Children – Lighthouse Memories

Mise Tales Thirty-Six

March 13, 2014book review, CCGS, CG, children, Haida Gwaii, lighthouse, litehouse, night, photos, Snowy, videoAdult Memories, Books, Books, Books, British Columbia, Childhood Memories, Children, Coast Guard, Construction, Hobbies, Humour, Icebreakers, Incidents, Information, Lighthouses, Models, Photos, Photos, Ships, Toys, Videos, VideosretlkprLeave a Comment

For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. ***************************** [youtube url=”http://youtu.be/b3e7CDg8a3g”] Here is a great video taken on board the Coast Guard ship CCGS Sir Wilfred Laurier as it services the mountain-top radio sites using the onboard helicopter. Great shots of the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwai) and the old lighthouse […]

Build a Gingerbread Lighthouse for Christmas

December 5, 2013cookie, design, edible, gingerbread, lighthouse, litehouse, model, plansChildren, Christmas, Construction, Hobbies, Lighthouse Models, Lighthouses, RecipesretlkprLeave a Comment

Author and friend Elinor DeWire posted the photo at left on her Facebook page. I was interested to see if it was real or not so I did a Google Image Search for the photo and look what I found! This is definitely a gingerbread lighthouse and the page below from Coastal Living has the […]

McInnes Island Lighthouse – a Tale from the 1950s

January 26, 20131950s, 1970s, 1980s, Alberni, comparison, James | Smith, lighthouse, litehouse, McInnesAdult Memories, British Columbia, Canada, Childhood Memories, Children, Coast Guard, Communication, Equipment, Foghorns, History, Keepers, Lighthouses, On The Job, Radio, Recreation, Stories, Womenretlkpr

I published a report January 04, 2012 on the building of McInnes Island lighthouse in 1953 based on the adventures of Ken Stewart who was part of the construction crew. I updated that post later with more information in the form of a PDF file. When I arrived with my family in the winter […]

Legoland Lighthouses

October 17, 2012CA, California, LEGO, Legoland, lighthouse, litehouse, park, USAAdvertisement, California, Children, Construction, Lighthouse Models, Lighthouse Models, Lighthouses, Models, Travel, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

Probably most of you have heard of Legoland Parks. Like the Disney parks, they seem to be all over the world, but the one I am going to speak about is Legoland Park California at 1 Legoland Drive, Carlsbad, California, 92008, USA I have mentioned Lego lighthouses as model kits before in posts, but in […]

Three Skeleton Key – A Lighthouse Play

October 3, 2012lighthouse, litehouse, mystery, play, radioChildren, History, Incidents, Keepers, Light, Lighthouses, On The Job, Radio, Shipwrecks, Stories, VisitorsretlkprLeave a Comment

Three Skeleton Key is a one act play I have never heard about before today. It was written as a short story by George G. Toudouze and was first published in 1937 in English. This is a short story about three men who operate a lighthouse miles offshore of the South American coast. They love […]

A Lighthouse Novel for Young Adults by Nell Wise Wechter

August 27, 2012book review, books, lighthouse, litehouse, Wechter, young adultsAdvertisement, Boats, Books, Books, Books, Children, Christmas, Hero/Heroine, History, Light, Lighthouses, North Carolina, Shipwrecks, Stories, Submarines, USA, WW2retlkprLeave a Comment

Two children’s books by the same author came across my desk today. Both books are available in paperback and in an omnibus e-book collection. The author is Nell Wise Wechter,1 a native of the Carolina Coast. She wrote the young adult novel Taffy of Torpedo Junction and Teach’s Light. Click the links for book reviews from […]

Are You Looking for Lighthouse-Related Items?

August 1, 2012advertisement, Completely Coastal, Etsy, lighthouse litehouse, merchandise, online, shoppingAdvertisement, Books, Books, Children, Christmas, Glass Balls, Hobbies, Information, Jewellery, Jewellery, Lighthouses, Models, Ornaments, Ornaments, Paintings, Paintings, Photos, Poetry, Recipes, Stained Glass, Stained Glass, USAretlkprLeave a Comment

When I was browsing a crafty website called Completely Coastal which I reviewed earlier I came across an advertisement for Etsy. Searching for things lighthouse, I typed that into the Etsy page search box. The page in the picture below came up. It is page one (1) of two hundred eighteen (218) pages of lighthouse-related […]

Schooling on the Sisters Lighthouse c. 1927

May 29, 2012life, lighthouse, litehouse, living, schooling, Sisters, Sisters Island, StannardAdult Memories, British Columbia, Children, Equipment, Foghorns, History, Information, Keepers, Light, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The Job, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

This story is not only about schooling! This is the whole family helping out to run the lighthouse while tending to daily living. Life on the lighthouse in the early days was anything but fun! – retlkpr ************************* – Elizabeth Kate (Stannard) Smithman (Wife of Henry Herbert Smithman who was Senior Keeper at Sisters Island […]

Reprint – Capturing The Beauty of Capitancillo Islet In Pictures

May 17, 2012Capitancillo Islet, CebuExperience, lighthouse, litehouse, Philippines, Rusty | FergusonAutomation, Beachcombing, Bed & Breakfast, Children, Government, History, Information, Lighthouses, Philippines, Photos, Reprint, TravelretlkprLeave a Comment

The story and photos below are from the blog of a friend of mine in the Philippines, Cebu Experience, by Rusty Ferguson. I met Rusty in Bogo, Philippines on my six week trip there as a tourist in 2010. From the balcony of my room in the Nailon Beach Resort (marked with the red A […]

A Lighthouse Story – The Bell Rock Enigma

May 10, 2012Bell Rock, contest, Eleanor | Kirkland, lighthouse, litehouse, Scotland, story, winnerChildren, Keepers, Light, Lighthouses, On The Job, Reprint, Scotland, Stories, United Kingdomretlkpr1 Comment

In it’s seventh year the National Galleries of Scotland’s writing competition, Inspired? Get Writing! asked beginning authors to write a story or poem based on one of the gallery’s paintings. This request fired the imagination of 1,200 entrants this year (2012). Entries are judged in five categories: Under 12s, 12-14s, 15-18s, Adults Prose and Adults Poetry. […]

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