Country_Wife

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Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll give it a go,

It’s not an exact replica, sadly. More of a notional replica; it apparently stands in for a house. “Kitchen shelter - Narcisse Fallardeau and his Kwantlen wife Hélène served the residents of the Big House from their house and kitchen at this location.” — from https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/bc/langley/visit/visit6 However, it is now posted as a Dated Architectural Structure Multifarious waymark: https://www.Waymarking.com/waymarks/wm18GM0_Kitchen_Shelter_Cuisine_2008_Langley_BC_Canada Edited to add: The “Big House” was where the officers (management) of the Hudson’s Bay Company lived. Narcisse would likely have been a “servant” (employee) of the HBC. I’m better with the earlier history of the HBC, but I think Helène would have been unpaid labour, but receiving rations and housing from her husband’s employer.

Thanks for that, Pisa-caching! Yes, there are some interesting maths behind what factors to use / avoid when resizing photos. I’ll have to do a quick refresher, I seem to recall there was a very simple rule. “Having fun” for me has meant having a reason to learn new things. I’m a word magpie, so I was thrilled to learn the meaning of “triodetic”. https://Waymarking.com/waymarks/wmCQC2_Bloedel_Conservatory_Botanical_Garden I have also learned - why 50 goals in a hockey player’s first 50 games of the season is such an amazing feat: https://Waymarking.com/waymarks/wmXMMX_PREMIER_a_marquer_50_buts_en_50_parties_FIRST_to_score_50_goals_in_50_games_Gatineau_QC - the too-brief biography of Vancouver artist Alan Hung Chung: https://Waymarking.com/waymarks/wm18GE0_SS_Beaver_monument_Fort_Langley_BC_Canada - the surprising connections between the 4th Earl Grey and Canada’s national parks system: https://Waymarking.com/waymarks/wmHPB7_Albert_H_G_Grey_Qubec_Canada And so much more!

That works, thanks!

The building is a “kitchen shelter” (actually a covered picnic area). It has an outdoor bake oven attached to it, wonder if there’s a category for those?

This reproduction building at a national historic site was a special project. Any ideas? Edited to add: My husband thinks there is a category for EVERYTHING. Perhaps this proves him wrong!

Sounds to me like you’re training the AI! Also, Adobe says this feature is “powered by Adobe Firefly generative AI”. https://www.adobe.com/ca/products/photoshop/generative-fill.html

A new phone would be nice but I’ve got other budgeting priorities at the moment. However, I also have a proper camera with better resolution and analog zoom; I just didn’t happen to have it with me as I wasn’t planning on Waymarking on that trip. Isn’t that always how it goes?!

Digital zoom would have turned it into blurry blobs; I’ve had that problem before and prefer to just crop.

Well… I don’t have Photoshop, but on some recent photos there were distracting patches of bright colour. I used a very crude photo editor to dull down the colour. I didn’t add or subtract anything to the main subject, just reduced the distracting elements. All of photography, going back to the darkroom days, has been about enhancing the original image in various ways: push developing of film, burning and dodging different elements of the print… As long as the alterations are artistic, but the photo is still true to the main subject, I don’t have a problem with photo editing on waymarks.

Thanks for that info, I’ll go back and add a date to the ones I recently updated. Should’ve thought of that myself.

Oh, I like this idea! One of my waymarks is a mural by a well-known artist. It was one of her first commissions for public art. I have no idea whether it was taken down or covered up, but aside from my waymark, there are very few other records of it. Also, I have recorded several other of her works, and she is one of the two main people behind a new sculpture garden/trail that I want to waymark.

As I look back on my old waymarks, I know a number no longer exist, at least at their old locations. I gather it is best to “archive” those waymarks, so others don’t go off on a wild goose chase. It would be sad to lose these, after putting in the work. Will archiving waymarks affect my category grid? The number of waymarks posted? *sigh* I suppose I will delete archive them anyway, but I would be less reluctant if I knew it wouldn’t affect my grid or number of waymarks posted.

I see that Canadian waymarks are okay. Too bad I’m not visiting southern Alberta any time soon! https://www.museumofthehighwood.com/oldmacleodtrail

Thanks for the words of encouragement! I do tend to get tangled up in dos and don’ts, so I shall take heart and just give ‘er! I think my own quality control is not bad, but I appreciate your comments about photo size. I usually try to leave photos as large as possible, but I was shooting a neon sign yesterday and it had to be cropped a lot in order to fill the frame with sign instead of the building it was on. Enjoy your break!

Okay, thanks! This kind of common-sense approach is very helpful. I’m leaving on a trip to a tourist hotspot today. You’d think that all the waymarks there would be done to death, but I’m spotting a lot of possibilities for new ones. The ones that have been done are all on the main tourist circuit, but I’m not a tourist

Thank you both for your responses. I’ll give a very generic example of a waymark approval question. Most waymarks require two photos. What if the second photo is clearly cropped from the first photo? I seem to recall that this was frowned on.

I last did Waymarking about 10 years ago, and it looks like I will be starting up again. I’ll be reading the forums to catch up, but I never really felt confident, even when I was active before. I’m proud of my waymarks, just feel like I don’t know nearly enough about the entire process. I’m also one of those absentee officers, deleting emails about Ice Cream Palours because I was (and am) afraid of doing the wrong thing. What would you suggest are the biggest Dos and Don’ts at this point in time, both for officers and for folks submitting new waymarks?

I don't have a big problem with picking a date out of a hat, but when I do, I always use Jan 1 in the hope that people will take the hint that the date is approximate. Edited to add: In hindsight, it would probably be a good idea to make a note of that in the long description as well.

Here are some photos (I hope these links work) showing dates on buildings to help further the discussion. This date (1909) would be suitable for the Frieze Art category: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YiP5msXibGDGpw4dN_XSqtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink This one also fits into Frieze Art (and it is absolutely gorgeous IMO, looking forward to submitting the whole building): https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nyBkVXg1QfTSg325SSwFvdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink This one, I think, would be more suitable for the Cornerstones category: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JNnzMXznqag6AwWkn9EbKtMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink Hard to see if this date was carved proud (background material was removed) and therefore suitable for the Cornerstones category (I guess) or if the date and building name were attached to the building separately: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/G4LWtF4Lqh4GmUh19rhjydMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink This building (Delaware Block) probably had dates once, but they have since fallen off; with the dates still attached, would it be acceptable to Cornerstones, or is the proposed category the only possible home for it? https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8qf0hSHtny4sZvSw0M1jqdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

Thanks, Bruce. I'll have a few of those to submit as a result of some recent Waymarking expeditions during Historic Calgary Week.

Okay, thanks for clearing that up.

Are you suggesting that I shouldn't worry about this? Because that's what I'm asking about, whether it's appropriate for me to consider copyright issues when approving waymarks, or if I should approve waymarks even in cases where I'm pretty sure there is a copyright issue, because that's up to the person submitting the waymark.

I really like the idea of this category. As someone interested in local history, I would find this information helpful and interesting. Many historic buildings do not have cornerstones, but do have the dates placed in large numbers below the roofline, next to the building name. In some cases, there are two dates - usually the date of the original building, and then a later date for the construction of an addition. Dates of bridges, tunnels, culverts, etc. are also interesting. A few other categories which should have priority over this one are frieze art (where the date is part of a decorative element on the exterior of a building) and any other works of art such as dated murals, sculptures, etc which have dates on them or incorporated into them. Those belong in the appropriate art category.