Posts Tagged ‘Marina’

Have I Been Forgotten?

Posted: 23rd April 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography
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One of the very best parts about being involved in photography is encountering a scene that leaves the visitor with many unanswered questions.  Trying to place context on such scenes adds interest and intrigue for the viewer, commonly referred to as “artistic tension” by those who subscribe to Gestalt.  Today’s post finds us taking a [...]

Usually as we set out to create a new blog here at the Hollow, Mr. Toad will give me some incredibly inspirational photos and then we put our little green heads together until we put the last period at the end and call it a wrap!  But today, perhaps because it is finally Spring and suddenly [...]

It’s been a rough week here around The Hollow as it seems that I picked up a bit of a bug.  And we’re not talking about the delicious, fly-like kind, either, we’re talking about the kind that puts a trusty toad straight into the Lily Pads where he needs to rest for a few days.  [...]

There is just something purely magical about the quiet hours of the morning.  Those fleeting few moments that belong neither to the night nor to the day.  As if the world is unaware that you are watching, or simply doesn’t mind.  Uninterrupted by the clatter of everyday life, it is a time that belongs to each one [...]

Anchor Watch

Posted: 19th February 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography
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A ship’s bell clangs in the distance through the fog.  By the time it hits your ear it almost sounds muddy, as if the thickness of the fog in the air weighed it down.  As the echoes drifted across the bay and slowly subsided the gulls began to fly past, never afraid to let their [...]

When you live on an island, taking an afternoon excursion can involve more than just a leisurely drive through the countryside.  Eventually all roads lead to the edge of the Earth, where the decision then becomes whether we find a boat and keep on going or don a wetsuit and start paddling!  On this warm, still day we thought [...]

The air was so cold it was thick.  I swore that you could cut it with a knife it felt so heavy.  Frost sat on everything exposed in the marine landscape, and even direct sunlight for a period of time wasn’t enough to get rid of it.  And through it all, a light foggy mist [...]

The long hot days of summer are well behind us as Autumn slowly descends on our little valley, bringing gifts of red and gold and amber.  It is my very favourite time of the year.  A time to rest, a time to reflect, to slow down and unwind.  A romantic time where a walk in the [...]

Island living offers many wonderful facets of life to enjoy for those who live here and for those who visit.  We are blessed with the bluest ocean, the most beautiful mountains and rolling lush forests that sometimes seem to go on forever.  Many communities dot the highway that leads north from Victoria, some of them [...]

Tranquility

Posted: 23rd August 2011 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography
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For today’s adventure we are back once again at the Genoa Bay Marina, in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.  This is the final installment in this series of blog posts and images we have of the marina, but rest assured we’ll be back in the near future to take more pictures.  It’s [...]