Spring is here in Victoria! I know that may be hard for those of you in the -1 billion degree temperatures in the rest of the country, but, despite the rain or clouds (both of which are absent today), it has been a gorgeous 10 degrees all week. Whether it is the warm weather, or the cayenne pills I’ve been taking to increase circulation, or a combination of the two, I haven’t been cold in ages; I walked home from downtown this morning with my jacket over my arm and have even stopped wearing mittens, which for me, as those of you who know me well will attest to, is a minor miracle. And to further prove that spring is indeed here, I saw, perched on a tree along the waterway this morning, a hummingbird! I stopped and watched it sit on a branch for about a minute or two before it flew off. It was a brilliant green and when it flew away, its head flashed a vivid red. Truly beautiful.
This is the view from our living room – the Selkirk Trestle bridge of the Galloping Goose trail.