"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" TV movie shoot in Estevan Village, evening of November 1, 2010

There was a TV movie shoot taking place on the evening of November 1, 2010 in Estevan Village, a neighborhood shopping district in the municipality of Oak Bay. The shoot was entirely confined to the barbershop. It looked to be a professional effort as there were several big trucks parked on Musgrave Avenue. There were some lights set up so the barbershop appeared as it would in daylight. Walking on the other side of the street I was practically blinded due to the angle of one set of lights.

According to a newspaper article on November 9, the shoot was for a TV movie starring Richard ("The Waltons") Thomas and titled "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" for airing on the Hallmark Channel in 2011.

Uploaded "Morning on Mount Baker" excerpt to the Internet Archive

Inspired by a morning view of Mount Baker in Washington State from Willows Beach in Oak Bay, BC, I laid down a MIDI track, ran it through some software synthesizers and a drum machine, and came up with "Morning on Mount Baker," what I hope is a soothing listen in the ambient groove.

Mystery Christmas smoke plume in Washington State

Took a Christmas walk with family along Willows Beach in Oak Bay and spotted a smoke plume in what I believe was Washington State. Here's a highly magnified view of the mystery plume. I've assumed it was from a fire rather than an industrial site such as a pulp mill.

Checked Google News but didn't find anything about it.

December 26, 2009 Update: Checked Google Earth and plotted a path. The line extends through Whidbey Island, Camano Island, Stanwood and possibly Everett, Washington State. There is a waterfront mill operation and an adjacent U.S. naval station  at Everett, so more than likely the smoke plume originated from one of those two sites.



Here is a screen shot of "Mill Town" at Everett, Washington, from Google Maps Street View showing the mill with a thin plume of smoke.