June 16, 2009
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big sky country II ….
okay about this time last year I posted about how big the sky is here and how it feels like it goes on forever. It really does feel that way until you get into the mountains and then you feel … hugged. Not claustrophobic, but welcome and wrapped up in a blanket if whispering pines, well okay more like shouting pines the wind can be so loud at times its almost deafening. But there is a stillness there that is a welcoming calm like you’ve just arrived at granny’s house in the country. But I am digressing again!
The Alberta Prairies, not to be confused with the Saskatchewan or Manitoba Prairies, are a whole other experience. It really is endless to the East and seriously brings new meaing to “Home on the Range”. I realise I am Canadian, The Husband reminds me of this almost everyday, but this is not like either of the areas I lived for any length of time duringmy life that I have great memories of (apparently we went to Saskatchewan a lot when I was little, but I don’t really remember that other than my Auntie’s cat scratching my eyes so bad I couldn’t see for a few days… but thats another post altogether!) those visits about how open the space felt, in fact I don’t really remember them at all.
However I must say while it is weirdly calming to drive out in the open spaces and be able to see for great distances, its kinda creepy in a way too! It is almost awkwardly calm …. but then again I think I read too many horror books when I was younger. I keep expecting some ghoule to pop out of the end of the drives that we sail past!
