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| Kit Pearson |
I have walked by the Ross Bay Cemetery many times during my four months of living here in Victoria but Sunday past was the first time that I actually went into the cemetery. I couldn't resist after coming across a notice in the paper informing the reader that the Sunday tour would be led by Kit Pearson reading from her juvenile award-winning book "Awake and Dreaming". The story takes place in Victoria and features a ghost and graves at RBC. This was so close to home that I had to go.
I am a more visual person than auditory but found myself pulled into the story as she read passages describing the cemetery, the graves, and the old house nearby which are featured in the book. We were also treated to the history of other graves by a member of The Old Cemeteries Society that do guided walking tours every Sunday afternoon including the grave (of course) of Emily Carr. The headstone of Emily's grave was surrounded by gifts of pencils, pens, pine cones, sayings and even a tiny cushion. As the tour guide said," Why not rest in comfort as well as in peace" (or something to that effect).
Halfway through the tour we came across a six deer (3 stags and 3 does). The deer have become so urbanized that they really were not bothered by our presence. At one point, a stag grazed near the group as Kit was reading. As one person said, "Only in Victoria!!"(but others on Vancouver Island would say also in Comox and other areas heavily populated by deer).
The Society is looking for volunteers - umm, perhaps.
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