http://blogs.btedmonton.ca Behind the scenes of Breakfast Television: Edmonton's best-loved morning show on Citytv Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:24:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_8903" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="High Voltage!"][/caption] Zoltan is lightning fast with his camera - lucky for us!    Check out how the entire cloud is illuminated by the lightning!    Zoltan writes:  "I had the pleasure of photographing a fantastic lightning storm between Morinville and Redwater."    He sent more pics, I included 2 of them below.    Check ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/michele/fresh-air-photo-wednesday-september-8th [caption id="attachment_8667" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Speechless? Me too!"][/caption] Alexandria shows us the benefits of getting up nice and early!    She writes:  "A beautiful sunrise that took my breath away!"    Took mine away too.    This is Wolf Lake (close to Edson) on July 3, 2010.    On that day, the sun would have risen just after 5am. DID ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/michele/fresh-air-photo-tuesday-september-7th [caption id="attachment_8625" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Sublime sunset"][/caption] There are so many varieties of a sunset.    Ian and Linda are the lucky ones to have seen and experienced this one.    Something tells me with their deck, they see a lot of rises and sets.    As "this" day was saying goodbye, I get the feeling that the ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/michele/fresh-air-photo-tuesday-august-17th   [caption id="attachment_8591" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Ever seen a Kudu?"][/caption] What a magnificent creature!    I think he knows he's beautiful, too.    Pat notes an air of confidence with this Kudu and writes: " Teenage Kudu taken at Marloth Park in South Africa.  Just look at the know-it-all expression".    A Kudu is a species of antelope, and there are lesser ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/michele/fresh-air-photo-monday-august-16th [caption id="attachment_8536" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Werewolf? Where - Wolf?"][/caption] There was a full moon on July 25th, and lo and behold - Amanda was there with camera in hand.    We're not sure if she witnessed any howling - but she was witness to one amazing experience.    And talk about a lesson in photography!    Everything ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/michele/fresh-air-photo-friday-august-13th [caption id="attachment_8518" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="On human watch"][/caption] In the blink of an eye they have run up a branch, and then disappear even faster.    Squirrels are graceful little scampers, but Michelle managed to get her visitor to POSE!    She writes:  "Baby squirrel that was watching me hang the clothes on the clothesline ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/michele/fresh-air-photo-thursday-august-12th [caption id="attachment_8491" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Should we take cover?"][/caption] At the end of July, 'this' caught Kame's attention.    Good thing!    Because "that-there" cloud Ladies & Gentlemen, is a good old fashioned thunderstorm in the making.    It is a CUMULONIMBUS cloud - and a pretty healthy one too!    It is formed by a ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/michele/fresh-air-photo-wednesday-august-11th [caption id="attachment_8483" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Dryad tracks a beaver"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_8484" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Leave it to beaver"][/caption] The strong and mighty Dryad sees something moving.    He stops in his tracks.    It was none other than the buck-toothed beaver!    Hermitage off-leash park is one of Kim and Dryad's favorite places.    No wonder, there is ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/michele/fresh-air-photo-tuesday-august-10th [caption id="attachment_8478" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Bath time!"][/caption] Murray opens the lid on a Cedar Waxwing public bath.    They love water.    Here are some construction and rennovation notes from the architect himself:  I put a little more water in (in the lid), added some sloping rocks and then a gradual layer of sand starting at the edge and ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/michele/fresh-air-photo-monday-august-9th [caption id="attachment_8461" align="aligncenter" width="199" caption="Iris - is that you?"][/caption] Iris meet Lindsay!    This is one of Lindsay's perennial favorites.    It looks like this flower comes from a professsional full-time green thumb but in the words of the gardener herself:  "This is a photo I took of one of the many Irises that filled ... http://blogs.btedmonton.ca/michele/fresh-air-photo-friday-august-6th