Lush

Here's another from Gowlland Tod Provincial Park. Everything here is wet and there are overlapping layers of life so that the trunks of enormous trees bear loads of moss and lichens that in turn provide places for ferns to root and grow.

Moss Season

This is the season when moss thrives and I like its green glow in this photo. The forest around Finlayson Arm is very quiet but it's the quiet that follows a long sleep, just before waking. Spring is not here yet but it's coming.

Finlayson Arm

The eastern coastline of the Saanich Peninsula faces the Strait of Georgia. The peninsula's western shore faces Saanich Inlet, a long arm of the ocean that cuts into southern Vancouver Island. The southernmost portion of that arm is Finlayson Arm. The above photo of Finlayson Arm was taken from Gowlland Tod Provincial Park, looking north towards the opening of the Saanich Inlet. That white structure visible on the far left is some of what remains of the industrial town of Bamberton.