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July 25, 2010 – 6:42 pm

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Hello from Banff: Take the gondola up Sulphur Mountain and a last walk around the village

Our resort is over and I share the last day Banff to explore the local attractions while my husband went to Calgary to do some shopping. Come around 11:30 and Nigel left me at the foot of the gondola Banff. This historic site has been around since 1959 and recently refurbished the gondola opened in 1998 and has a state bill designed gondola system by a Swiss gondola construction.

In the parking lot of the gondola, you can see a big bus with oversized wheels called "Ice Explorer". This is the type of vehicle used to carry tourists in the famous Columbia Icefield is located between Lake Louise and Jasper National Park.

The gondola takes you from 1583 m (5194 ft) to the base station at 2281 m (7486 ft) to the upper limit of Sulphur Mountain in just eight minutes. On the way I liked the beautiful view of the townsite of Banff, looking at the Fairmont Banff Springs.

At the top of Sulphur Mountain, is a complex of visitor services includes a restaurant called the Regal in the garden. Surely this is an appropriate name because the views of Sulphur Mountain is really something to see. The cable car station at the summit also has an observation deck on the roof which is equipped with a variety arrows indicating the directions and distances to major cities around the world.

The walk takes you on the interpretation km Sanson Peak Observatory is the site of stone in 1903. Norman Sanson observe the time of peak Sanson per week for 30 years and recorded his observations. Near the base of the observatory is a designated National Historic Site: Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station, which has measured cosmic radiation in 1950 and 1960. Along this walk there are a variety of information tables to inform you about the flora and fauna of this unique habitat.

The brochure points gondola that you really can meet local wildlife, including bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain, golden-mantled squirrels, bald eagles and golden eagles. Although not encountered any wildlife importantly, I enjoyed the majestic view of mountains and calm surrounding it.

I had a small snack in the cafeteria and sat by the window and looked down at the Banff townsite. This was not a day very bright and Cascade Mountain Top was covered by fog and clouds, but the views of Sulphur Mountain is one of the most amazing views anywhere.

After breaking my mount beautiful, I took the gondola down – although I wondered if I should take a snowy forest road along the mountain vi the gondola. Since the base station I went to the upper Banff Hot Springs. Canadian Rockies limestone have all sorts of fissures and hot springs feeding heated by geothermal energy right through the cracks in the Banff Upper Hot Springs.

The springs were discovered in 1894 and contain water vapor loaded with minerals. Even the winter, people sitting in the outdoor pool and enjoy the healing waters of the upper springs hot. The bath house fully restored again the 1930s and also offers day spa offering massage, steam bath, aromatherapy and other facilities. A restaurant and snack bar also in the bathrooms.

For a moment I was tempted to try the hot springs, but have not had a bathing suit with me. Although the retail store in the bath house sell bathing suits, I decided that instead of relaxing in hot water when I arrived a little over a year and started walking towards the city.

Instead to take the main road to the city, I took a forest road that connects the upper Banff Springs The Fairmont Banff Springs. It was a nice quiet walk among the trees and would have been perfect if it boots, more slippery in the world. I had to watch every step of the forest on a slope to make sure I did not delete, and finally I got to the bottom of the hill, relieved to be back in a paved parking lot adjacent to the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel.

I walked by this famous monument in the town of Banff and crossed the road to discover the reasons for the Canada Place beginning of the Banff Park administration since 1936. During the summer, Canada Place offers free admission to an exhibition that celebrates Canada's land, culture and achievements.

During winter, the center is closed, but the view from the gardens surrounding the waterfall to the mountain is beautiful clear day. I have not had that opportunity for the entire week in Banff never saw any famous mountain cascade perfectly clear and cloudless. But whatever, we did gave us a glimpse of a sense of this feature very photogenic natural is always represented on the postcards of Banff.

Place du Canada crossed the bridge over the Bow River and I have visited another milestone: the Banff Park Museum. It is one of the oldest Natural History Museum's largest, located on a highway Iron Pagoda "historic", built in 1903, the largest and most elaborate example of early park design, the construction of the registration Decorative Cross.

The samples in the museum are mountain goats, deer, pumas, bison, bears, assorted birds, and mammals, and some of these fish are back the 1860s. Norman Sanson, the weather at the top of Samson was the museum curator for more than 30 years, and personally collected thousands of specimens of this museum.

