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patterns
a repeated decorative design.
Vancouver Island
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Lush greens…
…of Canada’s…
…Butchart Gardens…
…which are…
…located on…
…British Columbia’s
Vancouver Island…
…about a twenty-minute…
…bus trip out…
…of the City of Victoria.
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FriendlyFriday:...Green
Amanda Sandi
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Perhaps not as dark as it could be.
A better shade for this week
Topiary from Vienna’s
Schonbrunn Palace…
…and Canada’s
Butchart Gardens.
Closer to home is the
Otway Rain Forest…
Still part of the Otway Forest,
I included this image because this morning
is the second of two foggy mornings this week.
Love the ferns
Part of the forest near Beech Forest township
on the edge of the Otway Ranges
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Ladders
Ice in our gutter
Windows
Hydrangea and its recycled fence paling planter box
A good book will receive a five-star rating in my book reviews.
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Purple Freesias
Tibouchina
King Alfred Daffodil
Tibouchina
Canadian Water Taxi
Canola crop in bloom
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Xanthorrhoea plants are also known as Balga Grass Plants.
‘Balga’ is the Aboriginal word for black boy and
for many years the plant was fondly known as a “Black Boy”.
It is thought that the Aborigines called the plants Balga
because after a bush fire had ravaged the land,
the blackened trunk of the Xanthorrhoea would
be revealed beneath the burned lower leaves,
and would resemble a child-like black figure.
Others believe that the plant,
with its bush fire-blackened trunk and long flower spike
resembled an Aboriginal boy wielding a spear.
Whatever the case, as the years have passed,
it is seen as an extremely racist name,
and is thought to be very offensive
to the original custodians of the land,
so the plants are more commonly known as Grass Tree,
because let’s face it Xanthorrhoea is a bit of a mouthful.
Source:
https://www.floristwithflowers.com.au/blog/xanthorrhoea-the-story-of-the-black-boy-plant/
When I think back and remember how hard
I found maths and not a single practical application,
especially not taXes.
Window boXes overflowing with red blooms
Water TaXi
Victoria
Vancouver Island
Canada
Soxie…our last farm pet to pass away
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Murano in the Rain
Umbrellas required undercover during
a torrential Pompeii downpour.
Butchart Gardens
Vancouver Island
Canada
A tender moment in
Vancouver
Manly Beach
Sydney
A lone fisherman
Geelong
Oh! What a feeling!
Two candid images cropped
and stitched together
Stanley Park
Vancouver
Canada
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Word-of-Day-Challenge-Explore
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explore
travel through (an unfamiliar area)
in order to learn about it.
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After spending three months in Canada in 1976,
I have often lamented the fact that I did not…
…leave time to visit the Butchart Gardens.
So, when planning our 2018 visit, to Canada…
…we decided to spend a few days in Victoria (BC)
to recover from our 14-hour non-stop flight
across the Pacific…
…but mainly to visit, in our own time,
the Butchart Gardens and any other
attractions Victoria had to offer.
That was one of the best decisions we made.
We were able to wander along the many paths
that comprise the gardens at our own pace…
…exploring at our leisure.
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Word of the Day Challenge:…Explore
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Japanese Torii Gate
Sculpture
Butchart Gardens
Vancouver Island
Canada
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Sculpture Saturday
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Sculpture
Butchart Gardens
Vancouver Island
Canada
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Sculpture Saturday
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