Highrock Park

Highrock Park is a small neighbourhood park in Esquimalt. It's close to where I live and I take frequent photo walks there in the spring. At that time of year it is a riot of spring flowers and migratory birds passing through on their way north. However, since it is basically a very large rock with shallow pockets of soil supporting its vegetation, it dries out very fast once summer begins. Then I usually ignore it until the next spring brings it back to life. Recently, however, I decided to check it out during this season and was pleasantly surprised. No flowers, of course, but it was generally fairly green and pleasant. This photo was taken looking westward towards Esquimalt Harbour and the Metchosin Hills. Those large cranes visible just to the right of the tree are at the Esquimalt Graving Dock, a facility capable of servicing very large ships such as cruise ships and naval vessels.