those old kitchen chairs || vancouver photographer

when i was in gibsons with the kids at my auntie's i kept looking at these certain old kitchen chairs on her patio...i KNEW them...but where?

then i finally placed them! in my great grama emily's (who passed away a couple months ago) kitchen! i remember as a kid growing up with these chairs, and here they were, just as sturdy as ever!

my auntie thought it was cute that i wanted to take photos of these chairs..and that i did. some by themselves and some with my own kids on them..

here are those old kitchen chairs.. :)

road trip to gibsons, sunshine coast || vancouver photographer

when lover was away last week, the kids and i took a mini road-trip to gibsons, on the sunshine coast, to visit my great auntie sandra.

i remember my auntie sandra when we would have ukrainian christmas dinners at my great grandma's house in new west when i was little. i always remembered her as so very sweet and yet sparky and full of life.

she is just the same today as she was then. :)

here's a few pics... and then a link to see the whole lot of them in my fbook album.

enjoy.. :)







more photos here!

the sunshine coast

one of the great things about my job as a photographer is that i get to visit some of the greatest places! some of the places that i can thank my job for taking me to are: whistler, montreal, germany, italy, hong kong, philippines, portland, switzerland, calgary, saskatchewan, the okanagan to name a few.

this last weekend i was second shooting for erin gilmore up the sunshine coast at rockwater secret cove resort.

i had never been to the sunshine coast, and let me tell you..it won't be my last time! and to think i have a sweet great aunt who lives in gibsons! she did invite me out this summer, so i will DEFINITELY take the kiddies and lover!!

the lifestyle is so incredibly "CHILL". it's awesome. and the scenery absolutely breathtaking.

here are my photos from the roadtrip side of it...enjoy. ;)



ferry odds & ends..




only on the sunshine coasts do you find random chairs at bus stops. we asked a local gent about them, and he said "ya, we donate them to the bus stops so people have somewhere to sit. in fact my wife took one of our old chairs to one last week!" so cool!


first stop - the quaint little township of gibsons...where the old tv series "the beachcombers" was filmed..









we ate lunch at this great little greek place..our drinks were scrumptious and our food..so good. we were burpin' it for hours.. ;)





here and there in molly's lane..






eat your heart out easy-park vancouver


and onto sechelt..



lil' ms GI JANE..


speaking of GI JANE..she got two flat tires..yep, same side..weeeeeeeeeeird. luckily wonderful gent "jack" came to our rescue and drove us to tire shop and then back to rockwater friday night..



it suits her, no? :)


only in a small town..i told erin that i bet it went something like this, the next day: "ya we were hardcore last night, we painted the street..ha ha.. ya best night EVER." :)


the CUTEST little "franchise" of coffee shops on the sunshine coast..


LOVE LOVE LOVE this quote..


and back thru gibson's on our way home..







a very cool artisan's gallery - the Art Barn..





some more of the gibsons landing..





and to end the trip right - lunch at molly's reach. :)