Rambling Artists

Making sure the message gets through and is understood by both two and four legged walkers.

Not sure if hanging rocks on this tree's branches is a method to shape them or simply an innovative way to decorate them.

Yesterday's evening walk down to Gonzales Beach yielded a pleasant surprise – a juvenile elephant seal, looking much like a piece of dri...

In the front lawn area of this house at 929 Cowichan Street in Victoria, is a complex wire mesh cage covering a small pond. Confined inside ...

When telephone poles are replaced, the new one is first attached to the old. Once the concrete has hardened and the new pole is stable the o...

Well, maybe not quite diamonds but beach glass is none the less very beautiful with its frosted finish caused by the incessant action of wav...

We had a wonderful walk today. Finally, after three weeks of overcast, blue skies return and we discover the first snowdrops of the year. Yo...

In "Mystic Vale" a hidden, natural, gem just a tad south of the University of Victoria and unmarked on most area maps, "Holly...

During a recent walk on the grounds at Government House, something caught our eye. Can you see it? A closer look reveals a beautiful, very s...

It must take quite some dedication and work to convince a tree to survive in this condition.

A transient balancing act in a rocky clearing in central Uplands Park.

We make it a habit to carry a small map when we go on our walks in the neighbourhood. We use it to make notes of the location of interesting...

A path in Uplands Park in North Oak Bay is made passable by a bit of wood plank engineering.

Sometimes, when the tide is low, crabs can get tangled up in the masses of seaweed near the water's edge. This lucky seagull managed to ...

For this pooch, examining passersby using its sense of smell is the only option since the small, well worn, porthole in its fence can only a...

A walk down a newly discovered lane in Oak Bay revealed this old ivy tenaciously clinging to the side of a garage.

Yesterday Susan and I drove up to Goldstream Provincial Park to see the annual salmon run. Ooops! we were a bit late for the event – apparen...

A Harbour Seal enjoys a slow, curious, swim near the fish cleaning station at the Oak Bay Marina.

On a cool 5ºC day, a kind lady helps out the Chaucer St. crows with some scraps of bread.

A sailboat which was grounded near Oak Bay Marina during the windstorms in December, 2008, remains stranded January 2, 2009. A sailboat near...

A 60-metre barge went aground in Oak Bay early New Year’s morning, in the waves of Enterprise Channel–the narrow body of water between Trial...

A family braves the cold waters in Gonzales Bay to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, January 1, 2009. Brrrr!

This is "Scout" enjoying a rare snowfall at Harling Point.

A few years ago I was delighted to find one of my favourite plants growing alongside a little path in Harling Point.  I had thought that thi...

Within a ten-minute walk from our home is an historic Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point in Oak Bay – a suburb where Chinese were once not al...

We don't often get snow in Victoria. So when we do, I suppose it's understandable why we may be slow to adapt – as this postal worke...