I am late in posting. So my words will be few. I know some of you are off to bed soon while some of you are having your morning coffee. And Miss C is late!
We drove past Banff and into the ski fields and took a gondola up into Sunshine Village to the ski fields there.
The gondola ride was entrancing. Almost futuristic.
At sunshine village I met my son Logan who loaded me onto his chariot.
Then, complete with dog, we drove even further up into the mountains so I could see where he worked. His current avalanche dog Ferra rode with us up to one of her training grounds.
Taking photographs of Ferra was a challenge the dog is never still! I watched her find, retrieve and return balls from the deeper snow until my fingers stopped working and we started to lose the light.
Boo would have loved this job.
Last night, with the two big dogs asleep on the floor we ate Indian takeaways, and watched movies. Even that was a treat for me!
Today Logan my son has the day off from work so this is the day I will get him to tell me how he trains his dogs and I hope to get more shots of Ferra and Cai who visited us on the farm a few years ago some of you may remember him . Cai has been retired from work as he did not pass his medical. He is a big German Shepherd and has arthritis in his elbows (elbow dysplasia) . So Cai gets to loll about at home.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
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64 responses to “Dog in Snow”
Those photographs look like “bone chilling” cold to me! Ferra is gorgeous… I love that last image of snow face! And I see you survived, and even enjoyed the gondola ride! You brave woman! Ha ha I feel your excitement and wonder in today’s writing. Thank you for taking us with you!
My No. Three Daughter got married in the mountains at Sunshine, there were only five people at the Wedding. They were the Registrar, his Brother in law, Photorapher and theof course the Bride and Groom. My Daughter was a liitle disappointed having to have silk flowers, but after having it explained that real flowers would been black by the tie that they reahed the ßite of the Wedding it was OK. Still waiting for an invite to the Reception after nearly twelve years. The first the tribe heard about the event was when the Couple returned to Enland from Banff. My oldest Granddaughter was Christened Sunshine Ann Joy, and her sister Rainbow Skye , well you can’t have a rainbow without sunshine.
God how I hate cold…my middle fingers go white even in the freezer department of a supermarket, Very impressed with your son’s career…:)
I hate cold too!!!!
“Taking photographs of Ferra was a challenge the dog is never still! ” hmmmm, sounds like a blogger I know ….
Stunning photos – what a beautiful dog!
Oh such a wonderful lively post and such amazing readers who have done such extraordinary things in their lives too.
I have a lovely photo of Kai–and so happy he is enjoying his retirement. I imagine Logan (LOVE his name–big fan of Law&Order originals…Mr. Big to some AKA Chris Noth) has a life similar to a fireman…quiet for a while then all hell breaks loose! I’ll bet he has plenty of great rescue stories . Plus I can’t wait to read how he trains the dogs. And what about St. Bernards? Do they work the mountains any more?
what a lovely day- enjoy your time! Cheers!
All I can say is ENJOY! ENJOY! ENJOY!. Squeeze that son of yours so much that your bodies remember them for a long time. You can never get enough of those hugs. The air in the high country is pure and clean. Altitude bothers many and you have to take it easy the first few days. We were at 7200 feet for 12 years and I miss that. Don’t miss shoveling though. My little bitty dog loved the snow too. She hated the rain. She would run like the wind in the snow. Just like children everywhere. 🙂 I liked it too, until I couldn’t shovel anymore. Now I just watch it rain and rain and rain. 😦 Giant hugs so you have plenty to share. 🙂
1350 feet here, so not as high as you were! c
I was at 18,500 ft in Tibet and hiking….no wonder I had trouble breathing!
What a wondrously beautiful place to live! Your pictures are fabulous. …but you are right…it is cold there and at my age I am so past that! 😊
Oh C. So wonderful that you are getting to spend a “chill” y 🙂 time with your son and his beautiful dogs in that beautiful landscape! Can’t wait to hear more about their training. And hey? Can we see a photo of the snow bunny on her chariot??
xo
Lovely photos… but making me shiver with the cold! It’s a reminder of what we’re in for in about a month’s time — but so far so good. I am wondering how high you were and whether you were bothered by the altitude. I’ve not been there… in the mountains in B.C., yes, but not to Banff.
You would have had snow in the mountains in N.Z., wouldn’t you, Miss C.?
Seeing the dogs working is an exciting thing… to me, at least. And I know they would just love it too. In that first photo of the dog, he appears so excited in anticipation. I know you’re having a lovely day! I am in agreement with “insearchofitall”, squeeze that son of yours a lot! ~ Mame 🙂
Morning Miss, what a wonderful day with your intrepid….and handsome!!….son and dog. Does Ferra ride on the ‘chariot’ or run alongside? Amazing experiences to make unforgetable memories.
Ferra rides on the snow mobile.. c
That would be a great photo?
Love the photo with the snow capped peaks with the ski runs coming down and that beautiful, untouched, pristine snow in the foreground.
Wow, I got goosebumps thinking about this. I remember one night at that big hotel in Banff looking out the big windows up to the mountains and thinking how beautiful it was and how wonderful to live there. What a wondeful job your son has – even though a bit dangerous I would imagine.
Oh Celi, what a magic day! Worth having frost-nipped fingers and toes for the calm and beauty of the high country… I think we’d ALL love a photo of you and Logan and both dogs and the snow if it could be arranged? I loved that snowy landscape under the gondolas; an antidote to the killing heat we’re having here. The Husband is entranced by Ferra; he still misses his own Axel the German Shepherd.