Beachcombing – Lighthouse Memories

Mise Tales Forty-Six

October 11, 2014book, Great Bear Rainforest, Italy, lighthouse, litehouse, magazine covers, photos, videArt, Beachcombing, Books, Books, British Columbia, Canada, Environment, Europe, First Nations, Fisheries and Oceans, Fishing, Foreign, Information, Italy, Lighthouses, North America, Oceans, Oceans, Oil Spills, Photos, Recreation, Shipwrecks, Souvenirs, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

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 bits of information, when it is removed from the front page, will also be included again later in the next next Misc Tales posting. That way you can keep track […]

Mise Tales Forty-Two

May 27, 2014BC, lighthouse, litehouse, UK, USA, vacationAdvertisement, Beachcombing, Bed & Breakfast, British Columbia, Canada, Construction, England, Environment, Foreign, Government, Information, Lighthouses, Photos, Real Estate, Recreation, Tourism, Travel, United Kingdom, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

Guess What!

May 9, 2014lighthouse, litehouseAdult Memories, Beachcombing, Childhood Memories, Environment, Fishing, Information, Oceans, Recreation, Reprint, Travel, Water Samples, WorldwideretlkprLeave a Comment

Back in 1969 on my first lighthouse at Pulteney Point we had a third keeper on station. Wayne and Beth were a very friendly couple who lived the hippie lifestyle. One of the things Wayne used to do every morning at daybreak was wander down to the shoreline right in front of his house, bend […]

It’s Old, But Not The Oldest!

April 25, 2014bottle, found, lighthouse, litehouseBeachcombing, Communication, Fishboats, Foreign, History, Lighthouses, Message in a Bottle, Recreation, Souvenirs, TravelretlkprLeave a Comment

On September 21, 2013 I wrote Message in a Bottle which described a 107 year old message-in-a-bottle find. Later on October 29, 2013 I wrote More Messges in Bottles which described more messages found in bottles. It seems that everybody loves to do it! Today I found this story in The Local – Germany’s News in English […]

Light at the End of the World

April 19, 2014lighthouse, litehouseAdult Memories, Automation, Beachcombing, British Columbia, Canada, Communication, Construction, Equipment, Foghorns, Groceries & Mail, Haida Gwaii, History, Keepers, Light, Lighthouses, Mysteries, On The Job, Operators, Radio, Recreation, Reprint, Ships, Stories, Storms, Transportation, WildliferetlkprLeave a Comment

Light at the End of the World Three Months on Cape St. James, 1941 by Hallvard Dahlie (orig from Raincoast 18, 1998) with notes from Jim Derham-Reid (last keeper on Cape St. James before automation) A strange interlude in my brief seafaring life took place in the fall of 1941, when I signed on as […]

Reprint – In the Sanctuary of the White Bear

November 20, 2013Kermode bear, lighthouse, litehouse, nature, sanctuary, spirit bear, tourism, travel, white bearBeachcombing, Bed & Breakfast, British Columbia, Canada, Environment, First Nations, Foreign, Lighthouses, Recreation, Reprint, Tourism, Travel, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

A rare white ‘spirit bear’ in the BC temperate rainforest. Photo: Ian McAllister / pacificwild.org. [su_quote cite=”To many who live here, this singular being is an emblem of the sacredness of the rain coast and its vulnerability. “][/su_quote] In the sanctuary of the White Bear by Canadian Poet Lorna Crozier 17th November 2013 Poet Lorna […]

Bravo! Coastal Rainforest in British Columbia Now Protected!

November 6, 2013Great Bear Rainforest, lighthouse, litehouse, McInnes, oil, oil tankers, spirit bearAdult Memories, Anti-Automation, Beachcombing, Environment, First Nations, Fishing, Game, Government, History, Information, Lighthouses, News, Oil Spills, Recreation, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Tourism, TravelretlkprLeave a Comment

This photo above from Pacific Wild shows only a part of what is being protected The title for this article comes from a news release by the Treehugger website on July 27, 2006. Their article from 2006 said: “The government of British Columbia has agreed to protect more than 5 million acres of the […]

A Day at the Beach

October 30, 2013jewelry, lighthouse, litehouse, mermaid's tears, sea glassAdvertisement, Beachcombing, Books, Construction, Environment, Facebook, Hobbies, Jewellery, Lighthouses, Recreationretlkpr1 Comment

I posted an article on a book that shows you what makes up beach sand, A Grain of Beach Sand, and a lot of it is shells and glass. The larger pieces of glass are collected and use in jewelry as in the story Nootka Sea Glass. Now another company I have found called A […]

More Messages in Bottles!

October 28, 2013bottle, lighthouse, litehouse, messageBeachcombing, Childhood Memories, Information, Lighthouses, Recreation, Tourism, Travel, Videos, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

When I wrote the story Message in a Bottle I was just using what information I had on hand. The last quotation in the story was from a news source on the British Columbia (BC) coast where a Tofino, BC man found a one hundred and seven (107) year old message in a bottle. I […]

Message In A Bottle

September 21, 2013ashes, bottle, burial, Canada, drifting, Florida, Great Divide, lighthouse, litehouse, message, USAAdult Memories, Beachcombing, In Memorium, Information, Lighthouses, Maps, Reprint, TravelretlkprLeave a Comment

My title here Message in a Bottle is also the title of a 1999 American romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki and based on a novel with the same name by Nicholas Sparks, but in this case it refers to something completely different! Most people think of a message in a bottle as a beachcomber’s […]

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