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Salt Spring Home #241

OK, here’s a Salt Spring Island home and a half. We stopped by for a few evening/night photographs and I’ve got to say that this is one of the most interesting homes on the Island.It could be because we were there on a gorgeous clear warm evening and just kept shooting and shooting — until well after dark (I’ve now delivered a total of 44 images of this home to Sotheby’s). Standing on the tile over concrete deck, we could feel the day’s warmth radiating from below and from the rock wall of the house itself. The whole front of the home opens up to a panoramic ocean view.

Bonus:
Salt Spring Home #241-2

Oregon Grape Colour

Dry Leaf
A small treasure from our morning dog walk through the forest. The forest seems very dry for this time of year and many of the Oregon Grape leaves are brightly coloured like this one.

Cameron thought I might like to photograph it on a piece of white paper placed on the deck. Good idea. But he was fast asleep before I was finished…

Industrial Art by the Ferry Terminal

Art by the Ferry Terminal

If you’ve spent time waiting at the Vesuvius Terminal—and who hasn’t—you’ve probably watched the light play on this artwork. If not, be sure to check it out. In this photo though we’re looking through the cutouts in one of the metal fence panels and seeing bits of a building behind.

We often credit architects for ‘seeing’ the sightlines inside a building before the building has, well, been built. I wonder if the same is true in this case? Did the metal fabricator plan this see-through effect?

Next Up

Next Up
Hiking the Dunbabbin Trail, Salt Spring Island
A newborn Maple makes a valiant effort to grow amoung the ancient Cedars.

This short rainforest trail is currently struggling with the effects of substantial tree cutting on both neighbouring properties. And beavers continue to put their stamp on the west end of the trail, occasionally flooding the bridge and the low section of trail.

Morning Civil Twilight Colours

Twilight Colours

The sky colours are more intense during civil twilight*  than they are after sunrise, as shown in the above photo taken from Fernwood Pier.

There’s a beam of light in the sky and reflected in the water; apparently this is called a sun pillar. And to the right, an aging condensation trail from a high flying jet.

* definitions about the three twilights at Wikipedia

Photos by John Cameron

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

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