We are in Clear Lake Manitoba staying in a remote cabin.
There are wide open tracts of nature here with nary a person in sight.
We are heading further north soon, to Hudson Bay, to hopefully spend time with belugas and bears, and any other critters we may meet..
I gathered these late summer wild flowers in the meadow behind our cabin, eating wild raspberries as I browsed. We are enjoying the flowers as you can see on the cabin’s screened porch, watching deer in the meadow.
There is no wifi in our cabin, and wifi will be even harder to find as we head further north, so I am out of touch. I will check in when I can, but until then, it is cheers to you & be well from beautiful Manitoba~
Beautiful, Cindy! Happy travels to you!
Thank you Tracy & all the best to you <3
Wonderful! All of it!
There is such beauty in this this world. Our job is just to add a bit to it. Not so hard, right?
Enjoy yourself
Thank you kindly.
Gorgeous scenery and such a beautiful bouquet of flowers to adorn your space even more. 🙂 Enjoy the nature, wildlife and take care, stay safe.
Love to you my friend.
Have a great time Cindy
Thank you <3
Flowers are fantastic, Cuz. Have you been doing any fishing??? Clear Lake reminds me my great uncle Rollie. He used to take me fishing at Clear Lake in Minnesota. Your pics remind me a lot about that area. Have a wonderful trip, Cindy. 🎣💚🎣
We stopped over in Minnesota enroute. Once you hit Minnesota you are in this special place, where the north American plains start to meld into to the arctic transition. You were lucky to have been here as a kid, and there is a just as lucky thing, it hasn’t changed up in here in Manitoba, since you went fishing with Uncle Rollie.
Love to you cuz.
Love to visit!
Please do. It is so special and different.
Gorgeous photos! Thanks for sharing Manitoba!
Thank you for appreciating Manitoba! It is such a completely different and starkly stunning place.
Happy travels—-beautiful as always.
Merci beaucoup mon ami <3
You are very welcome—wish I was bilingual!! 😃
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Beautiful pictures. Happy and safe travels 🙂
Look forward to more pics when you are able
Thank you very much! I can’t believe I am receiving wifi. It goes in and out, but it has been mostly in for the last 24 hour so I am able to talk with you. Cheers to you & be well <3
Elegant is the first word that comes to mind. So very beautiful. Can’t wait to see the rest of your gorgeous photographs. Have a WONDERFUL time.
Hugs to you sweet friend and be well <3
Happy Travels. I love your wildflower arrangement. 🙂
Wonderful to hear from you Mandy. The wildflowers here are the most amazing I have seen. They are literally everywhere in such spendid variety. Hope you are well my friend and thanks for stopping by <3
Beautiful!!
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It’s a paradise…
Thank you & it is indeed <3
That’s a gorgeous bouquet, Cindy! This post makes Manitoba look wonderful. (I hope the mosquitoes and black flies aren’t too bad). The photo of the reeds reminds me of canoeing on some lakes in Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan 30 years ago. Similar country, I think — boreal forest on the Canadian Shield. Wishing you happy travels in the North!
Yes, similar country indeed and so unique and special. The best thing of all is much of it is still pristine after 30 years. So glad you have experienced the splendor <3
Gorgeous scenery and flowers, Cindy…Please be safe and enjoy your awesome trip!
Very kind of you & most appreciated too <3
What a great place! Perfect to recharge our batteries 🙂 Enjoy the beautiful nature!
Thank you! Vast stretches of un-molested nature are healing to the soul and psyche.
Beautiful photos, Cindy 😀
Wish you a wonderful trip.
Thank you Irene and all the best to you my friend <3
Thank you very much Cindy <3
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Looks heavenly,Cindy! 😀 I bet the wild raspberries tasted divine and the flowers are stunning! Enjoy the stillness! Xx
The raspberries are so wonderful! I sense the bears watching from the woods thinking, “Get out of my patch human!”
😀😀 I’d heed that sense and scamper quietly away! 😀
Exactly, I am not arguing with a bear over berries.
