Here is a selection of behind-the-calendar stories from our readers:
Dave Clark
Vancouver
Calendar cover: Surprise photo shoot
Floreen Clark thought she was auditioning for a role as Rosie the Riveter on her birthday this year, but was pleasantly surprised to learn she was instead dressing up for a one-of-a-kind calendar photo shoot at Pearson Air Museum, organized by her husband, Dave Clark. With friends by her side, Floreen posed as the iconic WWII figure in a number of fun scenarios. “Once she found out, it took her a few minutes for her mind to wrap around what was happening,” Dave said. One calendar page shows Floreen hanging from the cockpit of a classic plane, another is a close-up in front of the phrase, “Keep ’em flying, buy war bonds.”
Richard Mielke
Vancouver
Calendar cover: Hiking trip in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness
• Since 2005, Richard Mielke has been giving his friends photo calendars documenting his favorite summer activity: backpacking trips. This year he is on the cover, standing in front of a stunningly reflective lake within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the middle of the state. While his favorite shots are inside the 2013 calendar and not the cover, he put himself on page one because he reasoned, “the cover photo will be facing the wall all year.”
Jack Roscoe
Hockinson
Calendar cover: Morning stroll to pick apples
• A multigenerational snapshot of an early morning stroll to gather apples on Jack and Mattie Roscoe’s Hockinson property just screamed “family,” Jack said. That’s why he wanted the picture of Mattie and nine of their grandchildren picking apples for horses in his 2013 calendar. “What struck me about the picture is the casual, but friendly and helpful atmosphere among the children,” he said. “Appropriate for a family calendar.”
Robin Starzman
Vancouver
Calendar cover: The Scottish fold cat Stanley
• Starzman started making calendars in honor of her 10-year-old cat, Stanley, because of his advancing age. Starzman found the newborn kitten abandoned by his mother under a bush, gasping for breath with his umbilical cord attached and body still wet from birth. Starzman said she performed CPR on Stanley until his breathing became normal. Her pet is such a cherished part of the family she even maintains a website dedicated to him: www.thescottishfold.com. “I enjoy sharing Stanley’s story,” she said.