
A man hurries through the late fall rain away from the unofficial Saturday Market. He’s snagged the last of the carrots.
Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron

A man hurries through the late fall rain away from the unofficial Saturday Market. He’s snagged the last of the carrots.

7:30 am on a foggy Ganges morning. There’s a sign that says ‘shipstones’. Which could mean ‘ship stones’, perhaps after the lovely and famous Tancook Whaler of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia area. It had ballast of beach stones that tended to rattle around a bit when the ship tacked. Or I could be all wet on this one; perhaps it means ‘ship tones’ and is a nod to the live music on the seaside patio.
Either way the brightly lit sign is a nice contrast to the ghosted masts in the background.

A sidewalk inspector surveys the scene at the crane (near the Ganges Coast Guard station) after the rain on a December afternoon.

Continuing upon yesterday’s theme, we’re decorated for the holiday season.

There’s still lots of finishing, installing and adjusting left to do at the new Salt Spring Library on McPhillips Street. Today the furniture begins to arrive. Grading and paving behind the building are next.
Meanwhile the contractor and sub-trades are scrambling throughout the building and around the exterior.
I hope to do a full set of images to document the new building once everything is in place.
Photographs of Salt Spring Island and areas reachable by ferry and road (and sometimes off-road).