Fantastische Aufnahmen, danke Cindy…
Vielen dank mein leiber Freund Ernst <3
Gorgeous photos, Cindy!
Grazie mille.
My pleasure, Cindy! 🙂
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How beautiful! 🙂 Enjoy the visit .
How utterly beautiful and see you when you return
It is very special here. Nature holding her own is wonderful to see. All the best to you my friend <3
Don’t suffer too much without that wifi, just think of the radio-less airways your going into Cindy. You’ll come back and be able to hear yourself think 😀
“You’ll come back and be able to hear yourself think.” Oh no. That sounds terrifying!! 🙂
Actually it is wonderful….depending on what I am thinking!
toll, liebe Cindy, ich wünsche uns eine Woche ohne Kummer und Sorgen, Klaus
Du bist sehr nett. Danke und sei gesund.
vielen Dank
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Travel safely and enjoy this trip like all the others.
Hugs to you Eunice and thank you my friend <3
Have a great trip. We look forward to hearing about it.
Ahh, makes me happy! Thank you.
To be fair you’re probably the only people in Manitoba at any given moment. I’ve lived in villages that are more populous. It looks pretty though, but get out before winter sets in, eh? 😉
So great to hear from you! We pulled over on the side of a gravel road. The highways are gravel roads here and a farmer drove his tractor over to us to ask if we needed help. The people are few and far between, but they are very nice and help each other out. Quite refreshing. We hike the lakes all day and never see another soul. I hope all is well with you Duncan and thanks so much for stopping by.
I try to make sure I read your posts. I still chuckle about the PostIt notes on the cieling. 🙂
Now you just made me chuckle……. Cheers to you Duncan.
Lovely shots, thanks Cindy. 🙂
Thank you & hope all is well with you <3
My my my. Absolutely breathtaking! God’s Creation is simply glorious. I loved when you said “There are wide open tracts of nature here with nary a person in sight.” That sounds delightful! 😉 Have a beautiful, blessed & safe trip!
God has gifted us with a world full of stunning beauty. Blessings back to you & thank you too <3
Looks like my hometown. I call those “ditch bouquets” because the variety and beauty can be gathered just by wandering down the road.
I hope you enjoy the rest of your wandering. Safe travels!
Perfect name! I gathered these in about 5 minutes and it is late August. I went back out and gathered just violets. There are so many berries too. I don’t eat the ones I can’t identify, but the raspberries are divine and we gulp them by the handful!
Welcome to Canada Cindy. I hope your visit is full of fun and pleasant surprises.
Leslie xoxo
So far, as always in Canada, it is delightful. I <3 Canada.
So do I Cindy.
Leslie xoxo
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Relaxing
Exactly <3
Thanks for your pictorial greetings from northern Manitoba! Sometimes it is a great blessing to be without access to the Internet. Enjoy the blogging break, Cindy!
The absence of people and crowds is wonderful also. It is lovely to have all these huge lakes basically to yourself, and the bears of course! Thank you for your kind words Peter.
Great color. I love the detail of the grass. Sounds like a whale of a time. Hope you can bear it. 🙂
Laughing…..I will definitely bear up! We can go swimming with the belugas in a dry suit if we wish.
Wow!
Wow is what this place is <3
You even manage to capture the peacefulness of that heavenly place on camera. Wildflowers are the best and it’s nice they have a vase in the cabin for you to use. I could stay somewhere that quiet for a very long time. Watch out for those bears though. 😉 They have big appetites. 😉
I haven’t seen a bear yet, but I know they have seen me. Their scat and tracks are everywhere! Have a wonderful August Marlene <3
Beautiful photos, Cindy. I especially like the wildflowers against the red background and monarchs hold a special place in my heart. Enjoy your travels!
It was a surprise to see so many monarchs and other butterflies here, and dragonflies that are twice the size of the ones back home. Take good care Susan & cheers to you~
Travel safely, Cindy. We will hope to hear from you whenever you have a chance.
These images are lovely.
