
Flat water, great sky. Dawn at Fernwood Pier.
Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron

Flat water, great sky. Dawn at Fernwood Pier.

Saw this monster on our west-facing deck. It can fly…a bit. Does anyone know what this is?
(it’s a couple of centimetres long)


During a recent long solo hike, I heard odd splashing sounds on the trail ahead. I surprised two large black ravens (all three of us startled…).
The ravens had somehow found water in this dry ravine.

1:00 pm on the Pacific Circle Highway just before it was closed to traffic. And just before I turned tail for Salt Spring Island…
A 135 hectare fire 1 kilometre from Lizard Lake (27 kilometres SW of Cowichan Lake) was discovered Wednesday and the highway was closed to traffic. Here’s the BC Wildfire Service link for updated info. This is a suspected human-caused fire. Argh.




Saturday at 8:11 pm
A northwest sky along North Beach Road, Salt Spring Island

Saturday at 8:35 pm
The same scene from a similar position, 25 minutes later. The sun is behind the hills; the ominous clouds provide early darkness.
Photographs of Salt Spring Island and areas reachable by ferry and road (and sometimes off-road).