to escape the misery of Edmonton winter…
(The Inn at Laurel Point on the tip of the harbour)
(myriad tulips at Butchart Garden)
(a Tally-ho carriage ride through the back streets of old Victoria)
(the Japanese garden behind the aforementioned hotel)
(sauntering the Emily Carr Gallery at the Greater Victoria Art Gallery)
(seriously deep in afternoon tea at the Empress by a window looking out on the harbor)
(table accoutrements at Emily Carr House)
(the amazing miniature-land museum adjacent to the Empress)
(Emily Carr statue near Empress Hotel: with her pet monkey and dog)