Category Archives: nature

A bit of nature – Purple

Purple – Oyster River

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A bit of nature – Red and green

Pine cones – Oyster River

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Fauxtoart – The way it wasn’t

The Gardens on Anderton – Comox

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The Gardens on Anderton

The Gardens on Anderton are located behind the Anderton Nursery, 2012 Anderton Rd, Comox, BC The gardens are open to the public 10am – 4pm, 7 days a week, May to September. [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.301984753258576.1073742134.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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A touch of peacock

Peacock plumage – Beacon Hill Park Peacocks – annoying birds as they refuse to hold still so I can take a picture of them. On the other hand, other than for the tail they are not that interesting…

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The Trillium

A Trillium in Colliery Dam Park – Nanaimo

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A pair of ducks

A pair of mallards – the drake (male) above, and the female duck below

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The tide line

The tide line at Kye Bay – a mix of herring roe and sea weeds

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Sand Dollar

Sand dollars have a rigid skeleton (known as a test) consisting of calcium carbonate plates arranged in radial pattern. In live sand dollars the test is covered by a skin of velvet-textured spines that are covered with very small hairs … Continue reading

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Strathcona – a trip to Battleship Lake

A snow covered Battleship Lake A spring hike to Battleship Lake in Strathcona Provincial Park – snowy patches on the lower trail and about a foot of snow as we approached the lake. A wonderful day… [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.298811640242554.1073742124.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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