Graveside Memory
There is nothing quite like walking through a cemetery to bring life into perspective. I have driven past the Moyie Cemetery my entire life and have never stopped to visit. …
There is nothing quite like walking through a cemetery to bring life into perspective. I have driven past the Moyie Cemetery my entire life and have never stopped to visit. …
I make a monthly pilgrimage to the Kootenays and see some of B.C.'s most spectacular country. This image is of Nancy Green Lake between Christiana Lake and Castelgar with Old…
Last weekend we visited Red Rooster Winery in Naramata. B.C. These are American Oak barrels (A-is for American) filled with 2010 vintage Merlot. Somethings are worth waiting for.
Herring Reduction Plant: Due to over-fishing and reduced demand for canned salmon, many of the canneries added herring reduction process lines in the 1950's. The plants extracted fish oil and…
Changing Gears: In 1905 Edmund Smith patented his fish-cleaning machine. It became widely known as the 'Iron Chink' because it could perform the work of about 30 Chinese salmon…
Gulf of Georgia Cannery: When the canneries first opened in the late 1800's the work was all manual with hooks and knives. The industrial revolution introduced machines into the process,…
Gulf of Georgia Cannery: This Spring-break found us at the waterfront in the village of Steveston, BC. Steveston is located at the mouth of the Fraser River in the Straight…
I am fascinated by ice formations over rocks. These colourful bluffs are located just east of Salmo. The warmth of the sun was just starting to melt the sculpture.
With a blanket of fog and lower temperatures the mist crystallized on this brittle thistle. Beauty can be found in unlikely places.