Brought a collection of shots we took before we left. We miss her so much!
Peaking at me through the stairwell door window.
Two nice restaurants/lounges to report: Long Provincial on 2nd Ave and List on 1st. Some cool things we saw today:
Heading up to Pike Place Market we found this cool light fixture.
Came across this sculpture on 1st Ave outside the entrance to a condominium building. Water flows into the glass from the rain water from the roof.
One view of the Olympic Sculpture Park.
I forgot to take note of the name of this impressive piece or the sculptor who made it.
A long, engraved recognition plaque, this entry caught my eye.
The Belltown Patch Community Garden, a treasure of a garden in the big city.
Belltown Patch Community Garden: a tiny little perfect pumpkin, only 2 inches wide.
Belltown Patch Community Garden
OCTOBER 3, 2011. First morning, Seattle Washington. Wandered a bit before we decided on a pretty coffee shop called Caffè Migliore, 1215 4th Ave. Delicious beverages and pastries, but beware the large size (20 oz) is VERY large indeed!
Yum!
As big as my head! Very tasty and not too sweet; in fact, usually unsweetened and they will sweeten to taste.
OCTOBER 2, 2011. A lovely autumn day, perfect for travelling! Leg one: Victoria to Vancouver on BC Ferries, Vancouver to Seattle on Amtrak. Thanks to K & R for driving us to the ferry and their love and friendship. Thanks to S & J for taking us out for lunch, seeing us off at the train station and their love and friendship.
Main Street Station, Vancouver BC.
The Moore Hotel, 2nd Avenue, Seattle Washington. This bunny towel sculpture greeted us in our room.
There is a place, 20 minutes or so from downtown Victoria, called Butchart Gardens. I can be inclined to cynicism when it comes to touristy attractions, but every time I visit this beautiful place I am awestruck. We headed out with K and R last wednesday, a fantastically warm late September day. The gardens were spectacular. Every time I go, which is seldom (once every four to five years), I have amazing memories of being there as a small child when my grandmother would visit us from The Bahamas. I’ll let the pictures say the rest.
http://www.butchartgardens.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
I think I love the Japanese Garden best.
Lovely stream in the Japanese Garden.
Even the lowly Chrysanthemum is spectacular when grouped in large numbers.
More Mums.
The wall of dahlias.
One of the typical tourism shots, I really love the layers of colour and texture.
Heading off to Moss Street Market, we stopped at Tre Fantastico at the Parkside. GJ had a strong double Americano which he said was amazing. My hot chocolate was as it always is, delicious! We sat outside looking over at St Ann’s Academy. The fog rolled in waves across the city broken by beams of sun that warmed us in autumn glow.
http://caffefantastico.com/humboldt.php
A foggy Saturday morning repast at Caffè Fantastico's Tre Fantastico at the Parkside on Humboldt Street, Victoria BC. Historic St Ann's Academy is across the street.
I loved the detail of the fancy butter in tiny delicate coloured dishes.
Find the Taxicab. (I know, too many cat posts! One week from today we leave for a big adventure, so there will be lots of other kinds of posts.)
Always peeking from behind something.
TC relax'n
She wanted to be right near the camera, even tho I told her she'd be fuzzy!
One more time I’d like to mention how much we enjoyed staying at the Gold Coast Retreat. Thank you Sulo and Louise. We will definitely be back!
http://www.goldcoasttofino.com/haidaway.htm
Our Tofino home away from home, the Haidaway Cottage at Gold Coast Retreat.
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