British Columbia’s provincial flower is the Pacific dogwood.
The name comes from the fact that sailors used the wood of this tree to make nails, otherwise known as dags – or later, dogs – in ship repairs.
It has been British Columbia’s provincial flower since 1956.
So elegant and sparkling in either white or the dogwood’s alternative colour, pink, it’s another marvellous addition to the spring pantheon of beauty.
Happy Tuesday.
Here in southern Ontario where I am presently visiting, everything is in the pink!
The weather has been cool, windy and rainy at times, but we had enough sun to get good shots of these pretty spring flowers.
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A beautiful photo of Cornwall’s Rocky Valley, courtesy of Stuart Aken.
I love this “spring tree” I found inside an office building in London, Ontario that is undergoing conversion to mixed use. Comprised of artificial flowers, it nevertheless looked pretty and fresh.
It was lovely to see, especially as the weather outside was rainy, windy and overcast.
Happy Sunday.
London, Ontario, has many historical buildings that stretch back two to three centuries. I liked the look of this approximately 150-year old church tower silhouetted in the waning light of day as a street light began to take over.
Happy Saturday.
Beauteous white …
… brilliant white …
… so much different from winter white …
… a snowflake flower.
Happy Friday.
We recently drove through the Rocky Mountains of Banff and Lake Louise on a beautifully sunny day.
You can see that there’s still snow on the peaks and this being the mountains, the breeze was brisk, but the sun shining on our backs as we took a short walk to stretch our legs was beautifully warm.
Greetings from the gorgeous spring Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta.
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All photos taken on May 8, 2024.
Our road trip is well underway and we are now travelling in the United States. We left Medicine Hat, Alberta, early this morning during a rather intense rain storm.
During the night prior to our departure, the wind was howling and the rain was furiously pounding down.
I checked aviation weather several times and saw that there was a huge trough of seriously bad weather stretching all the way from northern Alberta across most of Saskatchewan and into North Dakota. That’s an enormous area.
This system is expected to last for two days and drop a lot of moisture on an area that has been extremely dry over the last year, so while it wasn’t bringing the best driving conditions, it was at least bringing much needed water.
The clouds were huge and only about 150 metres (500 ft) above the ground. Comprised of dense, multiple layers, they were not to be ignored.
After many hours of these conditions, we finally saw some cloud breaks as we neared Minnesota.
It was a difficult drive with the high crosswind continuously pushing the vehicle and the rain beating the windshield to the point of occasionally obscured visibility, so we were very happy to stop for the day! I hope tomorrow’s weather is better.
Cheers from the North Dakota/Minnesota boundary.
I’m not sure what is growing in these fields …
… but it’s sure pretty!
Happy Tuesday.
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