Tag Archives: Victoria BC

Painted Daisies

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Commercial, Creative, Flowers, Infrared Photography, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 30, 2017 at 10:25 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria BC...

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Leaps and Bounds 1… 2… 3…

Posted in: Alaska, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel, Wildlife | September 29, 2017 at 9:45 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Orca breach… oh, to be right there with this beast!!...

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Orca Pod

Posted in: Alaska, Animal Kingdom, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel, Wildlife | September 29, 2017 at 9:25 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Orcas frolicking in Haro Strait, between Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. Unfortunately, we weren’t on a whale watching excursion, but rather a public ferry, so there was...

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Orca Sighting at Sunset

Posted in: Alaska, Animal Kingdom, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Scenic, Travel | September 29, 2017 at 8:15 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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Small fish in a big sea!  Look carefully though – that teeny black dot just left and below center is an orca!  There were pods of them...

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Golden Achillea Flowers

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Commercial, Creative, Flowers, Infrared Photography, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 25, 2017 at 10:02 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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… aka Yarrow plant.  (It IS truly golden, however this is an infrared image)....

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A Golden Moment…

Posted in: Colors, Commercial, Creative, Flowers, Infrared Photography, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 18, 2017 at 10:59 am , by Laurie Merritt

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… and, a perfect moment…...

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Life is a Carnival (a)

Posted in: Animal Kingdom, Colors, Music, Photography, Travel | September 9, 2017 at 10:38 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We’re captive on the carousel of time We can’t return we...

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Tall and Taller

Posted in: Botany, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 8, 2017 at 9:40 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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The first is the monkey puzzle tree, an evergreen conifer that is native to Chile and Argentina. The tree’s common name comes from the idea that a...

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Three Cheers!!

Posted in: Botany, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 6, 2017 at 2:31 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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The water fountain in the Sunken Garden at Butchart Gardens, Victoria, BC....

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Reds

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 5, 2017 at 11:03 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia  ...

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Yellows

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 5, 2017 at 10:49 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia  ...

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Purples and Pinks

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 5, 2017 at 10:32 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia        ...

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Orange

Posted in: Botany, Colors, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 5, 2017 at 10:15 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia...

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Greens

Posted in: Botany, Flowers, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 5, 2017 at 9:46 am , by Laurie Merritt

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Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia...

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Butchart Gardens’ Version of a Fireworks Display

Posted in: Architecture, Botany, Colors, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Scenic, Travel | September 4, 2017 at 7:29 pm , by Laurie Merritt

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 Factoids re: Butchart Gardens: ** Robert Pim Butchart was a pioneer in the cement industry. In 1904, he developed a quarry and built a cement plant. His wife,...

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