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Navigating the First Hole

First Hole Swimmers

1:00 p.m. at the  Salt Spring Golf Course
In the driving rain, a Mallard duck and two Canada Geese enjoy a swim on one of their newly discovered lakes. Another goose performs maintenance and fertilization. Welcome to the Salt Spring Island Golf and Country Club.

(I’ll be donating my time the next four days to the Gulf Islands School of Performing Arts (GISPA) as part of my business cause: performing arts at Gulf Islands Secondary. I will have little or no time to do anything else so it’s likely that the next post will appear on Friday, March 18th)

Salt Spring Springboard Stump

Springboard Stump

This massive Cedar stump (about 10 feet high) is evidence of the early days of logging on Salt Spring Island. In order to reduce the amount of cutting (by hand) and make possible the cutting of a tree on a steep slope, the loggers cut notches to accommodate ‘springboards’. They would then stand on the springboards and cut the tree above the much wider butt. This would not only reduce the amount of work but would make transporting the log possible. Or so I’ve read…

For me it was a beautiful moment with exquisite light and colours—and a glimpse into the past.

What a Difference a Rain Makes

Raging Stream on Salt Spring Island

Believe it or not, this is the same stream featured previously, but after yesterday’s downpour. It’s taken from the same spot, but is a horizontal photo. And that’s because there was nothing to see but water below in the foreground. None of the mid stream or right shore boulders could be seen.

What made it even more interesting—and a bit scary—was the muted sound of a rock tumbling down the mountain. Eventually I realized the occasional boulder was hurtling underwater, and thus unseen, down the stream.

Here’s the original photo again for comparison:

Salt Spring Island Creek

 

Downpour

Downpour

It was gusting 101 km/h at 6:00 am this morning and, as expected when you live in the trees, there were power outages. And buckets of rain. Our rain barrels filled once per hour for about six hours. Then the rain stopped, the sun broke through the clouds, and I dealt with the carnage on the driveway.

Photos by John Cameron

Photographs of Salt Spring Island and areas reachable by ferry and road (and sometimes off-road).

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