Together we surpassed ambitious fund-raising targets of $5000, and then $9000. This was achieved only because you generously responded to my appeals to support Movember. It certainly was not because I spent a great deal of time snowshoeing during the month, as precipitation of any kind continues to be in short supply.
Thanks to everyone who contributed, and best wishes for the holiday season.
Together we surpassed ambitious fund-raising targets of $5000, and then $9000. This was achieved only because you generously responded to my appeals to support Movember. It certainly was not because I spent a great deal of time snowshoeing during the month, as precipitation of any kind continues to be in short supply.
Thanks to everyone who contributed, and best wishes for the holiday season.
Thanks to everyone who helped to make our Movember-2023 campaign so successful.
Thanks to everyone who helped to make our Movember-2023 campaign so successful.
"Giving Tuesday" is the world's largest generosity movement (for further details see https://www.givingtuesday.ca/about ). If you have not already donated to my Movember-2023 campaign, please consider making a donation. The idea behind giving Tuesday is to celebrate generosity in all of its forms, including: community involvement, sharing kindness and charitable contributions.
"Giving Tuesday" is the world's largest generosity movement (for further details see https://www.givingtuesday.ca/about ). If you have not already donated to my Movember-2023 campaign, please consider making a donation. The idea behind giving Tuesday is to celebrate generosity in all of its forms, including: community involvement, sharing kindness and charitable contributions.
An unobstructed view of Ninastako with hay burners, busy burning hay, in the foreground.
An unobstructed view of Ninastako with hay burners, busy burning hay, in the foreground.
Chief Mountain, or Ninastako in Blackfoot, viewed through the clouds, from the north, as the sun sets on a beautiful evening.
Chief Mountain, or Ninastako in Blackfoot, viewed through the clouds, from the north, as the sun sets on a beautiful evening.
The "ALEC" model to facilitate meaningful conversations about mental health is one of the many strategies that Movember is promoting to encourage what may be difficult topics for many of us. Further details are available at https://conversations.movember.com/en/ALEC/
The "ALEC" model to facilitate meaningful conversations about mental health is one of the many strategies that Movember is promoting to encourage what may be difficult topics for many of us. Further details are available at https://conversations.movember.com/en/ALEC/
A view of the Sweetgrass Hills from the East. Here the "big sky" spills over from Montana to Alberta, and has been inspiration to humans inhabiting the area since the ice retreated perhaps 12,000 years ago.
Some interesting cultural and geological features, and a scruffy mid-Movember mustache.
On the weekend we did some exploring out at the Milk River Natural Area, home to one of the deepest canyons on the Northern Great Plains in Canada. Here one can see the shadows cast by some of our hiking group, and the other-worldly landscape set against the wispy clouds in a blue sky.
I find that getting outdoors, and having a break from routine often can be refreshing. On this particular day I thought I'd get up early to avoid the "refreshing" winds of Lethbridge. No such luck, but still the sunrise was nice.
Hello my friends in agriculture in the Lethbridge region and beyond. Please be aware that Pringles is a major sponsor of the 2023 Movember campaign (Mr. Pringle even shaved his 'stache). To make your donation go even further, all you have to do is donate $50 or more on Wednesday 15-November-2023, and Pringles will add another $25, just like that. Thanks for your support. - Ben
In early Movember we had a rare opportunity to visit a special tributary of the Milk River, where we spent the day exploring the wind-sculped sandstone formations.
In late October we enjoyed excellent weather for our ascent up Forum Ridge on the Alberta-BC border. This is the view to the east, over-looking the south end of Cameron Lake in Waterton Lakes NP which just extends into Glacier NP, Montana USA.
This is an eastward view out to the prairie from the flanks of Drywood Mountain (Castle Provincial Park) on a very windy day in mid-October (Chinook in the name of our hiking club is apt). If one looks closely, Waterton reservoir can be seen near the horizon.
Thought that my generous donors might enjoy some photos from some of my weekend excursions into the great outdoors. This one is from early October, near the end of larch season on Avion Ridge at the northern boundary of Waterton Lakes NP. The following day we gathered for our annual, noisy family celebration of thanksgiving.
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