Victoria: Butchart Gardens

Actually, this wasn't from Butchart,
but I still wanted to post it.
Photo credit: Mom

This wasn't from Butchart either.
It's actually from The Elderly Noodle Workshop.
It used to be a vintage gas pump.
Now it's a fish tank.  Cool, huh?

Day two of our excursion to Victoria.  Peaceful, vibrant, lush, varied.  Ah, Butchart Gardens, words can scarcely describe you.

The beautiful hydrangeas.  I love how each time you plant one, it's like a mystery,
because you never know what color it will turn out being!  :)

The Butchart Gardens!

This way to ENTER

Momsy and Daddy-O

Bathrooms this way.
Information and first-aid this way.
Bus and taxi this way.
Exclamation point, pedestrian, and chunky car who-knows-where.

Dad and The Purple Pack.

together :)

Dad showing off The Purple Pack while Mom snaps a few shots.

What a fun little hut to take pictures in!

A sweet little window in the hut that overlooked
one of the gorgeous gardens below

A better view of the view...

You gotta love fall.

And Mom.  :)

Water lilies!

...and Down...

Up...

Mommy 

Joey

Daddy

Dad the Photographer

And Mom the Photographer

A toad spitting water.  Now how cute is that?!

Oh the fun we had taking pictures
in the Mirror that was a Ball  :)

Roses are to Baby Breath flowers
as
Purple flowers are to The Purple Pack
In other words, they just go together.
Period.
End of story.

Next we were on to the Japanese section of the gardens...this part was so peaceful!

I've always loved winding stairs :)

Sweet little lanterns dotted the garden

This was a great noise maker.  The upper pipe would fill the lower pipe with water, and as the lower pipe got heavier and heavier, it would suddenly drop down and clunk on a rock, letting out the water.  Once it was light again, it would swing back up (that's what this is a picture of), and would start filling again.

Time to go...
'Twas a lovely afternoon.  :)