At this time of year when there are so many spring flowers coming into bloom I tend to spend a lot of time focusing on details in the environment so here's a glimpse of what downtown Victoria looked like yesterday. The sun finally burst through the clouds and rain and it's starting to look like spring has arrived. These wonderful cherry blossoms like pink popcorn balls are almost blown but even the drifts of their fallen petals are beautiful.
Back to Beacon Hill Park yesterday to see what else is blooming there besides crocuses. It was a nice sunny day and though winter's cold is still with us I found a surprising number of early flowers on the ground and, as in this photo, in the trees. This is a branch of the early-blooming cherry tree on the shore of Goodacre Lake.