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CY HAMPSON photo

Capturing a ‘Symphony of Lines’

Having run across an interesting
old driftwood log along Dallas
Road, I took my camera out of the
packsack and proceeded to mount
it On my tripod in preparation for
taking a photograph of a section of
the stump which appealed to me.
- Successive flowing lines gave
the impression of a stream in
spate, rushing inexorably over
obstructions below the turbid
water. Patches of silvery foam were
evident here and there, along with
bits of flotsam carried along to an
unknown destination.

The log, lying in the inert gravel
with the quiet water behind it, was
certainly static but the motion of
the lines in the decaying wood was
dynamic and stirring. I was adjust-
ing my focus when a voice broke
in almost beside me, “Excuse me,
but what are you trying to photo-
graph?”

“The lines in this bit of wood

that remind me of a stream in

flood.”

I looked up to see an elderly
gentleman gazing down, pale blue
eyes beneath a brow apparently
furrowed in thought.

He bent a little closer, scrutiniz-
ing the area before my lens for
several seconds.

“Tt’s really ripping along isn’t:

it. There’s quite a gradient there
and either the snow in the moun-

tains have just melted or the area’

has experienced a flash flood. Like
the one they’ ve just had in Texas,
eh? You're not just looking; you’re
seeing,” he said.

“Tt’s fun and very exciting,” I
said.

“You're right there. I try to paint
a bit. Designs and patterns every-
where, aren’t there. I go in for
abstracts a bit too,” he went on
appreciatively.

“Then you'll like dashes of
color in the right places, too.”

“Yes, juxtaposed colors break-
ing up space in an interesting way
and all playing with one another to
produce an unexpected feeling of
exhilaration, sadness, peaceful-
ness, excitement or forboding and
so on. It’s intriguing what lines,
spaces, color and shapes can do to
one,” he said.

“Right. And you can see these
things in everything — flowers,
rocks, bark, wood, ripples in sand,
wavelets, pounding surf, waving
fields of grain, seed heads,
feathers, the wings of butterflies
and moths. Theyre everywhere.”

“Yes,” he said. “And my
responsibility, as I see it, is to
capture this on paper with my
palette as best I can. But fortun-
ately in the final analysis, I have
only to please myself. These expe-
riences are very personal, you
know. Well, so long. Thanks for
introducing me to your fascinating
little stream.”

“Thank you. Very nice chatting
with you. Have a good day.”

Our photo today, taken at a
watering hole in East Africa, is
something of an example of what
the elderly gentleman and I were
discussing briefly. I once submit-
ted this photo to a reputable maga-
zine that used a good deal of black
and white illustrations.

The caption which I sent along

was. Burchell’s Zebra at Water _

Hole, East Africa.

When the magazine was pub-
lished, the editor had changed the
caption which now read simply,
“Symphony of Lines.”

Many of the people that I meet.

in the outdoors are carrying cam-
eras and undoubtedly looking for
subjects. Good luck.

Water inventory will help farmers irrigate

To help meet the need for imriga-
tion on local farms, Central Saa-
nich council members approved an
inventory of ground water
resources, to be done by the envir-
onmental advisory committee.

Ald. Bruce Tobin said the com-
pleted inventory could be distri-
buted to local farmers. He
described the survey as a “way of
discharging our political obliga-
tion to farmers.”

Farmers had mentioned the need
for improved irrigation in a meet-
ing with Central Saanich council
last spring.

Ald. Arlene Box recommended
local farmers be consulted when
the inventory is prepared.

Preparation of the inventory was
approved at a Jan. 27 water and
waste management committee
meeting.

* KO

A 60-day delay has been granted
to try and find a new site for the
abandoned Butterfield House in
Butterfield Park.

Ald. Ian Cameron said saving
the building by moving it to a new
site is a worthwhile effort.
~ Council members agreed to
delay any action on the building
for 60 days.

*

A temporary bylaw to regulate
subdivisions in Central Saanich
was approved at a Jan. 27 planning
and zoning committee meeting.

Municipal engineer Al Mackey
recommended adoption of the sub-
division bylaw “in view of the
anticipated length of time that may
be required to adopt the new land
use bylaw being prepared by Rab-
nett, Makaroff and Associates
(consultants for the municipal-
ity).”

Mackey suggested the subdivi-

wee

Peggy Duman lost
53 pounds and has
kept it off for six years.

sion bylaw could be incorporated
into the land use bylaw once that
bylaw is adopted.

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Central Saanich council, sitting
as the administration and finance
committee, approved a $30,100
grant-in-aid for the Greater Vic-
toria Boy’s and Girl’s Club operat-
ing in Central Saanich. The money

covers the lease costs for the

clubhouse at 1932-Mt. Newton
Crossroad.

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