Shiver Me Timbers

Sunny but windy - very windy

then cloudy, rainy and windy

So we left the weed pile behind...

...and put on our winter woollies and took a walk in the Inner Harbour.
It was just too windy up our way to work in the garden. (Yes that is some fine looking Pampas grass in the weeds - eager hubby pruned back the pampas grass and put it on the pile before you could say - Edward Scissor Hands

Quotes about our Victoria weather...
"Some summers you don't tan - you rust"
"If you don't like the weather - wait 3o minutes"
" Pacific West Coast"

Shiver Me Timbers

praying for nice weather

Sea Planes and Little Harbour Ferries not bothered by the gusty breezes

Cruise ships coming and going as quickly as the clouds

Could You Kill THIS?

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<div> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftRBAFrNH8qmP_0nAGykc-BsGzXWLvEw6HR3L7p_SeM61bpXqbZxfIYgJXFuIGFJngcwCDfGFMw4uZvpGlGTgpEUvzSKnhAnZaMeeJ8dwtM8-lxTqzX-W4fTnfX3esX52McgVoFTeA8TE/s1600-h/dandelion"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftRBAFrNH8qmP_0nAGykc-BsGzXWLvEw6HR3L7p_SeM61bpXqbZxfIYgJXFuIGFJngcwCDfGFMw4uZvpGlGTgpEUvzSKnhAnZaMeeJ8dwtM8-lxTqzX-W4fTnfX3esX52McgVoFTeA8TE/s400/dandelion" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203435949952996882" border="0" /></a> <div> </div><div><span id="lblMapText"><i><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Taraxacum</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">laevigatum</span></i></span> <span id="lblMapText"></span></div><span id="lblMapText"><i> </i></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlykoI0X4Ed7B9MqiWpA1ClNfH_tf_gMh33ZxVgY6mlU3Z_BmPRTmf_7RfSMN2u2LREV9BpaaRCstPlxpADWoQA2BNF_KvsVjCd4VZNceCSxIQR7deMD9s5feK6cFP2EwDTHiULe-e_H1l/s1600-h/dandel"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlykoI0X4Ed7B9MqiWpA1ClNfH_tf_gMh33ZxVgY6mlU3Z_BmPRTmf_7RfSMN2u2LREV9BpaaRCstPlxpADWoQA2BNF_KvsVjCd4VZNceCSxIQR7deMD9s5feK6cFP2EwDTHiULe-e_H1l/s400/dandel" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203433007900399090" border="0" /></a></div> <div><span><span><span id="lblGeneral"> Perennial herb from a simple or branched stem-base and a thick, often deep taproot;</span></span></span> </div> <div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha96vTwn6WabuMgp3C8P5bpF63-oXuPfPZZKD6lE79keqK3oQFbwvS8RKgozgKc6b4kx1MvUnQS6wquwwfLaCnIxgRI_C1F57s6DBRt8jkZkTzrKIdXkUyu_02xNEnoeywutdSEaHM2rWl/s1600-h/dandl2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha96vTwn6WabuMgp3C8P5bpF63-oXuPfPZZKD6lE79keqK3oQFbwvS8RKgozgKc6b4kx1MvUnQS6wquwwfLaCnIxgRI_C1F57s6DBRt8jkZkTzrKIdXkUyu_02xNEnoeywutdSEaHM2rWl/s400/dandl2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203433372972619266" border="0" /></a><span><span> <!--lblGeneral = General Description--> <span id="lblGeneral"> Stems: erect; solitary to several; simple; hollow; <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">glabrous</span> or sometimes hairy above; exuding milky juice when broken 10-60 cm tall </span></span></span></div><span><span><span id="lblGeneral"> </span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzHBWuRKM_RVLeLi9cHdZRiYMnq_Hl0h4uK5PoUqkd208nS3xBB-R7LA8lKrpYiURWDPKjvTyAedHKq_V-rkapAhjrSwOebuXOZW-vPqEMtlBu1GeBqEyZszzHe1Xr108opVidgJetSZT/s1600-h/stirruphoe.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzHBWuRKM_RVLeLi9cHdZRiYMnq_Hl0h4uK5PoUqkd208nS3xBB-R7LA8lKrpYiURWDPKjvTyAedHKq_V-rkapAhjrSwOebuXOZW-vPqEMtlBu1GeBqEyZszzHe1Xr108opVidgJetSZT/s400/stirruphoe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203436817536390706" border="0" /></a>Weeds are growing, well, like weeds, in my garden. I have spent hours weeding this last week and I do enjoy it but, like <span>Uncle Albert</span>, <span>"I am so easily called away"</span> by the beauty I see all around The Garden Brae of wildflowers and ferns and wonderful walks through the woods with Oberon. <span><span class="Apple-style-span">Evidence of Weeding</span></span> <div>Look at the blur of that <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">stirrup</span> hoe go. Faithful companion Oberon by my side. BUT WAIT! What is that beautiful, exotic, naturalized species? Look at that <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">exuberant</span> yellow petal face looking up at me so confident and proud. Quick, Oberon, fetch the camera! <span id="lblMapText"><i><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Taraxacum</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">laevigatum</span>! </i></span>Okay so it is only a dandelion but what a dandy lion it is! I am using exclamation marks because that's the feeling it gives - dozens of bright, clear, sulfur yellow exclamation marks radiating out of a center shared with a few <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">wisps</span> of tight, tiny petal whorls! How could I scorn nature by killing it?What would you do?</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hence forth I shall spell dande!ion with exclamation marks to commemorate the memory of this stunner</span></span></div>

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Could You Kill THIS?

Taraxacum laevigatum

Perennial herb from a simple or branched stem-base and a thick, often deep taproot;

Stems: erect; solitary to several;
simple; hollow; glabrous or sometimes hairy above; exuding milky juice when broken
10-60 cm tall

Weeds are growing, well, like weeds, in my garden. I have spent hours weeding this last week and I do enjoy it but, like Uncle Albert, "I am so easily called away" by the beauty I see all around The Garden Brae of wildflowers and ferns and wonderful walks through the woods with Oberon.

Evidence of Weeding 

Look at the blur of that stirrup hoe go. Faithful companion Oberon by my side. BUT WAIT! What is that beautiful, exotic, naturalized species? Look at that exuberant yellow petal face looking up at me so confident and proud. Quick, Oberon, fetch the camera! Taraxacum laevigatum! Okay so it is only a dandelion but what a dandy lion it is! I am using exclamation marks because that's the feeling it gives - dozens of bright, clear, sulfur yellow exclamation marks radiating out of a center shared with a few wisps of tight, tiny petal whorls! How could I scorn nature by killing it?What would you do?

Hence forth I shall spell dande!ion with exclamation marks to commemorate the memory of this stunner

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Hermits in Lotus Land or Squatters in Mill Hill

Squatters were found living on the otherside of the hill I live on. Parks employees had the tough job of cleaning the debris from the sites. During all the hiking we do we have never seen the squatters, or park employees for that matter. But we stick to the trails to avoid damaging wild flowers. Here are some pictures of Mill Hill beauty (in case you are tired of ferns - I am not).Here in Lotus Land, the nickname of where I live (more on that in future blogs), it is one of the top 20 most expensive cities in the world to live. Rental vacancy hovers around 0% and has for decades. The climate and the people are generally mild (hence Lotus Land and us as Lotus Eaters -BC Bud may have something to with that, too) so the homeless population is large for such a small city.