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• West coast art woodland scene May 18, 2012
  This week we have been rearranging displays to fit in new stock (more about that later). One of the new pieces that we have taken on is the Sitka trees, from Canadian Metal artist Jack Willoughby. The Sitka spruce is an iconic west coast tree and one of the tallest conifers, it can attain heights […]
• Natural hazards May 11, 2012
  The golf course opened last Friday, much to the relief of a great number of p[eople who have been itching to get out. Here in Banff though you have to be careful. The natural hazards can chase you!. I have shown it before. However, on the subject of golf, I thought you might like Octavian […]
• Chris Derubis May 5, 2012
  I mentioned it was Food and Wine weekend in Banff. We have just taken on a new original piece from Chris Derubis. It’s called I Love Wine. I love it, let me know if you do. Share on Facebook            […]
• Hilborn Pottery May 4, 2012
  This weekend is the Food and Wine Festival in Banff. It’s a really good weekend. This week we have made the store window along a theme of food and drink and I thought I would share with you a lovely new line that we picked up this year. It is hand built pottery from Nancy […]
• A Mothers Love (Mothers Day Gift Ideas) April 27, 2012
  For those of you that celebrate Mothers Day in two weeks, on the 13th of May, we have created a page of Mothers Day gift ideas (click here). If you have already had your Mothers Day then bookmark this page for the future. Some of the ideas that I like best are: A Mothers Love […]
• Mysterious Lynx April 20, 2012
  I like reading the various wildlife pages. One of my favourites is the Highway Wildlife blog. A recent post of theirs got national media coverage for the photograph of a lynx on an overpass on the highway. However another photo on the same blog, that I really liked was the mystery of the lynx walking […]
• Everson Flight, eagle print April 13, 2012
  In the Fall there is the Festival Of Eagles when Town of Canmore celebrates the migration of the Golden Eagle through the Canadian Rockies. In the spring there is no celebration but there is the reverse migration. This week there have been loads of eagles about. In fact on Wednesday this week, despite poor visibility, […]
• The bears are out, April Newsletter April 6, 2012
  The bears are coming out of hibernation. They were saying in the local paper that there have been three bear sightings over the last week. Despite the fact that it continues to snow this is a sure sign that winter is almost over. I thought you might like to see my 6 favourite bear products. […]
• When Ski Trails Call March 30, 2012
  Earlier in the winter we took on a couple of giclee prints of marketing ski posters from the Canadian Pacific Railway archives. These are high quality prints on photographic paper and look really sharp framed up!. In fact they proved so popular that we extended the range. With all the snow we have had this […]
• Bruno Engler Memorial Race March 23, 2012
  Tomorrow is the 46th Bruno Engler Memorial race at Norquay. (Its the longest consecutively running annual ski race in Canada.) […]