My Alberta series was rudely interrupted Monday morning when I experienced a computer crash and a fried hard drive. This is not unique; it happens to everyone at some point. It's disconcerting, though, and disruptive, and I'm still picking up the pieces.

My new computer won't be delivered until September; until then, I will shift to some other items, old and new, that are already processed and waiting to share. For example, the image on this page: a view of the sunburnt prairie from an abandoned barn. Thanks to my friend Madonna for suggesting I poke my lens in there. A lot of prairie dreams die when drought hits hard, as it has this summer - although this particular piece of land gave up the ghost many years ago.

More from this location tomorrow.

Photographed just off Hillandale Road, a few miles north of Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

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Make:	NIKON CORPORATION
Model:	NIKON D810
Exposure:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture:	f/11.0
ISO Speed:	500
Focal Length:	62 mm
Lens:	24.0-85.0 mm f/3.5-4.5