Welcome to Colleen’s Corner. This is a column meant for fun and some information About myself: I am a Freelance Photographer you often see me on the side of the road or in various places taking photos of different things animals, birds, places, people etc. l have lived in Lumby for over 8 years, you have seen my photos in the newspaper (Lumby Valley Times) and once in awhile in the Vernon Morning Star, and the Lumby Art Gallery. Photography is my passion. Disclaimer: The information on some of my photos that I write about a lot of times come from the Internet or books I research them, hopefully the facts are as close to the truth as I can come.
By Colleen Fielding
Here are some of the things that make my head spin, make me wonder “what the heck”, and truly amazes me.
You are the last person to arrive at a four way stop sign, and three other cars are sitting at the each of the other stop signs with no one moving trying to figure out who goes first, it should be the first person to arrive there but they don’t so I take the opportunity and go myself while they are still waiting. This of course will make my head spin, make me wonder “what the heck”, and truly amazes me.
I had to go into Vernon yesterday, the traffic was crazy for a Monday. Cars were basically bumper to bumper. I had to drive pass London Drugs there was a guy coming out of the driveway there was no lane open for him to come onto the road to get to the other side going towards Armstrong, so he pushed his way out almost hitting the car in front of me and my car, he then gave me the finger, so of course I gave him one back and watched as he proceeded to cross to the other side almost causing a big accident, he then had the gall to give the person in the other car that he had cut off the finger as well! This of course definitely made my head spin, made me wonder “what the heck”, and truly amazed me.
Have you ever noticed when going to Superstore in Vernon on the ground in a spot it states stop, no parking and yet a lot of people would park there. This of course made my head spin, made me wonder “what the heck”, and truly amazed me. For a while they had put up some orange cones, but they are no longer there. I am not sure if they are towing the cars that park there now, as we haven’t seen any vehicles parked at the no parking area for quite some time now.
One day a car was driving in front of us, all a sudden a person started walking out on the road, they were not at a pedestrian walkway or even near one, the car in front of us stopped and beeped their horn at the person that was crossing illegally, that person looked up from their cell phone that they were texting on and glared at the driver shrugged their shoulders with their hands out as if to say “what’s your problem man” and went back on their cell phone texting and continued walking across. Once again this made my head spin, really made me wonder “what the heck”, and truly amazed me.
That guy on the other side of the border with all of his insane talking about what he wants to do with Canada and all the crazy tariffs that more than half are totally illegal (which by the way I think that whenever he says or does something stupid tariffs should be placed on him, and all the people that work for him) really makes my head spin, makes me wonder “what the heck”, and truly amazes me. With all of the threats to almost everyone on the planet which is illegal in Canada, the USA as well, and all the other stuff that he also gets away with totally makes my head reel, I am always in wonderment about what he and his staff can do without any consequences and I wonder out loud “WHAT THE HECK” I am very amazed about all of that.
In my picture for this column you will see two bikes in place that clearly says “No Bikes” and yet there they are where everyone can see them, without a care in the world and very disrespectful the bikes are parked right there. This of course really makes my head spin, it really made me wonder “what the heck”, and truly amazed me.
When you go out somewhere take notice of things, I am sure that you will find a lot of things that will make your head spin, make you wonder “what the heck” possibly out loud, and will truly amaze you.
