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Norman and I arrive in Victoria, at Roseberry Avenue, where we always receive a warm welcome from Cousins Doshu and Soshin. And the cats. |
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Mr. Bingley is out in his hunting grounds, the backyard. |
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Colonel Brandon stays in and keep an eye on the neighbourhood. |
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Around and about the house....Soshin has decided to have a good clearout of stuff in the garden, including the many many pots beneath the deck. |
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Many of them came from her dad's garden |
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I find the brass pots especially intriguing |
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even more, the brass birds |
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the view from under the deck |
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Seems there's a plethora of other wildlife on Roseberry, including multitudes of deer, happily scavenging all the gardens. |
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So now, time to head up to the wilds of up island. We have rented a cottage
near Saratoga Beach, between Courtenay and Campbell River.
First outing, off to Strathcona Provincial Park for a fine rainy day hike. |
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More wildlife. More warnings. |
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Doshu and Soshin on the boardwalk through Paradise Meadows. |
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Paradise Meadows |
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Near our cottage on Saratoga Beach. |
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Of course Norman finds blackberries. Lots of them. (There were more.) |
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Saratoga Beach |
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Tide coming in.... |
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Creeping up pretty fast, actually, because the beach is so flat. |
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Doshu and Norman decide it's fishing day, out in the bay. I go along for ballast. |
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some of the wildlife in the bay.
Note the leaping fish! I didn't see it until weeks later. |
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