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The project touched off one of Alberta’s first political scandals. Premier Alexander Rutherford’s government guaranteed ...
06/30/2026

The project touched off one of Alberta’s first political scandals. Premier Alexander Rutherford’s government guaranteed railway bonds, hoping to stimulate settlement and development, but critics argued that the province had assumed too much risk. The controversy became so intense that it brought down Alberta’s first premier.
https://sommersa.substack.com/publish/post/203004426?back=%2Fpublish%2Fposts%2Fscheduled

📷 Through Gladys's Eyes | Archive 007One photograph shows buffalo covering the prairie as far as the eye can see.The oth...
06/26/2026

📷 Through Gladys's Eyes | Archive 007

One photograph shows buffalo covering the prairie as far as the eye can see.

The other shows a pile of buffalo skulls in Regina only a few decades later.

Together, they tell one of the most important stories in Western Canadian history.

Read the final chapter of my June Indigenous History series on Substack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/sommersa/p/through-gladyss-eyes-archive-007?r=6k9byr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

📷 Through Gladys's Eyes | Archive 006At first glance, this looks like a simple group portrait at Fort Pitt in 1884.Look ...
06/22/2026

📷 Through Gladys's Eyes | Archive 006

At first glance, this looks like a simple group portrait at Fort Pitt in 1884.

Look closer.

Big Bear stands at the left. Traders, settlers, and employees gather beside him. Curious onlookers watch from the background.

Within a year, the Prairies would be transformed by the events of 1885.

Read the full story on Substack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/sommersa/p/through-gladyss-eyes-archive-006?r=6k9byr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

📷 Through Gladys's Eyes | Archive 005This photograph was taken at Fort Pitt in 1884.Among those pictured is Big Bear (Mi...
06/22/2026

📷 Through Gladys's Eyes | Archive 005

This photograph was taken at Fort Pitt in 1884.

Among those pictured is Big Bear (Mistahimaskwa), one of the most influential Indigenous leaders in Western Canadian history.

Within a year, the Prairies would be transformed by events remembered as the North-West Resistance.

Read the full story on Substack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/sommersa/p/through-gladyss-eyes-archive-005?r=6k9byr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

📷 Through Gladys's Eyes | Archive 003Before roads, railways, and aircraft reached Canada's North, waterways were the hig...
06/16/2026

📷 Through Gladys's Eyes | Archive 003

Before roads, railways, and aircraft reached Canada's North, waterways were the highways.

This photograph, taken on Great Bear Lake around 1900, shows Inuit travellers using a boat for transportation, hunting, fishing, and daily life. It later became part of Ernest Brown's educational series, created to help Alberta students learn about the North.

The lesson may be over.

The photograph remains.

Read the full story on Substack.

This renovation followed a full interior update, where the home was redesigned in a soft, contemporary style.The backyar...
05/29/2026

This renovation followed a full interior update, where the home was redesigned in a soft, contemporary style.

The backyard needed to do more than function—it needed to read as part of the interior experience, especially from the second-storey living space overlooking the garden.

The design builds on an existing retaining wall and patio, adding layers that create both use and visual depth:

– Curved walls that extend seating and soften the structure
– Defined patio spaces that align with interior sightlines
– A new sauna with an adjacent outdoor area for year-round use
– A layout that creates interest from above as well as at ground level

From inside, the landscape becomes part of the architecture.
From outside, it becomes a space to move through and use.

Good design considers both perspectives.

In Red Deer, Calgary, and Central Alberta outdoor spaces can be more than functional—they can complete the experience of the home.

If you’re renovating and want your landscape to match the level of your interior, I’m happy to share ideas.







Martin Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Martin’) is one of the best-performing fruiting shrubs for edible landscape des...
05/27/2026

Martin Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Martin’) is one of the best-performing fruiting shrubs for edible landscape design in Central Alberta, Red Deer, Calgary.

This improved variety produces larger, more uniform blue berries with excellent flavour, and is known for being a heavy, reliable producer.

It’s a refined selection of Thiessen, offering better consistency and a more compact growth habit.

Growing characteristics:

– Sun to part shade
– Approximately 3m tall x 2m wide
– Early summer harvest
– Dense growth with strong structure

Why it works in food garden design:

– Extremely hardy and well-adapted to prairie conditions
– Large fruit size compared to other Saskatoons
– High yields with consistent ripening
– Works as both a feature shrub and productive hedge







This project was designed as a fully custom landscape with a modern design language, while still feeling connected to na...
05/25/2026

This project was designed as a fully custom landscape with a modern design language, while still feeling connected to nature.

A key feature is the metal waterfall and trough feature, designed to create movement and sound right off the main deck.

A small flat bridge crosses the water, turning circulation through the space into part of the experience—not just function.

The surrounding patio uses large-format square pavers to reinforce a clean, contemporary geometry that anchors the design.

The goal for this project was simple:
Create something original, modern, and deeply connected to how the clients actually use the space







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