Cold Snap

While we've been looking at last year's photos Victoria has been having a cold snap - witness the fountain on the grounds of the Legislative Assembly Buildings. Fern and I drove around in the nicely heated vehicle last week to look at this and some of the other places we frequent in the summer.

How Cold Is It You Ask?

Very! This is a rarity here in the tropics of Southern Vancouver Island. The frigid temperatures have frozen our lovely fountain in front the Legislature Assembly Buildings and while I was there (briefly, lets be clear) there were lots of folks out having a look and taking pictures. - Fern

Birds in Bronze

In a photograph of the Legislative Assembly Building I posted in September there is a fountain in the foreground. Around the outer rim of this fountain are sculptures of four animals important in the mythologies of the native peoples of British Columbia. Above is a raven. Below is an eagle. There are also small sculptures of a bear and a wolf and, in the center of this fountain a few stone sea otters.