St. Ann's Church, Quamichan - Duncan

St. Ann's Church in Duncan, Vancouver island was built in 1903

Port Alberni Harbour

A winter evening,watching the ships load and the sealions call.

The Butter church

The Butter church

Block and Tackle

Port Alberni Train Station

The "water stop" for the McLean Mill National Historic Site #7 steam train

The Port Alberni Train Station

The train station for the McLean Mill National Historic Site #7 Baldwin steam train

Martin Mars "Hawaii Mars" Flying tanker

The Hawaii mars is one of the last of the giant "Martin Mars" series of flying boat built during WW2. It was converted to a waterbomber for fighting forest fires in the 1960's and saw service up to 2015. Length: 117 ft 3 in (35.74 m) Wingspan: 200 ft 0 in (60.96 m) Width: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) Hull beam Height: 38 ft 5 in (11.71 m) afloat, 48 ft (15 m) beached

Martin Mars "Hawaii Mars" Flying tanker

The Hawaii mars is one of the last of the giant "Martin Mars" series of flying boat built during WW2. It was converted to a waterbomber for fighting forest fires in the 1960's and saw service up to 2015. Length: 117 ft 3 in (35.74 m) Wingspan: 200 ft 0 in (60.96 m) Width: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) Hull beam Height: 38 ft 5 in (11.71 m) afloat, 48 ft (15 m) beached

1956 Chevy wagon

Beautiful 1956 Chevrolet station wagon drag car

The #7 Baldwin steam locomotive

The #7 locomotive runs along the Alberni Pacific Railway tracks from the station in downtown Port Alberni to the McLean Mill National Historic Site during the summer months.

The #7 Baldwin steam locomotive

The #7 locomotive runs along the Alberni Pacific Railway tracks from the station in downtown Port Alberni to the McLean Mill National Historic Site during the summer months.

The #7 Baldwin steam locomotive

The #7 locomotive runs along the Alberni Pacific Railway tracks from the station in downtown Port Alberni to the McLean Mill National Historic Site during the summer months.

Port Alberni harbour at night

"The bells of San Blas"

The old Our "Nuestra Senora del Rosario" (Our Lady of the Rosary) church in San Blas was built in the 1700's and was the inspiration for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Bells of San Blas"

Antique Coffee Grinder, San Sebastion de Oeste, Mexico (sepia)

An antique hand cranked coffee grinder in a coffee platation in the colonial mexican town of San Sebastion.

Birdhouse, Stubbs island Tofino B.C.

Smells devine!

freshly ground coffee in a plantation high in the sierra madre mountains of mexico. “La Quinta Cafe de Altura” has been in operation for more than a hundred years and is still run by the same family. The smell of fresh ground coffee here was incredible!

Antique Coffee Grinder, San Sebastion de Oeste, Mexico

An antique hand cranked coffee grinder in a coffee platation in the colonial mexican town of San Sebastion. This picture also available in "sepia" style