“When I am grown to man’s estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys not to meddle with my toys!” – Robert Louis Stevenson If you believe roller skates should have keys, made a game of picking up wooden sticks with painted ends, created endless works of art with the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Museum’
Toys! Toys! Toys!
Posted: 6th May 2013 by Mrs. Toad in Olde School, PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography
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Mrs. Toad And The Case Of The Missing Links
Posted: 22nd March 2013 by Mrs. Toad in Olde School, PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island, Volunteer
History is like a scavenger hunt. It rarely presents itself in any sort of tidy and immediately appreciable way, choosing rather to leave its prints scattered in every direction of possibility. As if someone took the whole story, tore it up into tiny pieces and released it into the air, to be carried by the currents [...]
These Shoes Were Made For Walking
Posted: 1st March 2013 by Mrs. Toad in Olde School, PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Interior, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
Put on your dancing shoes, walk a mile in my shoes, and for goodness’ sake, don’t step on them, especially if they happen to be made of blue suede! It amazes me how many ways we find to pay homage to the simple shoe. Sure, they keep your flippers warm and dry, and I’ll be the first [...]
A Time Before Satellite TV
Posted: 26th February 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in Olde School, PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Interior, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island
Have you ever wondered what people did for entertainment 100 years ago? Back then, there was no such thing as 697 channels to choose from, as a matter of fact there was no TV! There, I said it. I know it’s near impossible to believe, but trust me friends, it’s true. Today, there’s almost a [...]
It’s For You
Posted: 15th January 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in Olde School, PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Interior, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
Today’s communication devices often come with advanced forms of interfaces, allowing the user to take more than one call at the same time, and in many cases send photos and videos while on a call. This might come as an absolute shock to some, but this wasn’t always the case. In today’s world you could [...]
The Last Bastion
Posted: 4th January 2013 by ToadHollowPhoto in PhotographyTags: Architecture, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Landscape, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island
It’s near impossible to imagine the lives that the early settlers must have led here on Vancouver Island. Sure, it hardly ever gets super-cold up here and the snow usually just sticks around for a short period of time when it actually makes an appearance. Today we give none of this a second thought, but [...]
Letters Home
Posted: 31st December 2012 by ToadHollowPhoto in Olde School, PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island, West Coast
There is just something special about receiving an envelope, especially when it comes from friends or family. Whether the words were handwritten or carefully clicked out on a typewriter these notes were always a highlight, an extraordinary treasure to cherish. Today’s modern age finds us sending notes like this digitally, and as a result something [...]
Lessons From The Past
Posted: 28th November 2012 by Mrs. Toad in Olde School, PhotographyTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Vancouver Island
If you were to describe a school in contemporary language, you would undoubtedly use words that together paint a very different picture than if you were to ask someone from a hundred years ago to do the same. Gigantic, multi-storied buildings that house hundreds of students every day, with miles of endless corridors dotted with a multitude [...]
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
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 [...]
Haulin’ The Goods
Posted: 17th October 2012 by ToadHollowPhoto in Photography, The Toad's Tonka ToysTags: Antique, Artifact, Canada, Cowichan, Forest, HDR, Heritage, Museum, Photography, Restoration, Rust, Texture, Trucks, Vancouver Island, Weathered
It’s an almost magical place that can capture the imagination of those who visit. Especially if you’re a Toad who loves antique heavy duty equipment. You could seriously get lost in here for hours on end and come back the very next day and start all over discovering the most amazing things. We’re visiting the [...]
