May is always a beautiful month to be home here in Victoria. The weather can be unpredictable and constantly changing - one moment sunny and warm, becoming windy and cool the next. Always it’s a time of growth…
Great blue camas in Uplands parkCalypso Orchid They’re always ahead of me on these trails…!Small flower woodland star (saxifrage)Japanese Snowball bush (Viburnum) in a friend’s garden Waffles for Mother’s Day!The ground is finally warming up, the planting has begun!Mr Happiness and I spotted this ‘crimson clover’ on our walk in his James Bay neighborhood Paintbrush…Coralroot…Stonecrop sharing space with a small fern…Larkspur Time for lunch!Death Camas…Looking northwest from Tony’s Triumph…A find - a giant bolete, a US half dollar found amongst the rocks A rarity for me, this ‘ground cone’ - looking very much like a pine cone…Heading back to our car via the ‘pipeline’ in the Sooke hills
Checking in for a table at Driftwood Brewery- always a popular spotSaltspring cider - a gf treat for me, especially after a hike!
