Visit to Victoria, 2002
A photo record of our visit to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
These pictures were taken on 2002-06-04 to 07
using a Kodak DC280 digital camera, 1760x1168 pixels, JPEG compression.
Photo retrieval software: gphoto2 v2.0 for Linux.
Editing was with GIMP v1.2.2.
Click on an index image to see it at a larger size (<=500 x <=768 pixels).
Original images are available on request.
The Butchart Gardens
The Butchart Gardens are located a few kilometers north of Victoria
(British Columbia, Canada) on the site of an abandoned quarry.
We visited the gardens on 2002-06-04.
The Butchart Gardens, entry sign.
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Interesting pot plant, looks like a Hawaiian silversword
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Alice among begonias and rhododendrons
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Begonia alcove
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Multicolored rhododendrons with snail fountain
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Fuchsias and begonias
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Jim under begonia
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Fuchsia, pink and purple
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The sunken garden. It is in an abandoned quarry pit.
Note the elevated ``tower'' in the center.
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Jim overlooking sunken garden
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Waterfall, over red rhododendrons
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Very British border plants
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Rhododendrons against rock
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Japanese maple and weeping willows
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Pond with rhododendrons and hanging trees
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Fountain in quarry lake. It changes patterns a lot.
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Fountain in quarry lake.
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Fountain in quarry lake
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Fountain in quarry lake. All different patterns.
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Sunken garden lawn
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Japanese maple and other trees
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Red and magenta azaleas
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This time I caught the bee. Canadian bees fly fast.
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Evergreen bushes from the quarry tower
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Jim and Alice on the quarry tower
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Yellow and pink rhododendrons
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Fish sculpture fountain
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Tree in Japanese garden
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Frogs, at the center of the star fountain
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Jim with the Butchart Boar (leaving the garden)
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Thunderbird Park
Thundebird Park contains a First Nations cultural center and totem pole
carving studio, and a large number of totem poles. It is in downtown
Victoria, adjacent to the Royal British Columbia Museum and the provincial
Parliament building. We visited there on 2002-06-05.
Thunderbird Park, 2002-06-05. Jim with totem pole
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Alice with another totem pole
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Totem pole with unique top unit
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Totem pole forest
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Crystal Gardens
The Crystal Gardens building is located in downtown Victoria. Constructed
of aluminum, it was home to a giant indoor swimming pool, a parachute training
facility (during World War I), and various other uses. Since about 1972
a wonderful tropical garden has been housed there, with a menagerie of
appropriate species. One of the pygmy maroset families had newborn babies;
we could see them, but they were not located where a picture could be taken.
We visited on 2002-06-05.
Flamingoes
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Two macaws
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Lush bromeliads in flower
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Fuzzy seed plants and bromeliad
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Green butterfly
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Blue spotted butterfly
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Pink and black butterfly
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Pink and black butterflies mating
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Yellow and white bromeliad-type flowers
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Big compound orchid flower
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Heliconia flower
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Pretty bromeliads
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Pair of pygmy marmosets
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Another pair of pygmy marmosets
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Pygmy marmoset eating
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Golden lion tamarin
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Ringtailed lemur
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Blue macaw
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Orchids
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Craigdarroch Castle
Craigdarroch Castle is the home of a coal mining baron who rose to high
estate from humble beginnings working in the mines. Even so, he was
``controversial because of his labor relations practices''. He died before
the castle was ready for occupancy, but his wife and family lived there.
Unfortunately the interiors were too dark for available light photography,
and we took only this exterior view. We were there on 2002-06-06.
Butterfly Garden
Located near Butchard Gardens, the Butterfly Garden is home to many
butterflies with natural food and decorative plants. All stages of the
life cycle can be seen, with educational explanations.
We visited on 2002-06-07. Butterflies are hard to photograph because
they settle for only a moment, and often move their wings even when landed.
Blue Morpheus butterfly
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Atlas moth
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Wood nymph on orchids
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Brown butterfly
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Black and white striped butterfly
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