Thanks Sheila! Hope you are enjoying your summer too~
Cheers Cindy! Your life seems to be full of continual travel. Please let me know your secret! Enjoy the fields of flowers, whales, and birds for me. 🙂
I try. My goal is to visit all the items on my bucket list. Hope all is well with you Brad & cheers to you!
Ooh, lucky you to be in the cool wilderness away from the SoCal heat. Those wildflowers are gorgeous! Enjoy your journey northward…
Thanks much Eliza. I can’t believe there are still so many wildflowers here and such a variety! It’s lovely.
What a splendid trip you’ll be taking, Cindy! I know we’ll get to see some of those sights eventually … right?!!
I surely hope so and so appreciate your wanting to see them <3
As always, enjoying your well composed and taken photographs, especially the last two with the contrast in backgrounds. Better get to the par bears, soon, a person named Al Gore has me to believe they will all be dead any day soon. By the way, you picked a great time of year to visit. The great savings in rentals available six months from now wouldn’t be worth it.
Thank you so much. It is a gorgeous time to visit. The weather is lovely but the bears will be harder to find. Hope you and doing well and cheers to you.
Good luck on your journey and stay safe my friend.
Thank you kindly and cheers to you!
Welcome to the world of my childhood. You must stay for winter. It truly is an unforgettable experience.
You and Resa both from here! Such synchronicity. I have such affinity and affection for both of you, and yet I come from such a totally different environment. I can see why we understand each other so well. It is just pure nature here, with such minimal human footprint. It is wide open, space upon space, lake upon lake, meadow after meadow, all so crystal clean, quiet and pristine. It is now 7:56 pm. The sun is shining and I am in my PJ’s on the screened porch watching the meadow which is utterly still except for some distant coyotes crying. The tracks and scat out here have every sort of animal. I saw my first bear today and the satelite is blessing me with wifi so I can talk to you about your home! Life is beautiful and they grow good people in Manitoba Rebecca, people like you <3
I grew up in Lynn Lake, an amazing mining town. So much has changed over the years and the community has scattered over the world. But we still keep in contact.
https://youtu.be/anCzSygVhYA
It would be fascinating to read about your childhood Rebecca…..hint, hint! It sounds incredible <3
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Welcome to Canada! Hope you enjoy your stay! I hear you can see polar bears in Northern Manitoba. Not sure if you will see them in the summer. Please share your photos with us of whatever you capture!
Thank you! I love your gorgeous country which is why I keep coming back to it. I am so hoping to see some polar bears. They are there but not bunched up on the ice like they will be in September and October, waiting for the freeze up. Apparently they walk around in sleeping hibernation at this time of year, rather a waking stupor, which I think must feel lovely. The belugas will be there though, about 60,000 of them, the largest concentration in the world, and you can get in the water with them which my son will do. I will kayak with them. They like to play with humans. Just being in this isolated part of the world will be a thrill I have wanted to experience for a long time. I hope you are well my friend and it is lovely to be welcomed to your country.
Wonderful photos, as always! You probably won’t see this until you return, but know that our love and prayers go with you as you head north! What an adventure!
I am typing this on our screened porch overlooking the meadow. It is almost 8pm and the sun is shining and it is lovely outside, still and peaceful and perfect, like the forest gets before the sun goes down. The satelite is working because the sun is out and Dios Quiere, so I am reading and talking to you from the cabin, in the meadow, in the forest, in Manitoba. Life is beautiful and amazing. Love to you and your family Peter. My prayers are with you all too <3
Are you driving up to Hudson Bay? Looks like a long haul. A distant part of our family live inWinnipeg and I always wanted to visit there. One grandpa figure made it to London while I was in college there, and we met in a bar on Waterloo Station for a beer one afternoon; must have been in the early 60s!,
There are no roads. You can take a train, but it takes 40 hours. We are flying. I like Winnipeg and have fallen in love with Manitoba. You would love it here.
Your trips always make me want to visit the places you discover!
I hope you are going on your cruise soon!
