Victoria and San Juan Islands, 2003

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Burchard Gardens


Tulips outside Burchard Gardens restaurant building

Different kind of tulips

Double tulips

Alice among tulips

Quarry garden from the east overlook (1)

Heather on the slope into the Quarry garden

Rhododendrons on the quarry wall

Cherry trees in bloom

Annuals below the quarry tower

Tulip bed seen from atop the tower

Flowering trees around the quarry pond

Lawn and tree grouping, from atop the tower

Rhododendrons along a path

Bees working on hanging flowers

Yellow tulips and other annuals

Alice peeking over crocuses

Quarry pond

Quarry garden flowerbeds from the south bridge

Statue in the quarry garden

Tree with bright flowers

Jim and Alice at the Sturgeon Fountain

The Sturgeon Fountain

Alice at gate to Japanese Garden (2)

Alice on bridge

Japanese garden overlook with layered tree

Japanese Maple by the pond

Tree with white flowers

Japanese garden plants

Borrowed view: ocean cove (1)

Borrowed view: ocean cove (2)

Rhododendrons bordering lawn

Frilly tulip among border flowers

Crystal Gardens (Victoria)


Crystal Gardens: Puna Ibis (Spike?) eating

Crystal Gardens: Flamingo begging

Pair of macaws

Heliconia flower

Giant bladder blossoms

Alice point out a bladder blossom

Alice behind heliconia

Jim by bonsai rhododendron

Pair of green lizards

Spotted butterfly

Spotted butterfly

Large butterflies feeding

Butterfly on flower

Giant bladder blossom (2)

Butterflies

Orange ibis

Bromeliads with flowers

White macaw

Fruit bats, resting

Ringtailed lemur

Yellow orchid

Bromeliads and ferns

Golden Lion tamarin (3)

Golden Lion tamarin (4)

Pygmy marmoset

Pygmy marmoset

Spike (Puna Ibis) attacking Jim's shoe (1)

Spike (Puna Ibis) attacking Jim's shoe (2)

Sidney, B.C.


Sidney Totem Pole

Totem pole, with Jim

Heron on beach at Sidney (1)

Heron on beach at Sidney (3)

San Juan Islands: Grandparents' Graves


Gravesite and neighboring graves

Graves of grandparents, Friday Harbor

Gravestone of Alvia F. Carter

Gravestone of Hazel A. Carter

Jim at gravesite

Alice at gravesite

Church and cemetery (2)

Church and cemetery (1)

View from cemetery across the valley

View from cemetery

San Juan Islands: North Shore


Alice upslope

North shore of San Juan Island (1)

North shore of San Juan Island (2)

North shore of San Juan Island (3)

North shore of San Juan Island (4)

North shore of San Juan Island (5)

North shore of San Juan Island (6)

North shore of San Juan Island (7)

At Ben's House


Ben planting something

Ben with his rhododendrons

Ben's back yard

Ben and Jim repairing sprinkler

Alice with Ben's Japanese Maple

Ben and Alice

Alice and Jim by Japanese Maple

Outtakes (Junkpile)


Bee (out of focus)

Spotted butterfly (out of focus)

Lizard (bad shot)

Bromeliad (out of focus)

Spike (Puna Ibis) attacking Jim's shoe (1) (blurred)

Quarry garden from the east overlook (2) (duplicate)

Alice at gate to Japanese Garden (1) (too dark, duplicate)

Japanese garden plants (1) (duplicate)

Golden Lion tamarin (bad light, dupl)

Golden Lion tamarin (bad light, dupl)

Pygmy marmoset (dupl)

Heron on beach at Sidney (dupl)