What are little girls made of?
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice
And everything nice,
That's what little girls are made of. *
A couple of weeks ago there was an art event on the Johnson Street Bridge designed to draw attention to the Johnson Street Bridge in light of the city council's plan to replace it. The event was organized by some concerned citizens working together under the direction and inspiration of artist Deryk Houston. I posted a few photos of the event and because it was so colorful and so much fun, today I am posting a few more photos. The photo above is to illustrate how participants of both genders were encouraged to lavishly apply bright red lipstick, in order to leave visible kiss marks on the bridge. And what father-in-law can resist posting a photo of his son-in-law wearing lipstick? That's my granddaughter enjoying her dad's new look.
 | Once the participants were on the bridge, they were programmed to raise or lower their balloons in order to have all the balloons of one colour up or down as can be seen to the right and left. This may have been to symbolize the way the bridge can be raised when required to allow tall ships to enter or depart from the Upper Harbour. (Artist Deryk Houston can be seen on the far left of the photo to the left.) |  |
Since this event took place the city has been notified that it will not be receiving any stimulus funding for the bridge replacement. As a result, there is now increased reason for re-examination of the issues regarding this bridge. A good way to keep informed of the latest developments is to check the johnsonstreetbridge.org website.
 | I've mentioned before that in addition to ocean beaches Victoria has a number of lakes nearby. Here is another of those, called Durrance Lake (aka Durants Lake). It's a small lake with three or four miniscule beaches on its edges, but plenty of room for the few people who come to enjoy it. |  |
| I promised more kid soccer pics and the above is for anyone who thinks that young girls don't play an aggressive and determined game. However, when I was browsing through all the photos I took of those Saturday morning games, I realized that I have been focusing on the wrong area all the time. What is most important about soccer is not what you do with your feet but with your tongue. |  |
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As a favored retirement location Victoria is home to a high number of grandparents. I'm one of the lucky ones whose grandchildren live here within walking distance. Above is my youngest granddaughter in her soccer outfit ready for the pre-game warm-up. I'll be posting some photos of her soccer game soon.
For me baseball season ended a few days ago when my granddaughter's team played their last game. For those of you not familiar with baseball, I would describe it as a fairly boring game with long periods of inactivity punctuated by brief bursts of exciting action. One of those brief bursts of action is when a player steals a base, especially if the player steals home base, which means they score a run or goal. Naturally, the opposing team attempts to foil this ploy and a player attempting to steal home may risk losing all the bases gained so far should he or she be tagged with the ball before reaching the home plate. Thus there is some risk attached. The following sequence of photos shows my granddaughter stealing home. In the first photo below she is clearly in doubt as to whether it is safe to try to steal home.
In the next photo below she has decided to risk a few steps but is not committed to base-stealing yet.
3. Intense indecision! | 4. Decision to go for it! |
5. Determination! | 6. Opposing pitcher coming in from the right |
7. Slide looks inevitable! | 8. Begin slide |
10. Success!
