Would you post some pictures of Vancouver Island B.C.?

Some of you know that I am a former resident (many years ago) of Victoria and Port McNeill B.C. For some strange reason the flurry of picture posting going on here lately has made me nostalgic for my old home's charms.

I can remember in Victoria....seeing the Dogwoods in full glorious bloom....waiting for the ships to come in to the harbour and trading with the foreign sailors (using gestures as most did not speak English) for items from their homeland....watching the sunset ceremonies at the parliament buildings....browsing the wonderful shops in Chinatown....often just walking through the Empress Hotel and letting my imagination go....spending hours at a time in Beacon Hill Park....

I can remember....when the main highway only went as far north as Campbell River, where your two options for going further were either taking the ferry (a notoriously rough crossing) or driving the logging roads (where the logging trucks were king and you better get out of their way)....going to one of the small lakes on the island with a group of friends and spending the day, the evening, and the whole night just talking and connecting with the land, watching the sun go down and come back up again....walking through the old growth forests, marvelling at how truly majestic they were and how they filtered the sunlight to cast an almost living green glow over everything....how, no matter where you went, you were surrounded by mountains....walking the beaches at low tide, spending hours looking at the strange, beautiful, never seen before creatures left behind in the tidal pools....

I could go on and on and on :-) Would some of our BC members mind indulging me with a few photos?

--Ginny

Ginny, I don't have a lot of pictures, and just not sure what you are looking for, but I will post a few that I have and go with that!!

First one is at Clover Point.

MOI, taken at Willows Beach in Oak Bay.

Taken about 14 years ago, when we were out on someone's boat in Brentwood Bay.

We used to live in Oak Bay, and this was taken from Beach Drive looking out at the ocean.

The beach in Sooke.

YES, we do get snow!!!

Sealand, before it closed.

More Sealand.

Looking north from Mt. Doug Park.

Brentwood Bay

Brentwood Bay. I probably took this when we were on the Mill Bay Ferry.

Good old BC Ferries.

Ohhhhhhh! The beach in Sooke - been there many times and it does bring back memories. That view from Beach Drive in Oak Bay is also very familiar to me. Thank you so much Glenda. You're wonderful :-) --Ginny

Butchart of course!

I think I've posted this before. Mother-in-law at Butchart.

Butchart again.

That's about all I can find right now Ginny. Enjoy!

Glenda

Thanks again Glenda, for taking the time to indulge my sentimentality. I have enjoyed these pictures - very much! --Ginny

If you're interested, here is the link to the Public Gardens forum, with a lot of pics from Butchart Gardens.

http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/463804/

Most definitely interested. Thank you.

Here's one of Seymour Narrows.

This one was taken in Blind Channel on a kayaking day trip last year.

This is Sandy Island on the north end of Denman Island.

Sunset in Desolation Sound.

Another sunset in Desolation Sound.

Great pictures Sandy!!!

This was taken on an evening paddle with members of the kayak club just off the shore near where I live. I'll find some more pictues later if you want Ginny.

Thanks Glenda. I've only had a digital camera for a couple of years so most of my outdoor pictures are of kayaking, since I haven't done so much hiking in the last few years. I used to have pictures of nothing but mountains. lol

I love my digital camera and I certainly don't use it enough!!! I guess a person should really just carry the camera with them all the time, but that would involve remembering, and remembering can get to be a problem as you get older!!! LOL
I didnt' take my digital camera with me when I went to Ontario this summer, and of course wished I would have. I just took my old 35 MM, and the pictures are fine, but I would have taken a lot more with the digital.
I am heading outside right now to take a few, as hubby and the neighbour are tearing the yard upoand installing drain pipes, and my yard looks a horrid mess!! Must keep pictures of these things for down the road when you can look back and say, Oh my god!!! What a mess!!!

Glenda

Thank you Sandy, your pics are gorgeous! Wow, I never expected so many. I thought if I was lucky maybe one or two people might post a couple of pics each. The thoughtfulness of the people out here on this forum never ceases to amaze me. --Ginny

Ginny, we're not done yet. You can tell we obviously enjoy were we live.

Water shot out by Sooke

stones under the water at the above beach

sea anenomes (maybe,) and barnacles at same beach

Mile Zero of the TCH at Victoria BC

Goats on the roof of the Old country Market at Coombs, the market also has a web site

who are these guys? anyone know how that got in here?

alpine meadows at mt. Washington at Comox Valley, actuall called Paradise Meadows

another in the meadows

another view of the meadows