Moving back to Edmonton from Oklahoma, we lived here for most of our brief marriage. Our two children were born in this city at the University of Alberta Hospitals. Both my husband and I attended the University of Alberta at different times in our lives, he before I met him and myself after his death. I presently live in the Oliver district of west downtown Edmonton. I took these photographs at dusk on a lovely spring Saturday evening this year, near my home.

Photos from "The Scribe"

Canada Day fireworks July 1, 2011

Tree framed by entrance to my building

Cool car Edmonton, AB Oliver district

Cool car

Freedom the cat

Sunrise over downtown Edmonton, AB

Old building near Smoky Lake, AB

Double rainbow over downtown Edmonton, AB July 21, 2011

Metal wheel from old farm implement

Street light through branches

Ukrainian Greek Orthodox church, Smoky Lake, AB

I'm encouraged to post some photos I took recently. Three have been published in our daily paper on-line--a gorgeous double rainbow that appeared over the downtown area on Thursday evening, the sunrise over downtown Edmonton, and the church. The photo of the church was also published in the Religion section of the print edition of the Edmonton Journal last Saturday. These were all taken with a Nikon Coolpix L11 "point and shoot" little camera.