My old Banff compañero Alex Emond lives part-time in the near-ghost town of Ponteix, Sask. Alex has always had an eye for beauty. He was the first person who told me about the Kootenay Plains. He's a watercolourist who has worked in the Canadian Rockies (we call them “The Rockies”) most of his life, but the high dry plains of south Saskatchewan seem to be capturing his eye these days. Sky and light. And old cars. When I first met him (35 years ago!?) Alex had a peppermint green Rambler Station wagon with a little chrome businessman, carrying a briefcase, for a hood ornament.
J.W. Burleson photo / Boquillas del Carmen, Coah.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Studebaker on ice
My old Banff compañero Alex Emond lives part-time in the near-ghost town of Ponteix, Sask. Alex has always had an eye for beauty. He was the first person who told me about the Kootenay Plains. He's a watercolourist who has worked in the Canadian Rockies (we call them “The Rockies”) most of his life, but the high dry plains of south Saskatchewan seem to be capturing his eye these days. Sky and light. And old cars. When I first met him (35 years ago!?) Alex had a peppermint green Rambler Station wagon with a little chrome businessman, carrying a briefcase, for a hood ornament.
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