While driving my daughter to work this morning, we saw some pretty incredible views.

Right now, a couple of flax fields we pass are in bloom.

My daughter was able to get some photos of this one out her window for me.  The canola fields are in full bloom right now, too.  So we are seeing this amazing purpley-blue in the flax field, framed by brilliant yellow.  There’s a wheat field that’s starting to turn from green to gold, and other crops in differing shades of green that we pass along the way, broken up by groups of trees sheltering farm yards or planted as shelter belts.  So gorgeous!

After dropping my daughter off, I parked by the lake for a bit, got a bit of Pokemon Go in while also enjoying the view.

It’s tourist season right now, so later in the day and on weekends, things get very crowded on this beach. This early in the morning on a weekday, there were very few people out, so it was quiet and peaceful.

Where we lived before moving here, we had some pretty impressive views over a river valley, even though we were downtown.  But for me, growing up in the prairies, nothing beats the wild open expanses out here!!

The Re-Farmer