Welcome everyone, this will be our final blog post for 2011. It’s been a year of highs and lows with big changes and tons of great adventures. We’re very much looking forward to 2012 and all it will bring with it. One of the biggest changes we’ve faced this year was the increase in our [...]
Archive for December, 2011
All Is Quiet As We Await The New Year
Posted: 30th December 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Landscape, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
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Signs Of Hope And Wonder
Posted: 28th December 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island
As we find ourselves amidst the holiday season, enjoying the company of family and friends, I also find this to be a time to reflect and look forward. Today’s post is a continuation of our running photoblog series “The Antiques Toad Show“, and although it may be a tad bit brief it is truly meaningful. [...]
Happy Holidays – From Us To You
Posted: 22nd December 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Canada, Christmas, HDR, Photography
It’s that time of year once again! The holidays are upon us and we pause our busy daily lives to spend some truly wonderful time with our family and dearest friends. Mrs. Toad and I would like to take this chance to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season, and to thank everyone for your ongoing [...]
Holy Bathtub, Batman!
Posted: 20th December 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Rust, Texture, Vancouver Island, Weathered, West Coast
Have you ever taken a bath before and immediately thought “wow, I think I need a bath!”? Prepare to meet our latest find, an old rusty tub. Today we are back at the Metchosin Pioneer Museum that our best friends Dad, The Curator, gave us full access to after hours. You should have seen me, [...]
Everything Is Big At The Discovery Centre
Posted: 16th December 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Toad's Tonka ToysTags: Architecture, Artifact, Canada, Cowichan, HDR, Heritage, Photography, Trains
Texas isn’t the only place where size truly matters, here in Duncan, BC, Canada we have our BC Forest Discovery Centre which serves as a museum to host artifacts and vehicles from our storied past. The logging industry forms a cornerstone to our economy and way of life here on Vancouver Island, and we take [...]
57 Channels And Nothing On
Posted: 13th December 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island, Weathered
Today we’ve got satellite up-links, file downloads, peer-to-peer sharing, PVR’s, smart phones and toasters that can pretty much drive themselves to the store for a loaf of bread. What did we do 50 years ago? Cable TV wasn’t even a dream at that time, and the proverbial “rabbit ears” were commonplace. We continue our series [...]
Holiday Court Motel: Its Final Days
Posted: 2nd December 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Abandoned, Architecture, Canada, Cityscape, Downtown, HDR, Photography, Urbex, Victoria, Weathered
This will likely be our last set of photographs of the Holiday Court Motel here in Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island in Canada. This iconic and storied building is slated for demolition really soon, according to the rumors in town these days. Several years behind schedule, the motel has been abandoned and boarded up for [...]
