11/25/09

and yet...

"and yet
...incomprehensibly to me...
you loved this land,
loved its emptiness
its hugeness
its open fatness
the exciting biting cold
the white snow in the sun that hurt your eyes
the forthright way the air attached to your cheekbones chins and fingers.

the merciless summer sun that made the train-tracks flash
and the air above the wheat fields shimmer purple
storm-clouds piled on the horizon trying to look like mountains."
-plainsong by nancy huston-

alberta/saskatchewan/manitoba spring 08
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18 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 26, 2009 at 1:29 AM

    beautiful images and I love that touching poem.

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  2. Red BootsNovember 26, 2009 at 5:01 AM

    I love these photos - truly stunning. x

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  3. SaskiaNovember 26, 2009 at 6:26 AM

    Absolutely gorgeous photos... so atmospheric.

    LOVELY lovely post.

    xxx

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  4. EmilyNovember 26, 2009 at 6:52 AM

    These photos and poem really set such a lovely and haunting tone! Thanks for such an inspiring post!

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  5. AnnaNovember 26, 2009 at 9:20 AM

    this is beautiful! i really love the photos!

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  6. JuliaNovember 26, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    these pictures are fantastically beautiful!

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  7. dani kreeftNovember 26, 2009 at 11:39 AM

    ha. as i was scrolling down i was thinking, "...this HAS to be alberta."
    and lo and behold, some of them are.
    and it ACTUALLY made me miss it. ha. who knew?
    the big scrolling skies, the quiet, the dusty hay bales...

    lovely snaps jan-ban!
    xoxo.

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  8. _November 26, 2009 at 9:50 PM

    so glad that book turned out to be a good read! ah, the prairies. she really hit it spot on.

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  9. RhianneNovember 27, 2009 at 7:29 AM

    These are beautiful!! I loved your comment about your nephew - I bet he looked cute :)

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  10. _ffyonaNovember 27, 2009 at 12:26 PM

    Gorgeous photos! xo

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  11. erinNovember 28, 2009 at 12:41 AM

    so beautiful! awesome photos.

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  12. erinNovember 28, 2009 at 1:07 AM

    oh & ps. i use picasa! it was the cheapest thing i could find haha!

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  13. minaNovember 28, 2009 at 3:36 AM

    typical prairie images - but so stunning. that poem made me cold.

    thanks for all your lovely comments on our blog.

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  14. PlanetLumiereNovember 28, 2009 at 3:49 PM

    janis, is this place real? cos these photos look like postcards. beautiful!

    S
    xx

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  15. French LoverNovember 29, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    Breathtaking !

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  16. MegNovember 29, 2009 at 3:58 PM

    oh hi! i found your blog through teddy loves lu, and i'm just saying hello :) your pictures are lovely.
    xo meg

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  17. AnonymousDecember 1, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    These are really beautiful photos. I love the color, the feeling we got by looking at it.

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  18. Mike SevDecember 13, 2009 at 6:00 PM

    janis, did you take these photos?! they're phenomenal!

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thanks so much for writing! i love hearing from you!

xo

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