MARILYN CORNWELL: tofino

Look at that picture from the CBC article on Jim Denevan's sand art in Tofino, B.C. The artist creates these to be washed away, but preserves the art with various pictures - especially from a helicopter. There will be satellite images to capture it too. The intention was for this one to be washed away on the weekend. There's the news story rush before it happens and then silence. I assume the tides came in on time.

His website bio says he is an artist, chef, and founder of Outstanding in the Field. "His life and art are the subject of the recently released film Man in the Field (2021), wherein director Patrick Trefz charts Denevan’s experiences over a period of eight years, exploring themes of process, grief, and discovery. Denevan lives in Santa Cruz, California."

At the other end of the scale is sand artist James Sun in Toronto who uses a needle and a spoon to create sand art in glass jars. His website is Fallinginsand.com and he showcases his work with time-lapse photography of the creation of the art. You can see this at tiktok.com/@fallinginsand.

You don't get to Niagara-on-the-Lake without crossing over the Welland Canal. The bridge was up when I got to the Carlton Street bridge. The wait is usually 10 - 20 minutes. It is a long enough wait that there's a sign that says turn engine off.

So I got out of the car and went over to the fence to watch this boat come through. I turned around the car and went to the Lakeshore Bridge. That's because another boat was coming the other way into the lock and it was going to take another 15 or 20 minutes before the bridge came down again. That was garden tour in Niagara-on-the-Lake day, and no time to contemplate the Great Lake tankers.