These adorables reside at a quaint shop in Chinatown, Victoria BC.
Brother and sister. Cole, on the left, is enormous; the photo doesn't give a true depiction of just how big he is!
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Another gorgeous spring day yesterday. Caught a few shots of floral beauty near and around City Hall.
The long planter on the Pandora Avenue side of City Hall, full of colour!
Gorgeous magnolia in full bloom at City Hall.
Round two of the cherry pinks; in front of the McPherson Playhouse, Victoria BC.
Walked over to Fairfield today and back into town past Beacon Hill Park. Here are some of the things we saw:
Stumbled on this beautiful ceramic mosaic at Sir James Douglas school.
Detail and lovely quote from Winnie The Pooh.
The artist's signature.
Lovely daffodils. In the tree in the background, there were a couple dozen little yellow birds; I think they were American goldfinch. So beautiful!
Just at the edge of the park, a meadow of lilies and daffodils.
Oh the beautiful fawn lilies!
Last weekend we were fortunate enough to have tickets to an amazing troupe from Quebec performing an incredible show: L’orchestre D’Hommes – Orchestres: joue à Tom Waits. Truly an experience I will never forget! For some awesome local Victoria Theatre, check out these, among others:
http://www.atomicvaudeville.com/
http://www.intrepidtheatre.com/
http://langhamcourttheatre.bc.ca/
The cherry blossom spring is in full swing in our little west coast town. All the early cherry and plum trees are open, and the fluffy showy large blossom ones should be blessing us soon. Happy days.
Some pretty blossoms near our home.
Last year I made a bunch of needle-felted wool blossoms to adorn some bare branches; bringing the spring in! They were eventually turned into hair clips.
We love to eat out, especially breakfast. We have our local favourites, but today we sampled a new place, Clay Pigeon, which just opened yesterday, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food was delicious and the atmosphere inviting in this small bistro on Blanshard at Broughten, kitty-corner to the Royal Theatre, in downtown Victoria. The menu was well stocked, and with not-the-usual breakfast fare. GJ had a Ratatouille with poached eggs and I had the Kale Florentine with caramelized onions and crispy potatoes also topped with eggs. I was torn between several dishes and almost went for the Lemon Ricotta Pancakes, which will likely be what I order the next time we are there. Thanks to our hosts for a delightful meal!
A new Victoria eatery, Clay Pigeon
A nice job transforming the space.
Ratatouille
Kale Florentine
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.
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.
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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
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