>

Blogs

Pinterest People Posses a Positive Phasination with Pharos Photos!

Sorry for the bad alliteration but “What is Pinterest“? According to Wikipedia, Pinterest is: . . . a pinboard-style photo-sharing website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, and hobbies. Users can browse I have posted a few collections other pinboards for images, “re-pin” images to their own […]

Mise Tales Thirty-One

  For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. Waves crash against a lighthouse during a storm named Christian that battered France at Boulogne sur MerSource: Reuters – Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:34 PMAuthor: Reuters   ******************************   The Faroe Islands Are Our Travel Tuesday A serene haven of tranquil waters, […]

Mise Tales Thirty

  For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One.   A lovely Black & White (B&W) shot of Sisiman lighthouse in Sisiman Bay, Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines. Click the photo for a larger version on Flickr     And another photo from Flickr of St. Mary’s lighthouse in Whitley Bay in the north east […]

Mise Tales Twenty-Eight

  For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. Has anyone seen the movie released in 2009 entitled The Lovely Bones? It features a fictitious lighthouse marking the entrance way to heaven in a thoroughly entertaining film. “Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family […]

Wildlife and Spirit Bear Adventures

When I wrote the story A Wolf At McInnes I never really explained how the wolf got on to McInnes Island, so today I am going to combine two stories into one. Firstly, the wolf swam from nearby Price Island over two (2) kilometers away, probably island hopping to catch its breath. Pictured below and […]

Doug Clement Photography

All photos copyright by Doug Clement Photography, and used with permission. Doug is a professional artist, videographer and photographer. He is a lifetime resident of Victoria and has been capturing its beauty on film for over 30 years. – from the Facebook page In my teenage years while attending High School and University, and before […]

Night Photos and the Lighthouse

In August 2012 I published an article Lighthouse Under the Stars. Since then I have been very lucky to find night-time photos with  the stars and a lighthouse – not necessarily a Canadian lighthouse, but a lighthouse nonetheless.  The first two are from Mike Salway who has given me permission to reprint them here. Please drop […]

What a Beautiful Picture of a Lighthouse – NOT!

Sometimes when researching an article or photo I come across a beautiful picture of a lighthouse that I just must have for my collection, screensaver, or . . . you know the feeling. Well, I received a PowerPoint file (.PPS) the other day in an email and it had a lot of photos of European towns, […]

Visiting the BC Coast Lighthouses

Do you want to visit some of British Columbia lighthouses? A lot of them are isolated, but there are a few that tourists can easily see. Some of these are manned; some are automated. One of the best websites for finding the location of the  lighthouses is Ron Ammundsen’s Lighthouses of British Columbia website. On […]

Mise Tales Thirteen

  For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One.   More Lighthouse Wallpaper (Photos) There are some beautiful scenes here to light up your computer Desktop. All are free to download in small to x-large sizes.   ******************************* Lighthouse Watch add-on for Firefox browser. A unique hand-drawn lighthouse scene for the Firefox […]