Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron
A portion of the view from a south Salt Spring home captured this weekend on a spectacular late summer evening. We’re looking south east down Haro Strait to Mount Baker. That’s Russell Island on the left (with the anchored boats), Portland Island in the center, and Piers Island and Swartz Bay on the right.
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See also a winter sunrise from the same area. And another winter sunrise from the same area.
The morning sky at Fernwood Pier, Salt Spring Island
If there’s no breeze, our west facing home doesn’t cool down a whole lot at night. So Saturday morning I woke up early and headed down to the ocean for some relief from the heat. It turned out to be a stunning view at sunrise, lots of great clouds and, thankfully…chilly! Highly recommended.
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
Yet another new path on Salt Spring. This one is along the south side of Lower Ganges Road and runs from Booth Canal Road to Sharp Road. The bulk of the work was accomplished by Island Pathways volunteers. The path winds its way near the road but has dips and turns as well as a bridge and rock retaining walls.
It’s now possible to walk/ride from Booth Canal to Ganges without venturing on the Lower Ganges speedway.
Molly and Zach’s place along Upper Ganges Road. Great young people growing food for us.