Sun is shining this morning; beautiful, colourful morning! Here is the same tree from rainy Saturday, a couple different vantage points.
Beautiful pink blossoms with the Legislative buildings behind. Victoria is the provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada.
Beyond the blossoms: Inner Harbour, Victoria BC.
A few shots from around our beautiful city on a gorgeous summer’s day.
The sweet smell of Buddleia flower; several large bushes behind St. Ann’s Academy.
Two families of Canada geese – two parents and two babies each – sunning themselves near Fisherman’s Wharf.
Lavender everywhere right now. This grouping in the planter boxes by the fish pond at The Parkside on Humboldt.
The wild sweet peas are in full bloom on the banks above the beach all along the Dallas Drive waterfront.
View to the beach through the sweet peas.
Sweet peas, detail.
The Japanese garden at the Inn at Laurel Point.
My lovely sister was in town last weekend. We took a break from organizing family paperwork to hike at one of Victoria and area’s beautiful Regional Parks, Witty’s Lagoon in Metchosin. I’ve been visiting this park since I was very small; it’s a wonderful place to hike. At this time of year, there are a lot of small streams and the Sitting Lady Falls was magnificent.
The first stream we came across, pouring and pooling over the rocky outcrops in the forest.
Sunbeams and spiderwebs.
Skunk cabbage pushing its way through the winter debris.
The trickle of streams through the forest.
A tiny forest fairy door.
Stream running beside the path.
Sitting Lady Falls.
Magnificent spring greens.
A twisty Arbutus tree.
A large growth of skunk cabbage at the edge of the mud flats.
Shorebirds, possibly Greater Yellowlegs.
Another twisty tree.
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