The museum also has a library where you can browse through a variety of books and magazines. After learning more about the fauna of western Canada I moved the main street of Banff, Banff Avenue is aptly named, I am strengthened by a quick lunch at the end of the food court in a Cascade Plaza shopping places Banff's most important trade. After lunch, I went back to the street and a mountain wind began to blow cold. That was my last ride by Banff during your vacation and I was mentally saying goodbye to this mountain village.

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Healthy Bird Food

July 21, 2010 – 8:34 am

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Herbal Food for Birds

HERBAL FOOD FOR BIRDS

 

When you’re planning your herb garden, don’t forget the birds. They need healthy herbal food, too. Any plants that put out seeds, nuts, berries or fruits are good for birds. Flowers are a good source of nectar as well as seeds.

 

When planning your garden, take into consideration the trees and plants that grow wild around your home that might provide herbal food for birds. Are there Juniper trees in the area? Juniper trees have berries almost all year long.

 

How about holly trees, Oregon grape, pine trees, wild huckleberries and blackberries? They all provide good herbal food for the birds. Seeds can lie dormant on the ground for months providing herbal food for birds for most of the winter.

 

Choose flowers that have a lot of seeds, such as, nasturtiums, calendulas, and columbines. They will drop their seeds and what the birds don’t eat will come up again next year, providing more seeds for the birds.

 

But some areas, especially in the Northern United States and Canada, have very cold winters with a lot of snow and ice that covers these seeds. In these areas our fine feathered friends have a very hard time. We can help them through these hard times by providing homes and herbal food for them.

 

An old pie tin or a plastic lid from a coffee can filled with seeds and placed in an out of the way spot in your yard or on your deck works fine as a feeder.

 

A 90 year old woman shared this idea with me many years ago.  She would put a hook in the end of a large pine cone, drizzle honey over it, and roll it in a pan of seeds. Then she would hang it from a tree limb or a hook on her porch.  The seeds stuck to the honey and the birds had an herbal feast.

 

An old, clean milk jug or coffee can makes a nice birdhouse. Just cut a hole in the side, put a lid on it and hang it from a tree limb. If you’re crafty you can paint it in camouflage colors or glue bits of twigs, grasses, leaves or pinecones on it to make it blend in with the surroundings.

 

I’ve never tried this but I’m told there are gourds that can be dried, hollowed out and used by the birds as birdhouses.  Do gourds have seeds? I’m not familiar with gourds so I don’t know.  If they do, save them for the birds.

 

Sunflower seeds make good  herbal food for birds and squirrels alike. Since they grow very tall they are ideal for the back side of your flower borders. They can hide unsightly buildings, or vacant lots full of weeds. By the way, weeds have edible seeds for birds, too.

 

Because they are fast growing, have big, showy flowers and lots and lots of delicious seeds, they are popular with children. What a great way to introduce your children and grandchildren to gardening and learning to provide herbal food for the local wildlife! What a great learning experience to share with the kids.

 

When you cut open a green pepper, save the seeds. Pumpkins, squash and melons all have lots of seeds. Save them all and feed them to the birds. You can dry them and add them to the mix  of herbal food in your feeders or simply spread them on the ground in an out of the way place in your garden or yard (like behind the sunflowers). The birds will find these herbal foods and enjoy them.

 

If you’re making tomato sauce or ketchup you’re probably discarding the seeds anyway. Save them, dry them and feed them to the birds. If you’re making applesauce or pies, throw the apple cores out behind the sunflowers. The birds will find them and dig out the seeds.

 

Most department stores and feed stores sell birdseeds if you don’t have room or time to grow them. If you’re not crafty or handy with a hammer and saw, visit our online store for a variety of cute and useful birdhouses and feeders.

 

However you decide to do it, let’s provide healthy herbal food for the birds this winter. Let’s give them a steady supply of herbal food and a warm, snug home. It won’t cost much and they’ll provide you and the kids with many happy hours of bird watching.

About the Author

Dina Hunter is the author and owner of www.healthyherbalplants.com She is a firm believer in natural healing with fresh natural foods and herbs.She uses herbs for pain, stress and joint care As a cancer survivor she has done a lot of research on herbs to help recover from the effects of chemotherapy and radiation.

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