As gathering around the picnic blanket gives way to cuddling in front of the fireplace, we are beckoned indoors once again as shadows fall on the landscape and blue sky turns to grey. Now while that can certainly conjure sad images of little faces pressed against the window with smiles rightly turned upside-down, we just can’t help but be [...]
Archive for the ‘The Antiques Toad Show’ Category
Remnants of Yesterday
Posted: 6th November 2012 by Mrs. Toad in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
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Rusty Skates And Tin Cans
Posted: 5th October 2012 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Rust, Vancouver Island
Rust is a great equalizer. Almost everything constructed of metal begins a slow march towards decay. In some cases this marks the beginning of the end for the item in question, sometimes it means the item becomes weathered looking. With this comes character. We’re heading back to the Metchosin Pioneer Museum today where we continue [...]
Thank Heaven For Little Girls
Posted: 28th August 2012 by Mrs. Toad in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island
Bright eyed dolls in satin dresses, a tiny bed hidden beneath a zoo of stuffed animals, crisp white linens that smell like outside, books that tell of a thousand adventures….while these might not make Julie Andrew’s list of her favourite things, they are most certainly at the very top of mine. Little treasures that are [...]
How Times Have Changed
Posted: 24th August 2012 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Rust, Vancouver Island, Weathered
As times change, things that were considered quite normal before can now be looked upon with a critical eye. As we learn things techniques go through a metamorphosis and the new understanding leads to a change in procedures and means. This is the advancement of society. Join us today as we head back to our [...]
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Posted: 9th August 2012 by Mrs. Toad in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island
Ahhh, the sweet smell of a freshly baked loaf of golden bread smothered in dripping butter and wild strawberry jam, made with buckets of berries that took all day to collect. The deep, musky scent of coffee percolating on the stove and eggs delicately sizzling in a bath of bacon fat. Having grown up in Quebec, these memories [...]
Arriving In Style
Posted: 19th July 2012 by Mrs. Toad in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
What could possibly be better than great photos, a scintillating write-up, and a dapper Toad in a tophat? More of them! Well, things are always hopping here at The Hollow and as much as that makes us very happy indeed, at times it can leave a toad feeling like throwing his flippers in the air and proclaiming “I [...]
Antiques And The Stories They Tell
Posted: 22nd June 2012 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
Items that people have possessed tell a story. Sometimes these stories are overt, sometimes they are wrong, but almost always an impression has been left behind. You can look at a destroyed car and immediately know it had an unfortunate incident with a tree. You can look at a diamond wedding ring and know it [...]
Treasures Left Behind
Posted: 31st May 2012 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Texture, Vancouver Island, Weathered, West Coast
The more I learn about people from previous generations and the hardships and experiences they had, the more I respect and admire them. I think this is a large reason for the inherent interest we all find in visiting our local museums and viewing and learning about our history. Nothing can put you directly in [...]
Things Are Heating Up Around Here!
Posted: 26th April 2012 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Rust, Texture, Vancouver Island, Weathered, West Coast
As we find spring approaching, everyone begins to revel at the notion of warmer and longer days to enjoy. We have a wood burning fireplace at The Hollow for our source of heat, and I can honestly tell you my flippers start getting tired from stacking, chopping and carrying wood for 11 months straight, and [...]
Antique Needles and Syringes
Posted: 3rd April 2012 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Antiques Toad ShowTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Texture, Vancouver Island, Weathered, West Coast
You want to put what, where? Uh, no, that’s OK I think I’ll pass. Given the state of modern medicine and how far we’ve come in the last 50 to 100 years, I’d strongly recommend running in the exact opposite direction if you ever encounter one of these. We’re back at the Metchosin Pioneer Museum [...]
