Up to Vancouver, Richmond, Seattle, and Vancouver Island - June 10th-17th 2008

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June 16th 2008: Botanical Garden, Big Park, Floral Conservatory, and More


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VanDusen Botanical Garden
The entrance to VanDusen
Botanical Garden.
An excellent photo of, according to my notes, a purple split
corona daffodil (though in retrospect it doesn't look like a daffodil to
me), complete with a bee at top.
Spiky plants.
A blueblossom.
The entrance to VanDusen Botanical Garden.
An excellent photo of, according to my notes, a purple split corona daffodil (though in retrospect it doesn't look like a daffodil to me), complete with a bee at top.
Spiky plants.
A blueblossom.
Livingstone Lake and its fountain.
The opposite perspective of the previously photographed lake.
More greenery.
One shaded path.
Livingstone Lake and its fountain.
The opposite perspective of the previously photographed lake.
More greenery.
One shaded path.
A winding path.
The bamboo grove, I believe.
A neat path over Cypress Pond.  Excellent for the lively greens.
Five ducks in a different pond.
A winding path.
The bamboo grove, I believe.
A neat path over Cypress Pond. Excellent for the lively greens.
Five ducks in a different pond.
Three ducks in close proximity.
An excellent shot of a duck.  Look at the feathers!
Ditto.
Ditto.
Three ducks in close proximity.
An excellent shot of a duck. Look at the feathers!
Ditto.
Ditto.
What a cool, entangled tree!
Flowers.  As usual, I can't recognize them.  According to my notes, they
might be "washington stilbe."
More flowers.  If, for any of these unlabeled flowers, you can
tell me their names, please do so.
Yet another flower.
What a cool, entangled tree!
Flowers. As usual, I can't recognize them. According to my notes, they might be "washington stilbe."
More flowers.
If, for any of these unlabeled flowers, you can tell me their names, please do so.
Yet another flower.
Ditto.  It's neat seeing flecks of white covering the stems. 
(This is more visible in the full-sized image.)
A snake-branch spruce.
What awesome looking plants! Excellent.
A weeping giant sequoia.
Ditto.
It's neat seeing flecks of white covering the stems. (This is more visible in the full-sized image.)
A snake-branch spruce.
What awesome looking plants! Excellent.
A weeping giant sequoia.
A peach rose.
A red rose.
The formal rose garden and its sundial.
An orthogonal perspective of the formal rose garden.
A peach rose.
A red rose.
The formal rose garden and its sundial.
An orthogonal perspective of the formal rose garden.
A lovely path behind the formal rose garden.
A series of small waterfalls.
An excellent shot of perennials.
A 360-degree panoramic movie of the perennials.
A lovely path behind the formal rose garden.
A series of small waterfalls.
An excellent shot of perennials.
A 360-degree panoramic movie of the perennials.
A flower.
Along comes a bee (bottom-left).   In this and the later pictures,
it's easier to see it in the full-sized image.
An excellent shot of the bee and the flower.
Ditto.
A flower.
Along comes a bee (bottom-left).
In this and the later pictures, it's easier to see it in the full-sized image.
An excellent shot of the bee and the flower.
Ditto.
Ditto.
The bee's really checking it out well.
Another bee decides this bee has the right idea.
Another flower of the same type, though sadly bee-less.   This picture
gets an excellent only because the flower's center reminds me of a
cupcake.
Ditto.
The bee's really checking it out well.
Another bee decides this bee has the right idea.
Another flower of the same type, though sadly bee-less.
This picture gets an excellent only because the flower's center reminds me of a cupcake.