Merganzer.
Idlewild Peace Park.
Cranbrook.

The Steeples. Rocky Mountains, Cranbrook, British Columbia.
Take a hike.

Hiking on Eager Hill, Cranbrook Community Forest.

Something about full moons. February Cranbrook British Columbia. Samsung.

In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.

Photo of Prime Minister Carney speaking at a podium in Davos, Switzerland. A quote from his speech is edited on top: “WHEN THE RULES NO LONGER PROTECT YOU, YOU MUST PROTECT YOURSELF. BUT LET US BE CLEAR-EYED ABOUT WHERE THIS LEADS. A WORLD OF FORTRESSES WILL BE POORER, MORE FRAGILE, AND LESS SUSTAINABLE.”

We can build walls or we can be more ambitious — and build something better, stronger, and more just.

Mapped: The 2025 Global Peace Index With conflict deaths at a 25-year high, the Global Peace Index ranks 163 countries and territories by their level of peace.

Positive Peace is far more than the absence of war; education, health care, opportunity, freedom
#1 Iceland
#14 Canada
#128 United States of America

We have a lot more to do.

#positivepeace

www.visualcapitalist.com/2025-global-...

Getting ready to roll. Join us for the Kootenay Rockies Gran Fondo in September. Ride or die is not only a fun note. Several years ago, I was riding in the 102 km Medio. At the bottom of the Fort Steele hill, a mother grizzly was about to cross the highway in front of me...I got protection and rode.

I like the idea of a parade to cheer and recognize our Blue Jay's.

Elizabeth Lake, migratory bird sanctuary, Cranbrook, British Columbia.

Kimberley Nordic Centre.

New life from death.
South Star, Cranbrook, BC

The hummingbirds are happy on our deck.
#Cranbrook #makespaceforbirds

Lupine. Lovely in the forest and on our deck.

Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Association at the Rotary International Convention in Calgary.
In this beautiful, strange, and disturbing world, let's collaborate to advance Positive Peace. Learn more at the Institute for Economics and Peace.

So great to meet over 20,000 Rotarians from around the world 🌎 at the #Rotary International Convention in #Calgary.
We will lead the Pledge of Peace with our Waterton Glacier International Peace Park Association each afternoon.
Now more than ever, we need leadership and service above self.

Week 25 of our A World of Wonder-full Insights: Fifty-two Reflections
#meditation #emeraldlake #insight #BritishColumbia
#peace @ki_fyre

Tiger Lily near Yahk, British Columbia

Eager Hill, Cranbrook BC.

A walk at Eager Hill, Cranbrook, British Columbia.

Shasta.

A blue heron at Idlewild Peace Park in Cranbrook, BC.

Vista Lake trail in Banff National Park, Canada 🇨🇦.

A recent discovery in the grasslands of Waterton Lake National Park, Alberta. A unique species of butterfly.
#Waterton #conservation

Marshall Gingery A Lifetime of Public Service YouTube video by Triple Divide Creative

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Loved taking our 17 and 15 year old grandkids to Hamilton in Spokane. Wonder-full!
And so timely for American democracy today.

To our American friends and family, we welcome your travel to and enjoyment of Canada this year. We are a beautiful, relatively inexpensive and interesting destination as your neighbour. We are similar and different. Welcome to Canada.
#handsacrosstheborder #travel #Canada #welcome #nature

Crocus at Eager Hill in Cranbrook Community Forest.