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Mise Tales Thirty-Nine

April 9, 2014Advertisement, Art, Automation, Bed & Breakfast, Construction, Earthquake, History, Information, Lighthouses, News, Real Estate, Tsunami, USA, Videos, VideosBoston Harbour, Enduring Lights, for sale, history, lighthouse, litehouse, SOLD, Split Rock, tsunami, USA, video, wave simulationretlkpr

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One.

As mentioned earlier on the front page of my website, any photos or cartoons, or short information will also be included again later in the next Misc Tales when it is removed from the front page. That way you can keep track of it, search for it, or copy it.

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Enduring Lights – The Lighthouse Keeper is a historic documentary told through the accounts of four lighthouse keepers who tended America’s lighthouses in the 1900’s and never let the light go out. These men are living parts of history and their stories exemplify their significance in American history. – by Todd J. Burgess, photographer and video producer.

See his photo work in yesterday’s post Lighthouse in a Mason Jar.

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This is a Fishboat

March 31, 2014Advertisement, British Columbia, Canada, Construction, Hobbies, Lighthouses, Models, Models, Paintingsfishboats, lighthouse, litehouse, Mark Wilkinson, models, novelty, original, original, whimsical, woodretlkpr

VP01 — This is a real fishboat working on the Pacific Ocean . . .

Nanaimo Model Boat Show 2013_01 — . . . and this is a model fishboat of the same design from the Nanaimo Boat Modellers . . .

Continue reading This is a Fishboat →

Lighthouse in a Mason Jar

March 27, 2014Advertisement, Art, Hobbies, Lighthouses, Maine, Photographs, Photos, USAjar, lighthouse, litehouse, Maine, Masonretlkpr

Bass Harbor Head Light – Adding to the mind-blowing natural landscape of Mount Desert Island is the Bass Harbor Light. It was built 1858 for $5000 and is located located at the tip of Northeast Harbor. This morning shot also captured a full moon to the left.

The first time I saw this I was amazed! I had never seen lighthouses, or for that matter, anything framed like this. It is unique, interesting, and a framed print on your wall would have all your friends asking “Where did you get it?” Well, I can answer that question.

The prints, and many more lighthouses and unusual scenes in a Mason bottle are available from Todd J. Burgess on his website. Not only are the lighthouses identified but there is a small bit of information included as well – see under the above photo.

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The above photos are all found in his gallery Maine in a Mason Jar (108 images)

Other images, including more lighthouses, can be found in Land and Sea (89 images) and History Preserved (6 images).

Early 1900’s Tin Lighthouse Windup Toy with Four Airplanes

March 11, 2014Adult Memories, Advertisement, Construction, Hobbies, Information, Lighthouses, Models, Modelsebay, lighthouse, litehouse, planes, sale, tin lighthouse, toyretlkpr

This item appeared on ebay recently and became an instant hit. On the ebay website it was described as:

DESCRIPTION: This is a very unusual and rare early aviation airplane toy called “Light-house Aero-Planes”. It is marked on the toy and box “Mfgd. By Valentine Sandberg N.Y. Pat. Appd. For”. Included is a partial original box, lighthouse tower, 4 airplanes, and all parts needed to assemble it. When wound Continue reading Early 1900’s Tin Lighthouse Windup Toy with Four Airplanes →

LEGO Does It Again!

January 14, 2014Advertisement, Construction, Denmark, Equipment, Europe, Hobbies, Lighthouses, Models, Models, Ships, Ships & Shipping, VideosLEGO, lighthouse, litehouse, Maersk, model, shipretlkpr

As most of you know I love lighthouses and I have a special attraction for LEGO lighthouses (link1) (link2).

Well, as you can see by the photo at the left, this is not a lighthouse, but it is a marine vessel which could very well sail past a lighthouse, and it is the largest ship in the world (right now!) – the record-breaking Maersk ‘Triple-E.’

Built from over 1,500 bricks, the model recreates the real vessel in amazing detail.

Features include rotating gold-colored propeller blades, brick-built twin 8-cylinder engines, viewing window into the engine compartment, adjustable rudders, detachable lifeboats, removable containers, rotating crane arms and a special ‘good luck’ coin.

It includes rare medium azur, dark red, sand blue and sand green colored elements.

Play with the model on carpeted surfaces or mount the model on the display stand

Building instructions also include interesting facts about the real ship.

