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A man carved from wood stands watch on an old cabin at Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park near Peachland in the BC Okanogan, Canada

Gellaty Nut Farm Park on Okanogan Lake in the Winter

February 1, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Okanogan Lake is very moody in the winter. The historic Gellatly Nut Farm is a BC Regional Park set on the lake near West Kelowna, BC. A man carved from […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, BC, Western USA & Canada

Lighting Up the Winter at Yaletown Illuminations in Vancouver

February 23, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

Originally posted on Albatz Travel Adventures:
Illuminate Yaletown was one of my favourite events to light up the dark days of winter. There were all manner of lights, fire dancers…

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BC
Dad's painting of winter on a Saskatchewan Farm, 1949

Saskatchewan in the Winter Time, 1949

February 1, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

From a journal of memories my dad gave me; this story of when he first arrived in Canada after being recruited as a worker in Denmark. I was sent to […]

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USA & Canada
Dad's painting of a train trip through the wilds of Ontario, 1949

A Train Ride through Ontario in mid-December 1949

January 2, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

My dad’s memories of the train ride he took through Ontario in mid-December 1949. After splitting up with the refugees in Montreal and seeing Harold vanish into the crowd at […]

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USA & Canada
Dad's painting of a bad winter in Denmark, 1940

Danish Winter Emergency, 1939-40

December 27, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

Dad’s memories of Denmark in the unusually cold winter of 1939/40. I guess I suffered from wanderlust so I looked for another job and found that on a potato farm […]

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Denmark
Dad's painting of the iced-over river by Sio farm in Denmark

Ice Winter on Sio Farm in Denmark, 1936-37

December 21, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Dad’s memories of his first winter on his uncle Peter’s farm on Siø, an island off of Langeland in Denmark. The first winter I was on the island the strait […]

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Denmark
Dad's painting of a horse running through the snow

Winter Logging in Sweden, 1947

December 18, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

From my Dad’s memories of spending a winter felling trees north of Stockholm (1947). I longed to get back into the clean air and went to the labour office that […]

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Sweden
Aerial of the snowy Coastal Mountains

Travel Theme: Snowy BC

November 23, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

It mostly rains in Vancouver in the winter so if I want snow I have to go up into the mountains or into the interior of the province. Here are […]

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BC, Travel Theme
Spring Green Leaves at Pacific Spirit Park

Weekly Photo Challenge: Seasons Around the City

February 19, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Seasons in the city of Vancouver… Spring green leaves at Pacific Spirit Park up by UBC. Summer is beach time.Autumn on Commercial Drive. We don’t usually get snow but when we […]

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BC, Weekly Photo Challenge
an Aerial Shot of flying over the icy north

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: The Colour of Water in the Winter

August 12, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 10 Comments

Even though it was spring when we were flying over the Arctic Circle on our way home from Belgium the frozen wastes below us screamed ‘Winter’. For more on Cee’s Fun […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge

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