This is probably the last silhouette I’ll post this winter. Buds are swelling on trees all over. On a trip to Seattle this week I even saw trees showing early blooms.
Flowers! Leaves! Spring!
Just add leaves
Author: Kay
Ghosts of the past
The patterns on the side of a building in Victoria B.C. caught my eye while we were there last week. It took a couple of beats for me to identify just what I was looking at.
Another building apparently had been constructed onto the exterior of the building still standing. Interior walls of the former building remained attached when the newer building was torn down, revealing not only the building interior but ghost signs on the brick walls.
Still looking good
I have shown this barn before from a couple of different vantage points, back in 2015 and 2016. Here is another one. It looks washed out in the cool winter light but it seems to be holding up well.
Winter valley
Bit by bit some of our farms and ranches are being sold and subdivided. So far this one seems to be hanging on to agriculture.
Victoria murals
This is one of three murals on the side of a building in Victoria B.C. As best I can tell it’s been painted inside old window frames.
It’s beautifully detailed. I had to zoom in to confirm whether the hummingbird feeder was real or painted on the mural. It’s painted. Notice the two hummers on the mural?
Did you notice bubbles floating across the other two murals? This is where they’re coming from.
They’re on an otherwise unremarkable wall. But they certainly brighten up the neighborhood. They are signed “Maltry 2010.”
Hidden gem
This barn is set back, hidden from the road except for a fleeting glance as you drive by. When we saw that the property was for sale we joked that perhaps we could drive up and pretend to be potential buyers so I could take photos.
To our surprise, we discovered that it was purchased by a former neighbor who let us come and take a look. As luck would have it, I’d just sent my do-it-all lens in for repair. The point-and-shoot would have to do. I’ve got to go back when my better lens comes home and the weather’s better.
The barn was built in 1948 and is in generally good shape, though the roof needs work. It was an old dairy barn with a small, separate milk storage shed.
There’s also a tiny log cabin on the property, the perfect size for a children’s playhouse.
Sick?
At first I thought this was an interesting texture, speaking to all the rain we get around here. Now I think this poor tree is sick. That looks like fungus to me.