Vancouver Island – follow your nose

I have kind of fallen into what has turned into an extended, self directed artist’s retreat.

Originally I came out here for a wedding, but there was a house sit available and somehow, magically, that has become a two month visit to paradise.

The property where I’m staying has such a massive garden, I’m still getting to know all the areas of it, while watching the blooms come and go.

Up to one side is the orchard section, including apple trees, pear trees and hazelnuts –

And in various clumps around the property are gatherings of all kinds of ever shifting variously blossoming flowers –

The hummingbirds are plentiful, darting in and out the flowers, bickering over access.

Crows and ravens and the occasional distant eagle pass through.

And of course the songbirds….

Early morning and late evening at dusk are when the bunnies show up, but the deer wander through any time of day and will help themselves to the raspberries or the rather green looking pears on the pear tree, or sometimes they’ll just stop in for a rest in the shade –

But while all moments of the day are beautiful and peaceful, without a doubt, my favourite time is first thing in the morning, out on the balcony with a coffee, as the sun gradually finds its way up and over the tall tall trees….

Lens Artists Challenge – The Quiet Hours