Hard to believe that it's almost Hallowe'en!

On Salt Spring, the great volunteer firefighters put on a fireworks display, down by the Coast Guard dock, and it's well attended!

In earlier years, there used to be a smaller version down at Fulford Harbour, too. I remember meeting some buyers, who were driving off the ferry with a van load of their furnishings, to move into their new home. Their new property was way up at the top of Dukes Road, and that particular Hallowe'en there was dense fog. One could hardly see five feet in front of the car.

They slowly followed me, along Fulford-Ganges Road, and it was "pea soup" plus night (they caught the last ferry to the Island). Just as we slowly went around the corner and over the bridge, across Fulford Creek, the fireworks went off. One couldn't see the people at ground level, but there was an opening in the fog higher up, so the bursting pinwheels could be seen emerging from the gloom.

By the time we crawled to the property (fog so thick that they couldn't move their things in, so had to spend night at motel), they were totally enthralled with Salt Spring...thought the fireworks were especially for them! They are still owners, here, and still at the same place. Nice!

This coming Monday, between 7 and 9 a.m., it's the Monday Morning Radio Show with Li and Mark. We've had some great guests, and learned a lot.

Finally, it's possible to phone in...mmmm...that's going to make it much more impromptu! Mark and I didn't realize that the phones were now live, this past Monday show, so when lights started to flash, we couldn't figure it out at first...someone was phoning in, though, to say they had figured out where I was standing, and so the first contest is over. The prize this time was dinner for two, at a romantic restaurant.

If you can't catch the show on 107.9 fm, then try the streaming audio at www.cfsi-fm.com -- this next week, the mystery guest understands the charm and the power of radio, so I expect to learn lots! Would like to be a guest? Give me a call!

Yesterday we had sun, rain, hail, wind, mild, cold...all in one day. Definitely marching to winter! Still lots of events happening around the Island, though. The Market in the Park officially ends this weekend. The Tuesday market ended last week. Craft fairs are gearing up for the Christmas Season. Theatre and music offerings at ArtSpring, evening courses at night school, live music at various restaurants on weekends, and it's also fun, at this time of year, to do day trips to Victoria or to mid-Vancouver Island, or to Vancouver, or to check out another Gulf Island..

Always very special, though, to come home to Salt Spring!

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