Grain elevators in the distance against a brooding, snow-coming-soon sky during a trip to Saskatchewan last week.
![Grain elevators against a grey Saskatchwan wintry sky](http://cipywnyk.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cipywnyk_saskatchewan_skies_4_20231030.jpg)
I left Saskatchewan in the mid-80s, but damn, I’ll always love those skies. . . Sunny, stormy , . .
I lived and worked in Japan for nearly 15 years, and since then I’ve lived on Canada’s west coast for over 20 years, and love the mountains, the ocean, the rivers.
But I’ll always be a Saskatchewan boy at heart.
Wintry skies in Saskatchewan on a recent trip to visit relatives.
![saskatchwan wintry skies](http://cipywnyk.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cipywnyk_wakaw_sk_1_20231030.jpg)
Water tower and grain elevators, Wakaw
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Spotted this Northern Harrier while I was driving north on Highway 6 from southern Saskatchewan to Melfort about a week ago.
![Northern Harrier on Highway 6 in southern Saskatchewan](http://cipywnyk.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cipywnyk_northern_harrier_sk_1_20231030.jpg)
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![coyote southeast saskatchewan](http://cipywnyk.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cipywnyk_coyote_sk_1_20231030.jpg)
And a coyote on the prowl near the Quill Lakes info sign on the Yellowhead Highway
![quill lakes info sign yellowhead highway saskatchewan](http://cipywnyk.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cipywnyk_quill_lakes_sing_sk_1_20231030.jpg)
Looks like a 12-guage shotgun slug hole near the center of the sign, and a scattering of approximately 9mm or .30 cal bullets. Hmmm. . .
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