Before we leave Hatley Park National Historic Site here is a photo of the castle. I plan to have a look at Victoria's other castle, Cra...

Here's another scene I have not visited since the early summer and now the leaves are turning on the far side of Esquimalt Lagoon where ...

Well, the leaves are turning already - summer's almost gone and it seems like it only started yesterday. There hasn't been much real...

Before we leave Hatley Castle here's a look at the Italian Garden. I love Victoria City's hanging baskets but in the Italian Garden ...

When the castle's owners had died and the children were all grown and had moved out, they decided to sell the castle as the upkeep was v...

This is the entrance hall of Hatley Castle. In the photo above we are looking back towards the entrance doors. Apparently in one of the X-Me...

Before we go inside the castle, above is the classic postcard view of the main entrance, the porte cochère . Below is the opposite view, tak...

Although James Dunsmuir and his wife had a long and successful marriage (10 children) they clearly had different agendas as they aged. The d...

Before we take a look at the interior of Hatley Castle here is a look at the exterior as seen from one of the gardens. The castle and groun...

This makes a nice transition from yesterday's photo of a young girl playing a violin - here we have a cherub playing a mandolin. He'...

Here's a shot of Hatley Castle from the southern side of Esquimalt Lagoon. The castle now houses part of the administration for Royal Ro...

Last year around this time I was exploring the way lenses distort reality. All lenses distort reality to some extent. (This, in my opinion, ...

I went out to Esquimalt Lagoon recently to take photos of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) for an artist acquaintance. For much of the wint...

Sometimes it seems like ecological disaster is inevitable and within a generation or two life on this planet will be very unpleasant. So it...

Hatley Park National Historic Site consists of the castle and the adjacent gardens. Directly beside the house is the Italian Garden, pictur...

Here we see Hatley Castle from the Croquet Court, a sunken lawn area below the Italian Garden that is adjacent to the castle building. The b...

This magnificent edifice, Hatley Castle, lies on the rising ground overlooking Esquimalt Lagoon. As well as being an intriguing building in ...

A proper Italian Garden must have statuary and Hatley Castle's Italian Garden is no exception. There are several near life size statues ...

Here's one of the reds from Hatley Castle's Italian Garden. It's really a riot of blooms and the colours are only a part of the ...

More flowers and a busy bumblebee from the Italian Garden at Hatley Castle.