Repost of the Day: Pure Color at Butchart Gardens
Butchart Gardens :: Vancouver Island, Canada
September 30th, 2020
The Mid-Autumn Festival is tomorrow so after Tuesday’s mooncakes in Southeast Asia, we’re flying the magic carpet back across the Pacific to view the spectacular fall foliage on Vancouver Island.
Also, I recently learned a new word: lagniappe. It means extra, perk, tip or bonus. And I have a bonus for you today! After our recent adventures through the Mayan ruins of the Yucatán Peninsula, a favorite fellow blogger posted today about another Mayan site in northern Belize. I hope you’ll visit Lookoom to explore Lamanai and see the incredible stone faces, among many other captivating aspects of the site. Lookoom posts every day, in English and French, taking followers to cool towns and rural outposts around the world.
Enjoy!
More tomorrow,
Kelly
Repost of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying close to home.
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Butchart Gardens :: Vancouver Island, Canada
An October afternoon at Butchart Gardens, in photos. Heavenly! Are words even necessary? Not really, other than mentioning that Butchart Gardens is just outside Victoria on Vancouver Island. Trails lead through 55 acres of trees, plants and flowers, still cared for by the Butchart family more than 100 years after Jennie Butchart transformed the former limestone quarry into a complex of gardens with regional themes. And the dahlias! My favorite part — a perfect blend of art and science in every bloom. Enjoy!
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This is so beautiful, like Nature went on a wild painting frenzy. The colors of the fall leaves, the perfect shaped dahlias, so very beautiful 💖 would you know what the flower in the 8th picture from the end is? Never saw that before…
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Thanks, Deb! A wild painting frenzy — love that analogy! The flower that looks like a lantern? I have no idea. I’m not very good at identifying plants and flowers, but it sure was cool looking! 🙂
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Beautiful! Brought memories of about 45 years ago!!!!!
Alison
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45 years?! Awesome! Love that. ♥
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Staggeringly beautiful, Kelly! Spending an Autumn day in these gardens you must feel like you’ve died and gone to heaven 🙂 🙂
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Thanks, Jo! And yes! It’s hard to take a bad photo in these gardens. Butchart just sings with color and beauty in every direction. It IS heavenly. 🙂
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Magnificent!
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Mother Nature says thank you!! 🙂
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Butchart Gardens are always a good idea to see the best that flora and man can do together. I visited the gardens in the summer and it was an enchantment of shapes and colours. Autumn brings an extra touch of beauty with the added nostalgia of the best days gone.
I am very touched by your generosity to relay my post on the Mayan site of Lamanai in Belize. This is only a modest continuation of your beautiful series of posts on Mayan sites in Mexico.
Thank you so much Kelly.
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You are so welcome, Lookoom! I find your posts and thoughts eloquent and clever — even here talking about Butchart gardens (“an enchantment of shapes and colors”). It’s been a pleasure getting to know you while we are both blogging every day through this strange time in history. I understand the dedication that takes and I also know how good it feels when someone else recognizes the effort and shares it so others can discover too. Cheers to connecting through our stories and photos!
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Yes, you make me feel good 🙂 This well-written and thoughtful comment illustrates your kindness and open-mindedness, welcoming the unknown with enthusiasm, those rare qualities that come across when reading your articles and give them value.
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Oh, Lookoom! You’re too kind. 🙂 Cheers again, this time with wine! It’s Friday! Happy weekend to you and thank you, as well. 🙂
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Wonderful Kelly. You have captured the magnificence of this special place, one of BC’s many jewels, and one of our favorite places to visit. Thank you 😊
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I had a feeling you would like this post! 🙂 Butchart is just breathtaking and to have seen it in the fall will never fade from my memory. I hope to get back there again someday. Thanks Andrew! P.S. More to come — possibly posting about Pacific Spirit soon!
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Wonderful. Look forward to it 😊
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Wow, I love those vibrant colors! Thanks for sharing, Kelly! 🌞
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Thanks Lisa! Happy weekend! 🙂
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You as well, Kelly! 🌞
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Absolutely gorgeous photos from Butchart Gardens, Kelly! I’ve not visited there – yet – but it’s certainly on the list now.
And as for lagniappe, we also learned that word when we lived in New Orleans. It was particularly rewarding when you were buying beignets for a group – they’d always throw in a little lagniappe! 🙂 ~Terri
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Yes, put Butchart on the list! So very worth it, in any season but fall especially. So cool that you know lagniappe! I did read in the definition that it often applies to store purchases, like a baker’s dozen extra treat — or beignet! Yum! Such a fun word with real value! 🙂 Thanks for your comment and happy weekend to you and James!
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