PORT MOODY’S wooden ships and summer art

Ships of summers past – inspired by forest, engineered by artists,  wood takes to the sea in my  seasonal collection of beautiful watercraft, historic work and play vessels, some dating to the early 20th century. Next Post- tripping inland to 1800s and a Gold Rush past.

– going by ferry to False Creek, Vancouver wooden boat festival , August

More False Creek water images –

 

BC’s famed historic Steamship “Master”

“Deerleap”visiting Vancouver from California and Oregon

View of “Freedom” – with a few splashes of good luck on the ferry from seagull-sam!

– from huge false creek ships to tiny one-person craft

Functional art, musical instruments, furniture designs: all illustrate the diverse talents of their local and North American creators.

– and the music of summer sounds sweet at Port Moody’s celebration of wood summer festival

July sun + BC coast = summer

Sunset bike ride with a pause to glimpse views through spoke silhouettes, dusk and walkers caught in the lens. A bit farther along, a couple of our family’s ‘best friends’ waiting.

‘Best friends’ take a beachside break while dad plays frisbee and the strollers stroll by. They are too cute for words. This creative coast art blog has expanded a bit to include all sorts of cool stuff that we see around the shore on the waters near the ocean and sometimes inland. 

THE ROUNDHOUSE is really a train house where westward bound steam train engines were rotated before heading east. It was the only choice as the ocean waters in False Creek lap upon shores just outside in Vancouver’s Yaletown. Now it serves as community arts and civic-recreation centre, hosts diverse events and exhibits…. below is photo of oldtimer steam engine housed in showroom.

374 taking life easy in the Roundhouse!