At the end of our lovely stormy day, we stopped at the Eagle Feather Gallery at 904 Gordon Street. Our friend George has some of his carvings there. We were fortunate to see a Haida carver named Alex Spence working on a beautiful new piece.
Some of the wonderful treasures at Eagle Feather Gallery.
Carver Alex Spence working on a new piece. A delight to watch the mastery of his skill.
A finished piece by Alex Spence.
A wild and windy day in Victoria didn’t stop us from enjoying a long walk with dear friends George and Catriona. After filling our tummies with yummy brunch at Mo:lé, we headed out in the wind to walk our favourite harbour and seaside route. A stop at Fisherman’s Wharf allowed us a visit with the resident harbour seals, mom and pop and their baby which was so cute and half the size of its parents. Our second stop was at the beautiful totem pole in Beacon Hill Park which was restored last year to former glory, hopefully to share its beauty with us for many more decades. Cake and coffee followed at Trè Fantastico before we made our way back downtown.
The adults, so comfortable with the humans watching them, are waiting for someone to provide them some fish from the Fish Store on the dock.
One of the parents with baby (head poking out); couldn't get a shot of all three of them together.
It was incredible to be standing beside the Totem Pole yesterday as it was swaying so much in the gusting wind.
So beautiful up close too!
Totem Plaque.
Out and about in pink knit poncho with pink and white heart pin, I endeavor to find some Valentine’s Day things to photograph. Found some early cherry blossoms, which was a thrill, as well as a pair of red and white Miz Mooz at She She Shoes which might become my “must have!” of the spring.
14 February in Victoria BC: cherry blossoms.
My little felted heart pin out for it's Valentine's Day spin!
The Valentine's window at Rogers’ Chocolates.
One of my favourite windows in town, Violette Boutique.
While out on a little walk today (such a beautiful spring-like day), GJ spotted this cool plaque attached to the side of a telephone pole. I was surprised we hadn’t seen it before, it’s clearly been there a while. I’ll be keeping my eyes open and hope to find more of them around town.
LOVE, all we need is...
Spent a couple hours at the AGGV this afternoon. It was a wonderful walk there today with bright blue skies and crisp cold air. There are several interesting exhibits on right now; here are a few photo highlights:
"Retinue of Thirty-Six Court Officials." This and the next three photos are from the "Enduring Art of China" exhibit.
"Retinue of Servants with Sedan Chair," Ming period.
Ikebana by Amanda Gaunt, Sogetsu School of Ikebana.
Carved stone objects 19th and early 20th century. The two pieces top right are carved turquoise and so delicate.
These two pieces plus a video installation by Megan Dickie are among the offerings for the exhibit called "Throw Down."
Part of "Victoria Collects: A View into Private Art Collections from the Region." Some of the artists represented are Gauguin, Mondrian, Warhol, Group of Seven, Oldenburg among many others.
A Meiji period Shinto Shrine adorns the Asian Garden.
A section of the Asian Garden at AGGV.
The back of the original gallery, Spencer Mansion.
The first of several installations of "Sleeping Bag" by Tyler Hodgins. These ice sculptures which address the issue of homelessness will be appearing all over town for the next few months.
We’ve had some amazing skies lately. Dark days with cumulonimbus in layers of varying grays; bright days with wispy cirrus or, like yesterday, almost the whole sky in pattern of cirrocumulus which ended in an amazing sunset.
500 block Herald Street, Victoria BC
A rainy day with a lot of people carrying umbrellas made that great photo I was after a bit hard to obtain. It was nice to see so many people out in my neighbourhood enjoying the dance and excitement. Thanks to Bamboo Beads for allowing me to take some photos from inside their shop. Happy Year of the Dragon!
This is Fan Tan Alley. You can just see the lion's head below the red 16 1/2 sign. The fellows in white shirts did a great job of keeping the way clear for the dancers
The reflections from inside Bamboo Beads were cool, even if the lion isn't too clear!
Another shot from inside Bamboo.
Lovely break from the rain yesterday and today with warmer temperatures and sunshine. Still a lot of wind, and the waves were stunning crashing, sometimes spraying over the causeway, near the breakwater on Dallas Drive. And then, with winter only one third done, the little snowdrops and crocuses poking up from their slumber. And only a week ago we had snow!
The snowdrops are my particular favourite!
Beautiful whitecaps rolling in.
Yesterday I took the bus out to Fairfield to pick up wool from Knotty By Nature for some of the impending-babies knitting I’m doing, and it was such a wonderfully gray day that I decided to walk home. We had had an amazing wind storm on Saturday night and Sunday, and there was a bit of gusty wind as well yesterday. The various colours of gray, water/sky/pebbles, were so beautiful as I walked along Dallas Drive at Ross Bay. The debris evidence along the beach made we wish I had come down to see the storm on Sunday. The rain began in earnest about half way home and I enjoyed watching the drops fall on the ponds at Beacon Hill Park.
The lovely staircase leading down to the lower walkway at Ross Bay.
I love that beautiful sea green colour that appears as the wave begins to crash; such a beautiful contrast to the dark gray ocean and white foam.
Looking towards Clover Point.
A lot of logs and debris washing up on the beach.
From the stone bridge at Beacon Hill Park; seagull, ducks and raindrops.
Well that was that. Everything is melting now. Maybe we’ll have some more before this winter is done. Here are a couple more pics from a couple days ago. We didn’t get too far on this walk as we hadn’t worn enough ear protection!
A bit of ice on the harbour made pretty patterns.
View of the Legislative Assembly Building from the lower causeway of the Inner Harbour.
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