Three weeks – leave on Marian’s birthday, Sep 15. Renting a car in Halifax, NS to visit her sister!
Awesomeness. Marian and I are both virgos. My birthday is a few days before hers. Wish her The Happiest Birthday cruise from me!
Was just in Winnipeg. Have a fascinating time, hope the mosquitoes are kind and look forward to more great photos!
What a small world! Maybe we were in Winnipeg at the same time <3
Enjoy the solitude and beauty – forget wifi – and any critters you encounter. Love the wild flowers!
The flowers are gorgeous, the critters are beautiful, the sun is shining on the meadow, and the wifi is working. Nirvana <3
WELOME! To the province of my birth, and upbringing! Say hi to the Black Flies and Mosquitoes for me.
TIP: Don’t smell nice…. they bite less!
Uh oh…. No more estee lauder splash! Quelle Horror!! So far the bugs have been behaving and I only have a few bites. But soon we head to Hudson Bay where I know the biting bugs are legion. It can’t be as bad as The Amazon though right????? In the Amazon I knew if I spent one night in the jungle stranded I would be dead by morning, from a combination of bug bites and terror…. laughing…..I love the province of your birth and upbringing Resa. It is unique and incredibly beautiful, like you. I am typing this now on our screened porch looking at the oh so gorgeous meadow, wondering why the moose whose scat I see every morning, won’t show his face. The sun is shining so the satelite actually works & I have wifi!! Plus I saw a bear today on the trail. So all is awesome <3
You rock,Cindy!
I’m assuming you are headed to Churchill.
When I was 17, I had a boyfriend from Churchill. Interesting person. 😀 HAVE FUN!!!
I want to know all about your boyfriend from Churchill. If he is still there, I will look him up for you. Seriously. You and Rebecca are both from Manitoba. The world feels very small tonight <3
Last I heard he was living in the Okanagan …. but that was years ago!
Darn……I was looking forward to paying him a call. Churchill is not exactly a big town! 😉
Probably more Polar Bears than humans. Why do I know you will love it?
Because { the farther outer reaches reach, the furthermore you’ll reach it}
To be said as fast as possible at least 4 times in a row!
And don’t forget the bull dogs that look like big flies but have a big bite ! Yikes!
I will endeavor to take their photograph and I if successful I will send to you!
The flowers are indeed lovely. I am a lot envious.
I wish I could pick a bouquet for you <3
Safe travels and thank you for forwarding the beauty along to us!
Thank you more for your kind appreciation <3
Enjoy the next steps in your adventure Cindy! Lovely shares 💕
Hugs & cheers to you Val <3
I am also in the north right now – Northwest Territories. Have a wonderful trip – you will see lots of animals. 🙂
We are in similar and gorgeous places. Enjoy & I know you will. Saw our first bear today.
Have a great time Cindy!! I love the last flower – picture!! 😍
So happy you do & thank you!
Welcome to my beautiful country. <3
Thank you! I <3 your incredible country and it's lovely people.
Enjoy! And you have some beautiful photos to remember us by. <3
I will have and I do <3
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Really wonderful.
Thank you for telling me & cheers to you!
Blessings. 🙂
Back 2U <3
Cindy, these are lovely, and I hope you have a wonderful time.
Thank you Charles & all the best to you my friend.
Picturesque ! 🌷
Grazie!
Enjoy your trip in that beautiful country and by not having WiFi take time to yourself enjoying your boundedness to the earth.
Will do and thank you <3
Have a great time Cindy and great job on your wild flower arrangement!
Thanks Gary & hope you are now fully recovered.
Your time in Manitoba sounds idyllic! Enjoy the rest of your adventure and thank you (always!) for stopping by and reading a post or two…
Reading your posts is a pleasure so thank you!
Enjoy your staying there, Cindy! Happy travels. 🙂
Merci beaucoup mon ami Amy <3
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Beautiful – enjoy the days out there!
Thank you Leya, I hope too <3
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Breathtaking scenery and flowers! You take the best photos!