The model includes 1,516 bricks

The ship (mounted on stand) measures over 8” (21cm) high, 25” (65cm) long and 3” (9cm) wide – more Continue reading LEGO Does It Again! →

Book – Lighthouses of North America – Beacons from Coast to Coast

January 12, 2014Advertisement, Books, Books, Canada, Construction, History, Information, Light, Lighthouses, Photos, USAbook, Brockton Point, Canada, Cape Mudge, lighthouse, litehouse, NA, North America, photos, Point Atkinson, Sylke Jackson, USAretlkpr

Lighthouses of North America – Beacons from Coast to Coast

The majority of lighthouses shown in this book are American, but as a friend of mine wrote:

I received a lighthouse book for Christmas – from an ex -lighthouse keeper and I groaned when I opened the parcel. “Oh yes, forty photos of Portland bloody Head I suppose.” No, well yes, a couple, but Canadian lights and British Columbia lights – 4 pages on West Vancouver’s Pt. Atkinson, plus photo of Cape Mudge, and for comic relief Brockton Point (Stanley Park). – thanks JDR

So, not all bad news. The book is not coffee table format so it will fit easily on your bookshelf.

Lighthouses of North America – Beacons from Coast to Coast

by Sylke Jackson and published by Firefly Books

320 pages, 8 1/2″ X 11″ X 1″
300 color photos, resources, index
EAN: 9781770852495
ISBN: [ 1770852492 ]
plastic-laminated hardcover
$35.00 CDN / $35.00 US Continue reading Book – Lighthouses of North America – Beacons from Coast to Coast →

Mise Tales Thirty-Four

January 8, 2014Advertisement, Anti-Automation, Art, England, Environment, Equipment, History, Information, Italy, Light, Lighthouses, News, On The Job, Operators, Photos, Stories, Tourism, Travel, Videos, VisitorsAniva Rock, automated, Cambridge in Colour, Costa Concordia, graphic, lighthouse, litehouse, nuclear, overfishing, photos, Russia, The SArt of assassin's Creed IV:Black Flag, unmanned, video, websiteretlkpr

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One.

Jaw-dropping animated video on overfishing… It’s time for change!

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The Costa Concordia rests on its side on the morning of January 14, 2012 (click for larger photo)

Yes, it is a photo of the Costa Concordia, aground on the rocks, but did anyone else notice the lighthouse in the photo under which the lifeboats are all clustered? See my article Lighthouses Visible in the Costa Concordia Disaster.

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Aniva rock [private]Sakhalinskaya Oblast, Russia[/private]- A formal penal island used by the Russians, Aniva was once sought after by both the Russia and Japan. This now Russian controlled territory sits uninhabited in the seas between Japan and the eastern coast of Russia.

This photo story appeared on Distractify and was entitled The 38 Most Haunting Abandoned Places On Earth. For Some Reason, I Can’t Look Away… Continue reading Mise Tales Thirty-Four →

Lighthouses of Prince Edward Island

January 6, 2014Advertisement, Automation, Coast Guard, Database, Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, History, Information, Light, Lighthouses, Prince Edward Island, Recreation, Reprint, Stories, Tourism, TravelCanada province, lighthouse, ltehouse, PEI, Prince Edward Islandretlkpr

Click on the partial map for the website.

From the Prince Edward Island Lighthouse Society comes this beautiful descriptive map of ALL the lighthouses (manned and automated) on Prince Edward Island (aka PEI), the smallest of Canada’s provinces. It consists of the main island and 231 minor islands. Altogether the entire province has a land area of 5,685.73 km2 (2,195.27 sq mi). (Wiki) Continue reading Lighthouses of Prince Edward Island →

Ship Movements – It Keeps Getting Better!

December 1, 2013Advertisement, Communication, Database, Equipment, Information, Light, Lighthouses, Maps, Photos, Search & Rescue, Ships & Shipping, WorldwideAIS, lighthouse, litehouse, ship identification, worldwideretlkpr

On August 08, 2013 I wrote Canadian Firm Tracks Earth’s Ships From Space which also refers to another 2012 article What Ship Is That? Now we have an even better program, free, and online, called Marine Traffic.

The screen shot above of Marine Traffic for 05:30 UTC (Z) for November 30, 2013 shows the freighter Axios (bottom left) off my area, Negros Oriental Island, Philippines, heading for Guam.

With this free program you can locate ships in your area, determine their destination, speed, nationality, etc., and even see a photo of the ship.

The program shows Vessels, Ports, Lights, and Aerial Photos of the ports. The “Lights” portion lists and shows photos of navigation lights and lighthouses in the areas.

If one is interested in the sea, vessel traffic, ships, lights, or just navigation, this program is for you. Please take a look here at MarineTraffic.com.

A Nice Lighthouse Hotel in Subic Bay

November 12, 2013Advertisement, Art, Asia, Information, Light, Lighthouses, Models, Philippines, Photos, Recreation, Restaurant, Tourism, Travellighthouse, Lighthouse Marina resort, litehouse, Philippines, review, Subic Bayretlkpr

The Lighthouse Marina Resort – photo retlkpr

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In early 2010 I made my third trip to the Philippines, alone, and for six (6) weeks. One of my first stops, besides Manila, was Subic Bay. A friend I had never met, Dave Starr picked me up at my hotel in Manila and drove me to my hotel in Subic Bay – not the one mentioned here. Continue reading A Nice Lighthouse Hotel in Subic Bay →

Lighthouse Memories

– bringing a little life into your lights