Our big Coulter pine dieda trail in Dean Park, our local donated Park with old-growth forestGirl Grandkids relaxing on the deckLilies on the deckbeetles enjoying Queen Anne’s Lacethe dreaded broom with thousands of pods
a trail in Dean Park
the monster slainFlowers of Tixen: the rare Jaumea carnosafrilly daisies in the front gardenAn unusual fern near WhistlerSome of Laurie’s lilesKelly and Tray on the swingMaltese cross (Lychnis) and Crocosmia in side gardenTwinflower (Linnaea) in Dean ParkDianthus varieties in front gardenJames Holkko’s equipment for putting microscope images on TVSea foam and Foxglove in side Gardenlobsterfestmagnificent Clematis on arbor
Low tideLooking up the stairsIris and California lilac in front gardenClematis in front gardenNow it looks like a palm treeFirewood galore
Our biggest Fiesta apple of a disappointing crop
Ferry leaving for US as Tray watches from sea wall
Our biggest Fiesta apple of a disappointing crop
Our biggest Fiesta apple of a disappointing crop
We dined beneath a huge whale skeleton at the Beatty Biodiversity Museum’s Anniversary PartySpring in the back gardenAnemone blanda in the front gardenIsabella and Mara getting ready to fly back to Haida Gwaii in MarchIsabella, Clint,Mara, Jenn ready to fly back to Haida GwaiiPink Easter lilyGuess who lives in Tixen?Front garden in Springinflorescence of big-leaf mapletiny slime mould with lime in outer coatOur big Coulter Pine diedArborist at workSpring brings morels
cones likewise
Who would guess there was an Isoetes in this pond?Only Oluna and Adolf Ceska
Crocosmia and gooseneck loosestrife in front gardenPapyrus flowering in the courtyard fountaintwo of Laurie’s best tomatoesOur biggest apple of a tasty but disappointing cropfruits of Tixen: beautiful rose hipsIsabella composing