Flowers

I just love lavender. The smell when it's in the garden or just cut. The purple colour is just beautiful.

I believe that these were poppy petals (although I could easily be wrong about that) that someone had collected and left on a park bench. I just loved the colour and the contrast of the soft petals against the rougher wood bench.

Flowers. Morning Dew and Sunglasses.

Some flowers that I came across while out for a walk with Peter and Allan (two of my clients) the other day.

Something either coming into, or out of, bloom.

Another dandelion.

Morning dew on the tips of... well it's something green...

Love the tree reflections in Peter's sunglasses.

Blue Flowers.

Some wild flowers. Yes again at Moss Rock Park.

And a stalk of wild grass.

Purple Flowers

These are some purple flowers that we came across on Moss Rock Park. Something, other than a lizard to look at up there-and a whole lot less creepy too.

Pink Daisies

What a Difference a Day Makes!

Yesterday at breakfast...

Yesterday at dinner...

Pink Flowers

Chris and I went out for another stroll and came across these pink flowers. I'm not exactly sure what they are from (I might be able to tell later in the year when they are fully out for the summer) but I just loved the colour and how vibrant they were.

Sudsy Fountain-and some metal too.

Last night Chris and I decided to go to the Imax for the last night that 'Transformers' was playing. Unfortunately, it was sold out.

Since I had my camera we wandered around talking and looking for something to shoot. Then we came across this fountain. From a distance it looked like there was giant icicles hanging off it. As I've never seen anything like that before, I had to check it out. When we got closer, we realized that someone had poured some soap into the fountain and the icicles were actually a large amount of bubbles.

Bad for the fountain but good for us.

Did I mention that it was a bit windy? Love the bubbles flying away.

Love the swirl of the bubbles in the water.

Just something about the water falling over the ledge.

This is another fountain on the grounds of the Parliament Building. I was entranced watching the water curve over the top against the contrast of the sunset with the Empress Hotel in the background.

Some shots of metal that I took. I don't know which of these I may use for the contest-or if I'll use any of them at all.

A weathered BC Coat of Arms, well a part of it anyways.

The ceremonial door at the Legislature. Unless you are a considered important-like the Lt. Governor or the Queen-you won't ever be able to use this door.

The handrail leading up to that door.

One of the lamposts on the Legislature grounds. The full BC Coat of Arms is on the base. It was hard to get the black-on-black design to show up well, especially since it was getting late and the sun was setting.

The top of one of the lamps, a Victoria traditional design.

And since it was there-flowers!

Fuschias

That's the thing I love about living in Victoria. There is always something blooming outside. Today I noticed my neighbours two fuschias in their yard. Still full of blooms and buds.

This one was hanging right over the sidewalk so it was very easy to get up nice and close for that macro shot.

This one was back further in their yard so I had to zoom in more to get the colours.