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It was a nice Sunday morning so I decided to take a walk through Queen Elizabeth park here in Vancouver, Canada. There is a sprawling arboretum over the whole grounds...I would guess the park might cover 125 acres? There are hundreds and hundreds of trees in stands of four or five with metal plates tacked to them giving the common and scientific names of the tree. I'll put a pic up below, for example, of one of the black locust trees they had on display.
My only complaint was that most of the common local trees were unidentified. There were hundreds of unusual japanese trees and trees from other parts of the world, all carefully explained, but of course the local stuff is "boring and common" and merits no explanation. I like trees, and it would have been interesting to see a display of everything that commonly grows here in BC.
It really is spring here! Flowers were coming out everywhere and it was warm and sunny, very nice weather.
After a while we stopped at the duck pond to watch the ducks. Erin loves ducks for some reason. They were kind of relaxing to watch. I tried to get a good pic of a little flock coming in for a water landing, but it was tricky.
Anyway here are a few pics...not quite like being out in nature exactly but still a relaxing place to wander around. Not really as many people as I expected either...just around the duck pond.
The black locust:
A "boring" local tree...there is Erin waving at everyone next to it.
What kind of tree is it? If you are from this part of the world you would know from any distance, because they are easily the most common tree on the coast here...but just to be sure, let's look at the cone:
No mistaking the cone of a Douglas Fir! They have that little tri-lobed papery bit sticking out between every section of the cone. Give me a break here, I'm a highschool dropout! I have no idea what the actual term for the papery bit is.
Here is real evidence of spring...flowers and bees!
The duck pond...
And my attempt to get a good water landing shot!
Erin is pleased with the ducks...that's all for now!
My only complaint was that most of the common local trees were unidentified. There were hundreds of unusual japanese trees and trees from other parts of the world, all carefully explained, but of course the local stuff is "boring and common" and merits no explanation. I like trees, and it would have been interesting to see a display of everything that commonly grows here in BC.
It really is spring here! Flowers were coming out everywhere and it was warm and sunny, very nice weather.
After a while we stopped at the duck pond to watch the ducks. Erin loves ducks for some reason. They were kind of relaxing to watch. I tried to get a good pic of a little flock coming in for a water landing, but it was tricky.
Anyway here are a few pics...not quite like being out in nature exactly but still a relaxing place to wander around. Not really as many people as I expected either...just around the duck pond.
The black locust:
A "boring" local tree...there is Erin waving at everyone next to it.
What kind of tree is it? If you are from this part of the world you would know from any distance, because they are easily the most common tree on the coast here...but just to be sure, let's look at the cone:
No mistaking the cone of a Douglas Fir! They have that little tri-lobed papery bit sticking out between every section of the cone. Give me a break here, I'm a highschool dropout! I have no idea what the actual term for the papery bit is.
Here is real evidence of spring...flowers and bees!
The duck pond...
And my attempt to get a good water landing shot!
Erin is pleased with the ducks...that's all for now!
Didn't notice them before.
