Secret Skies
Southern Saskatchewan is such a mystery to me, and likely for very many Canadians. As a child traveling across country driving along the Trans Canada you think of Saskatchewan as the ‘drive through’ province of straight, flat roads with endless fields of gold in sight (and not much else). I really think the people in Saskatchewan have been keeping the rolling hills of southern Saskatchewan as Canada’s biggest secret.
My friend Heather Crone, has recently moved back to Saskatchewan and our mutual friend, Taryn, and I took the chance to visit her, and also the area around Eastend and Grasslands Park again.[1]
sunset near Olga, Saskatchewan (June 30, 2026)
It wasn’t just the sunrises and sunsets…but how the blue skies and clouds rolled over the plains and the lush, green hills.
An old train at Eastend, Saskatchewan.
The poem ‘A Slash of Blue’ sums up some of the skies I witnessed on this trip.
“A slash of Blue—
A sweep of Gray—
Some scarlet patches on the way,
Compose an Evening Sky—
A little purple—slipped between—
Some Ruby Trousers hurried on—
A Wave of Gold—
A Bank of Day—
This just makes out the Morning Sky.”
T.Rex Discovery Centre, Eastend, Saskatchewan
It truly is the ‘Land of Living Skies’. [2]
Thank you Heather for being such a wonderful host.
[1] I will write a separate post about my visit to Grasslands National Park.
[2] Romuld, D. (2020) #JustCurious How did Sask. get the slogan 'Land of the Living Skies'. CTV News. Posted online June 23, 2020.