You are so nice! Thank you & cheers too~
You had me at remote cabin. What an idyllic spot!
Remote cabins are paradise for me too <3
Beautiful! So lovely out there!
It is a beautiful part of the world <3
It is indeed, Cindy
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Wonderful! The flowers are beautiful and the atmosphere peaceful. Enjoy your trip.
Thank you Beverley. We are seeing lots of very fuzzy polar bears!
My part of the world! Have an awesome time!! 😀
Lucky you & thank you <3
Beautiful scenery and flowers…I love the butterfly.
Grazie mille <3
My kind of place, Cindy. The wilder and the more remote the better! And what a gorgeous bouquet! –Curt
Thanks Curt! You would truly love Hudson Bay. I surely do. There are polar bears all over the place and thousands of beluga whales who want to play!
I’ll bet Cindy. I cam close to working my way up there on my 10,000 mile bike trek, but never made it. Sounds like a worthwhile goal for the future. 🙂
Oh, please come up here Curt. You will be in heaven.
Peggy and I are talking about more North American travel! Possibilities. 🙂
Love the sound of that!
What a beautiful place. Love the pictures. Especially the one with the butterfly!
Happy you enjoyed them & cheers to you Cheryl!
Coucou mon Amie CINDY
Et bien si nous dessinions un rêve
Il faudrait qu’il soit beau bien entendu
Il faudrait qu’il soit doux, cela va de soi
Il faudrait qu’il donne envie, ce serait l’essentiel
Il faudrait que ses couleurs soient merveilleuses, c’est évident
Si, cette réalité, nous la faisions belle et douce
Pleine d’envie et remplie de couleurs merveilleuses
Si nous la copions sur nos rêves
Alors nous ressemblerions à des gens heureux
C’est avec ce petit écris que je viens
Te souhaiter une belle semaine de douceur et que le soleil soit au rendez-vous dans ta demeure
Bisous
Bernard
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Merci beaucoup mon ami Bernard.
Make sure you don’t run into any early season snowstorms! 🙂
The weather is definitely getting colder, but not snow so far.
So idyllic, Cindy! So beautiful I can’t even hold my envy in place, I’m just so glad to see ya’ll enjoying such a great patch of nature! Gorgeous flowers! ❤️
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Is that wild rice?
I don’t know. I saw it all over the place and thought it was beautiful, and somewhat wheat like. Is it wild rice?
I think, maybe yes. Harvesting now.
Wow. I would have cooked some had I known.
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Cindy Knoke’s beautiful pictures from Manitoba.
Thank you dear lady & Happy Holiday <3
I absolutely love the North country; I recently returned from a remote cabin in Quebec. It’s so quiet and peaceful up there, and I love the many lakes!
Oh my God! We did the same thing and we are going back to a cabin in the mountains in Quebec next year. It is one of our favorite places. It is peaceful. There are gorgeous cabins in stunning settings and so much wildlife, wolverines and wolves and bears, and when the leaves change, just wonderful. I know exactly why you loved it there.
Yes, and the people I met in Quebec were also wonderful! I did manage to see a wolf at the very end of my trip 😉
Seeing a wild wolf is an honor.
It certainly felt like one!
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Fabulous, And so lovely to see some images from where RebeccaBudd grew up! <3
Gorgeous! To be in a remote cabin surrounded by glorious nature is a piece of heaven.
I love, love, love it <3
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Beautiful and wonderful.
Thank you & all the best to you!
A gorgeous collection of wildflowers. What a lush environment!
Thank you. Manitoba is very special.
What beautiful meadow flowers and such an idyllic setting to be aware from everything and connect with nature.. I can see from your further postings just how you ticked all of those boxes in seeing the bears and belugas, Enjoy Enjoy Enjoy your travels and we will most certainly enjoy seeing your photography skills..
Take care and thank you, I so enjoyed my visit today Cindy.. <3
Your incredibly kind comment makes me very happy that I posted Sue. Thank you my friend for your very thoughtful words & cheers to you <3