Yes, it truly is spring and there's no prettier place to be than Victoria in the spring.
It's spring in the indoor pepper plantation too.
And more habañeros
The days are getting warmer and longer. Blossoms abound. Looking like spring is on the way here in Victoria and there's no place more beautiful at this time of year.
The herons have been arriving for the last few weeks and are busily nesting in the park across the street. They don't usually all fly around in a flock like this but, a couple of times lately they have suddenly all taken to the air at once and fly around for a couple of minutes before settling down again. Sometimes they do this when there is a predator around, like an eagle but this hasn't been the case.
Garry oaks are found on the west coast of North America from California to British Columbia and they flourish here on southern Vancouver Island. I love their shapes before they get their summer leaf growth.
Hello again. It's been a while since I've blogged with you. Not nearly so much to blog about as there is in Mexico. Maybe I'm just not looking in the right places. In any case, despite what seems to me to be an increasing wacky world, life is uneventful here. Covid cases are relatively few, restaurants are open, some museums so I continue to have a social life albeit modified. I'm not adjusting well to winter and the cold but resigned to it for this year.
My little pepper pepper plantation thinks it's spring.
More lemon drop peppers coming on (aji lemon)
To the chagrin of many Victorian grinches, people
without homes continue to camp in the parks. As with most cities, Covid
saw the closure of homeless shelters in Victoria but, to their credit,
our city government has supported camping in parks while undertaking
frantic measures to find homes for people. With the recent winter
storms, this takes on particular urgency
An unusual sight in Victoria. An arctic outflow met warm Pacific air and we got dumped on as a result. With the wind chill, it was down to -15C. Not a good time to be without a home.
A whimsical display of rock art in the neighbourhood
Off into the sunset
Normally I would be happily ensconced in my digs in Mexico City right about now but these are not normal times so I'm making do here in Victoria. There are worse places to ride out a pandemic. These are a bunch of random photos from my perambulations.
A hike up Mt Douglas on a lovely winter day.
There was a photo of this in an earlier post and here it was again. I just learned that it's a new business, "Canada's First Hot Tub on the Water" Hot Tub Boat Canada. Built in the Netherlands, it's full of fresh water kept hot by a little stove.
The garden looking sad in the snow. However, I'm harvesting delicious carrots!
Across the street in Beacon Hill Park there are some blossoms. A hopeful sign.
Looks like the pot of gold missed the Parliament Buildings again.
Coopers Hawk - urbanized wildlife
The sun rises on another year. I don't know about you but so far, I'm not impressed with 2021. I suppose time will tell.
In my last post I mentioned my little habañero pepper plantation in my bedroom. For some reason they seem to thrive in this unlikely north facing outlook. It's bright in the windows though with reflected light from the building across the way.
This one that I thought was a chocolate habañero is looking like a regular orange one except for the strange appendages. The few peppers on this one plant are assuming strange and diverse shapes.
A red habañero to be........I hope
