Working at Arctic Ice Cream in Vancouver, 1951
Editor/Daughter’s Note: From my dad’s journal of memories, this story from Vancouver in 1951. I met a young Dane named Poul and we moved into a rooming house on Thurlow […]
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The Three Pools at Little Qualicum Falls on Vancouver Island
Years ago I went on a sketching trip to Little Qualicum Falls on Vancouver Island. The star attraction for me were the three pools, each one different: one deep sea […]
Driftnetting in Canada’s West Coast Forest, 1950
Note from Editor/Daughter: My dad’s stories of when he first came from Denmark to Canada, taken in by a bunch of ‘fancy’ recruiting ads that promised the world but turned […]
Author’s Note from my Dad’s Journal of Memories
My Dad’s note about his journal: Because I am not a very good typist or too good at English grammar I have chosen to heavily illustrate this book. As the saying […]
‘Hi Dad’, My Dad’s Paintings of Big Cats
My dad titled this painting of a tiger “Hi Dad.” This painting of a lion has the same title on the back. For some reason he always thought of his father […]
A Face in the Crowd – Chinese New Year Parade
This is an odd challenge as it’s called ‘A Face in the Crowd’ but it’s really about a single person standing out in a crowd but anonymous and showing their […]
My Home City of Vancouver
As I stare out the windows at the perpetual drizzle of Vancouver I can’t help thinking that February is perhaps not the best month for the Weekly Photo Challenge to […]
