We finally reached one of our favourite places on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Pacific Rim National Park.... The Visitor Center at Long Beach... Tide pools at the base of the rocks filled with sea urchins... Winston found a new friend there; Byuri, a little native girl.... Together they sat watching the waves as the tide started to roll back in....
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After taking doll photos at Bow Lake, we continued heading north up the Icefields Parkway. My goal was to take as many sets of photos for the story started in 2012, and not in any particular order. So I was keeping my eye open for suitable, uncrowded photo locations. Like the parking lot at Hilda Ridge, just south of the Columbia Icefields.... In the story, the three main characters had come across a lost little native girl. So, they interrupted their quest to go out from camp with the horses to look for the girl's people. It was very cold and windy, and the sky was filled with massive storm clouds, and they'd occasionally get pelted with snow, so it was a good thing that they'd brought along some warm 'bear skins'....
Back in 2013 I started a new doll photo project - A Year of Special Days. I spent an entire year taking photos to illustrate all the special days that inspired me. Then over the years I'd revisit the theme and photograph even more, like in 2015, 2017, 2021, and again this past year. Well, we thought the series would make a great book, but there were so many special day photos that we decided to divide the year up into four seasons, and create a series of books each covering three months worth of Special Days. The first volume - Spring - is just about ready to go out for it's test print. It covers all the special days I've photographed for March, April and May over the years, right from the very beginning. And because it's about special days in Spring, we chose green as the theme colour.... I created special monthly cover photos to illustrate as many of the special days that month as I could. I'm sure you'll be able to recognize many of the Special Days represented. The March section has 41 photos illustrating 23 different special days... April has 72 photos illustrating 28 separate special days.... ...and May has 48 photos illustrating 29 special days.... Then there's the front cover. ...and the back cover.... It's a really fun book, and I can't wait to see the first copy.
With yesterday's photos taken at Bow Lake, I thought I'd share some more photos of the Rockies taken along the Icefields Parkway, which is considered one of the most spectacular roads in the world. The Parkway is part of Canada's National Park System, and follows three separate river valleys through totally unspoiled wilderness, for 230 km up through the heart of the Rockies from Banff up to Jasper. Bow Lake from the south end... Approaching Bow Lake from the north... Bow Lake reflection, first thing in the morning before the wind ripples the surface... The Saskatchewan River... Approaching the Columbia Icefields... The Athabasca Glacier at the Columbia Icefield.... The Icefields Parkway is always a highlight of any trip out west. We went up to the Icefields Center and back down again on our way out west, then travelled the entire length north a few weeks later, then took our time coming back down a few days later.
Adrian and Narin arrived on the shore of Bow Lake... Where they met up with Aeran... ...and her group... "We need to go that way. It's the easiest way around the lake." So they continued on together...
In addition to taking seven dolls along to finish photographing the story from twelve years ago, I also took along my family of dragons. I thought it would be nice to have some subjects to just take some fun photos with. Winston and Saphira first wanted to explore Waterton Lakes National Park.... They spotted the Prince of Wales Hotel in the distance.... ...and watched a grizzly scamper away.... Then they headed up to Crowsnest Pass, and the site of the great Frank landslide... ...where the entire side of a mountain had come rumbling down a hundred years ago. The road and rail line had been cleared long ago, after all Crowsnest Pass is just one of three passes through the Canadian Rockies. But the debris field still looked as fresh as if it had just happened.... Then the dragons headed north to Calgary, where they took the kids out to see Ghost Lake...
In addition to the three main adventurers in my story, the party also included Narin and Adrian, who were in charge of the horses and supplies. They would travel either behind, or ahead of the other three, in order to set up campsites for the night. The horses had saddlebags, and were loaded up with tents, bed rolls, and all manner of supplies, for what could be a very lengthy journey...
Earlier this Spring I had made lace party dresses for several of my little girls who didn't have one yet. There were three little Iplehouse BIDs; Erin, Lizzy, and Aki... ...and the last two of my small Kaye Wigs girls to arrive; Lonnie and Fair Layla... The two green dresses are the same light green lace, but with different coloured linings.
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AuthorMartha Boers is an award-winning Canadian doll maker and costumer specializing in fantasy and historical-style costumes. Archives
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