Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Kid Clown


When I was 8, my dad insisted on taking me to The Shriner's Circus in Vancouver to be a clown for a day. I was pretty shy and didn't want to go, but he made me. The newspaper took shots of me and they called me "The Saddest Clown in Town". Sorry I don't have a tear sheet of it. BUT, I DID find these shots my dad took on slide fill with the old Rollie camera. Dug them out and scanned a few for you to see.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Eternity


In the early 70's after a very violent storm I went out with my new Rollie camera that my dad sent me to see what I could capture of it. Came across this and named the image simply "Eternity". All these years later this image is especially a heartfelt one as on the shore just steps for where this was photographed I had the privilage of introducing my sister Muriel to my very best friend "who sticks closer than a brother" at the end of April 1983. She passed suddenly on into His ever caring arms February 17 1996.

My parents surprised me by calling me and asking me if I felt it would be okay to have her body cremated and spread some of the ashes at Dunderave Pier. At the end of this pier where you see the wave breaking and spewing mist is within two meters of where we spread her ashes along with one yellow rose. I did not know Jesus personally when I took this dramatic picture, but God who knows the end from the beginning knows each of us intimately more than we know ourselves!