The cooler weather and the rain have great benefits, like pretty flowers. 
Wild ones on the roadside.
I even captured a butterfly on the tigerlilly.
And then there are the cultivated flowers, which are just as nice.
Different shades of purple on the iris.
This color of iris is completely new to me.
Peonies the size of dinner plates.
We don’t have these poppies in LA and I’ve never seen this salmon color, intriquing.
I think this is post bloom, whatever it is, just loved the bright yellow green agaisnt the dark purple.
Then it was on to Victoria. I will have a sperate post on Butchard gardens. This is what I remember from my visit here 37 years ago, the baskets hanging with flowers! Ah rain. Turns out that rain isn’t enough and there is a truck that drives around town and waters over 2000 baskets. I am very thankful they still do this, I don’t think Victoria would be the same for me with out them. So much has changed in almost 40 years, good to know the flower baskets are still here.
Silk flowers in a store window. These will be very easy to duplicate.
More from Victoria soon.
Leah