POSTCARD CHALLENGE WK 10~CANADA

OH CANADA- The land north of where I live ( one hour away from  my house) what a place to visit!!When gas prices were cheaper and way before 9/11, Canada was my stomping grounds. I would drive to Ontario area every fall just to take photos of the fall colors &  I love  Niagara Falls area- lots of outlet shopping, mountains, beautiful turquoise lakes and Rocks! The Canadian Rockies are a premier area to visit if you love gorgeous mountain settings -or so I have been told - I have always dreamed of going to Jasper National Park, especially Spirit  Island, in Alberta . This little piece of land extends into Maligne Lake, the location is just breathtaking. The most clear turquoise blue water ever! (fed by mountain glaciers) The "island" tour is a must to get a feel of how spectacular the Canadian Rockies are- This place is so wonderful I had a hard time deciding how to convey the beauty- Four post cards later I decided this was the one...

Front of Card

This is a print by a awesome Canadian artist TIMOTHY SORSDAHL-

His work is influenced by many but includes DaVinci& Dali

(bio can be found here : http://eaglesoftware-uk.com/sorsdahl/)

I made a copy of it in3x5 size then I took several Golden Glazes and extend the picture

to fill the rest of the card - found a nice moose outline and put in the

center  gazing out at all the beauty.

Back of Card

Background was made using an image of early communication devices.

Correspondence reads:

Melite,

Well I’m in Canada attending another museum gala-this one in honor of my great-great grandfather though.( I’ll tell you about him later…)

Back to all your questions- yes I did escort you back to the hotel lobby in Austria. Yes- we did meet again the next day to do the ‘private tour’ at Kunst museum. After the tour you were to meet up with friends for supper. I must confess I so wanted to go with you-Especially  given the circumstances. By the way

Canada is Vast,  lots of Mountains and beautiful  blue lakes-like Spirit Island (artwork by Timothy Sorsdahl).

                                                                                                                                        Alexander

 Page in Book

                                                              More simple page- map of Alberta, skier, Royal

                                                               Mountie, Maple leaf with an  Outline of a  hockey player.

                                                         I wanted the postcard to be the primary focus so this page is

                                                           much more basic compared to other  pages.

                                                               BUT with the postcard in place it is colorful.!

                                        Here is a link to view what the real Spirit Island looks like:

                    http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=fp-yie9&va=spirit+island

  Well that is this week's posting .

Can't wait to see where

Darcy sends us next week-

BTW Darcy I will not be packing a swimsuit to go here~  

             Water is fairly cold in most of  Canada

 Happy Creating!

Fotojoy/Joyce