Here's another kind of mushroom I encountered on my recent visit to Mount Douglas Park. These ones appear to be a favorite meal for slug...

Well, forest trails and autumn leaves are fine but what I really went out to Mount Douglas Park for was to see if any mushrooms were up yet....

Mount Douglas Park has a splendid grove of enormous Bigleaf Maple trees. At this time of year they provide this perfect autumn carpet.

Every year Canada Day is celebrated here on the Inner Harbour with extensive ceremonies and entertainment, and, huge crowds. So, for the las...

Yesterday's photo of the Foxglove flowers was taken near the shore of Durrance Lake, about a half hour's drive from the City of Vict...

In the deep forest surrounding nearby Durrance Lake in Saanich this Foxglove seemed to glow almost with a light of its own.

The meadows of Fawn Lilies in Beacon Hill Park are lovely but those on the wooded slopes of Mount Douglas Park are even more special.

Another bright, sunny day today took me up to the summit of Mount Douglas where I enjoyed the above view looking in an easterly direction.

It's hard to believe such a gorgeously exotic bird actually lives here naturally, but they do. This photo of a Wood Duck was taken here ...

As I wrote last week, "Every year I put together a calendar for friends and family, of photos I have published on this blog for the las...

Here's another fungus from Mount Douglas Park. I have been unable to identify this so far but my personal name for it is the Bean Sprout...

Every time I reach the summit of Bear Hill I enjoy the wonderfully gnarled limbs of this large Garry Oak. It's like an enormous Bonsai. ...

As well as being a good season for mosses this time of year is great for lichens too. Some of the trees in Bear Hill Park were so festooned...

This is a different kind of moss from that posted yesterday but it is also very common though more likely to be found on fallen trees as it ...

This is a great time of the year for mushrooms but it also seems to be the best time of the year for mosses and lichens. The moss pictured ...

Although mushrooming in the forest is generally very peaceful, there are surprises. I was despairing yesterday of seeing any really large mu...

I'm just back from Mount Douglas Park and here's some of the mushrooms I encountered. The season is well underway now and I counted ...

Here are more mushrooms from our Killarney Lake excursion last week.