InstaAlberta

I posted a ton of pictures to Instagram while in Alberta, these are some of them. Logan was making fun of me for taking some of these pictures out of the car window, saying they looked terrible, but when I showed him how to frame and edit them on Instagram, he admitted I knew what I was doing. 

Stupid geese. Not even a little bit bothered by us.

Oh and happy birthday to me! (now, not then)

Animals (misc.)

The entire Jones family ventured to a farm belonging to one of my dad's coworkers to see a baby donkey. You can see a picture of my brother with the donkey over on Connie's blog (as well as a couple of other random pictures of our time at the farm). 

One of their horses was also the survivor of a cougar attack, which I was pretty impressed by.

Papa Donkey (adopted father, anyways).

Even the adult donkeys looked tiny next to the big horses.

But the baby was definitely the smallest (and cutest).

We also went out to Krista's farm to pick up strawberry plants for the dome - we didn't get to see any of their calves unfortunately, as they were all far out in the pasture.

'Big Blue' was apparently destined for a less than glamorous end, were it not for the intervention of my cousin's daughter, who argued his case, resulting in him living in this pen instead.

There are a couple of very mean ducks in with the chickens at Krista's, who actively bully the chickens, and one hen in particular. They were also very chatty, and chased the chickens around. It was all very odd and entertaining.

Farms 5eva

My first couple days at home I was sleeping in one of my Uncle Chris' spare rooms (as was Logan) but were spending most of my time up at Christine's farm at Connie and Brad's new cabin (which was very cute and much bigger than I expected it to be!)

One of the things that I always miss about Alberta is the landscape - there's just nothing quite like the prairies. I love the rolling hills, the spreading fields, and the snow-capped rockies in the distance. Highway 22 is one of my favourite drives for just this reason - though certain people (Logan) think its really boring, I just love it.

Look at that cute little cabin in the field - it was so cool to see it after watching it being built and all the little things that went into making it over on Connie's blog.

Though we didn't have any of those huge prairie storms that I love when I was home (you know the ones - all giant purple banks of clouds rolling across the sky, thunder and lightning, torrential rain, hailstones that, believe me, really hurt to get hit with) but the sky, as always, didn't disappoint.

Logan and Connie filled it some massive potholes that had developed on the road over the winter (driving up that road was like a very exciting and kind of alarming obstacle course). I helped by being completely useless and mainly wandering around behind them. It was great. Connie and Brad really have some beautiful scenery up at their new place.

Also, I swear Logan has gotten taller. I'm pretty sure I'm wearing my boots in this photo. What even. He is one of very few people I know who can legitimately call me short and have it be more than a superficial moniker.

Just a cute picture of Connie - aren't her glasses adorable?!

I also got my hair cut while I was home - the sides were getting really long. I went with the 1, which is what Logan told me he gets his sides buzzed to, so we really have the same haircut now, though he always wears a hat and also has naturally stupidly soft and straight hair. Jerk.

Brad was predictably horrified with how short the sides are, but I really like it this short.

The Canadian Geese that have been nesting at Chris' farm for a couple of years now made another appearance this year. They were frequently on the road when Logan and I were leaving in the morning and were 100% not fussed by the fact that we were driving towards them, but just ambled around.

I went down to the chicken coop with Lorry one morning to pick up the fresh eggs from underneath the hens - so cool!