Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron
I had a look around and saw some interesting things for sale. Actually, I’m not entirely sure what was for sale and what wasn’t. Perhaps everything if the price was right.
Everything from bottles of Wormwood Tincture to calendars of naked Salt Spring women. And a donation box for the Mud Girls.
I was hoping Jed Clampett might come along and sit a spell.
Nope.
I wonder if BC Transit has seen this.
The Arbutus is Canada’s only native broadleaf evergreen tree (more info). Which just means it looks like a deciduous tree but keeps it leaves all year round. Except when they fall off, which seems to be constantly. It lives within 8 kilometres of the ocean on sunny, very well drained soil.
On a hot summer day you can almost watch the old bark curl up and fall off the tree. Also falling from each tree are about a million leaves…usually just after you’ve swept your deck. And these are leaves with attitude. They’re tough and manage to get an unyielding foothold in the space between deck boards.
So how can it be my favourite tree? What’s your favourite?
*almost forgot: although Arbutus is rarely used as lumber, it’s a favourite of woodworkers
Created by Salt Spring artist, Antonio Alonso
We’ve seen this Salt Spring sign before. But it’s wonderful this year so I couldn’t resist.
Some very obliging patron allowed me to take this photo of the latté she was about to enjoy on the Salt Spring Coffee patio.
It’s odd, isn’t it that Salt Spring Coffee no longer lives on Salt Spring Island.