It's leap intermission this calendar week in addition to we're inward Victoria, British Columbia to see immature lady #1, who is a educatee at the University of Victoria. I'm taking enough of photos, similar I ever do, in addition to I volition portion them throughout the week.
Even though Victoria has 1 of the mildest climates inward the Pacific Northwest, it, too, had a much harsher wintertime than usual. There are signs of spring, simply people are proverb that everything is 3 weeks behind. The deviation betwixt forthwith at nowadays in addition to our visit final twelvemonth inward the minute calendar week of Apr is quite dramatic. You'll encounter what I hateful when y'all await at the photos below. And yet, Victoria is beautiful fifty-fifty when it's greyish in addition to rainy.
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Even though Victoria has 1 of the mildest climates inward the Pacific Northwest, it, too, had a much harsher wintertime than usual. There are signs of spring, simply people are proverb that everything is 3 weeks behind. The deviation betwixt forthwith at nowadays in addition to our visit final twelvemonth inward the minute calendar week of Apr is quite dramatic. You'll encounter what I hateful when y'all await at the photos below. And yet, Victoria is beautiful fifty-fifty when it's greyish in addition to rainy.
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| Plum tree leafing out every then slow on the campus of the University of Victoria |
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| Flowering currant (Ribes sp.) |
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| Magnolia bloom buds--they await similar catkins, don't they? |
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| Magnolia bloom bud opening up |
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| Waterfront, Sidney, BC |
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| Planter along the Sidney waterfront |
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| Hellebore along the Sidney waterfront |
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| Euphorbia characias. It's a real pop landscaping plant. |
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| Landscaping at a hotel on the Sidney waterfront |
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| Yes, at that spot are succulents inward Victoria--in a florists shop |
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| Trees inward the backyard of our opor-garai rental |
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| Down the street from where we're staying |
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| House downwards the street--what a serene setting inward the middle of a metropolitan area |
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| Many houses inward this exercise of lower Vancouver Island sit down on transcend of or are surrounded past times large granite outcroppings |
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| Imagine having this inward your forepart yard |
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| Willows Beach inward Oak Bay turned out to the perfect spot for strolling along the water |
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| Looking towards Washington State inward the U.S. |
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| Sky in addition to water |
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| Tide puddle on Willows Beach |
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| Simple yet elegant front-yard landscaping amongst bamboo |
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| This is the Tulip House I wrote most final April. The tulips are withal modest in addition to volition postulate a few to a greater extent than weeks. Notice the tall ground roughly the property. Deer clearly are a occupation here. |
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| Pieris japonica |
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| Spring vignette photographed at Government House. This is where the British Royal Family stays when inward town. |
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| This is hellebore perfection! Does anybody know the cultivar? |
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| Nothing says "spring" similar daffodils |
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| Hellebores in addition to twisted Japanese maple |
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| Siberian squill (Squilla siberica)--at to the lowest degree I intend so. The make of flowering bulbs nosotros encounter inward Davis is severely limited. |
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| Looking southwest towards the Strait of San Juan de Fuca |
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| Heathers galore |
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| Stunted Garry oaks (Quercus garryana) on transcend of Mount Douglas, the highest elevation inward Greater Victoria |
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| Where mightiness these mystery stairs survive leading? |
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| To this view! This is looking northeast towards Sidney. |
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| The transcend of Mt Douglas is to a greater extent than oftentimes than non exposed stone in addition to moss |
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| ...and lichen |
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| More stunted Garry oaks... |
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| ...densely covered amongst lichen in addition to draped amongst moss |
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| Wherever I turned I saw things I wanted to photograph |
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| Trail into the forest |