April 2026
And some clever
quip...
We went to Victoria for the Easter Long weekend. We spend most
of the weekend working on Nara's Science Fair project - sanding
fiberglass and putting more epoxy on. I did get some time to
go to do some non-sailboat work.
Walk Around Uplands Park
I have visited Uplands Park lots of times in spring -
April
2015 (April 5th, lots of Fawn Lily),
April
2019 (April 21st, lots of early Camas),
April
2023 (April 10th) because of early meadow flowers. A
recent trip (
May 2025
- May 19th) had the Camas at full bloom. This has been a cold
spring so I was curious to see what was out.
The short answer was not much. Yes, I found a few Camas
blooming (a space that must get a lot of sun), but most the Camas
didn't even have buds. Even the Fawn Lilys were early - some
flowers but still a lot of flowers yet to bloom. The fields of
Camas were still green and the Camas looked like it was having a
hard time.
There was a lot of Shooting Star in various fields. There are
two species of Shooting stars in this part of the world and the best
way to tell them apart is the leaf shape. Sadly, I rarely
think to take photos of the leaves.
Easter Egg Hunt
My Mom has a secret skill at hiding easter eggs. The kids
still wanted to do a hunt so my Mom put chocolates in 44 eggs and
distributed them in the garden at the front and back of the
house. The kids are quite competitive and we don't use the
"only pick up one of two" rule we used when the kids were
younger. The kids did end without roughly the same number of
eggs.
My parents back yard has large exposed rock
which makes great Europen Wall Lizard habitat. These arrived
in their neighborhood and I doubt they will ever leave. Claira
is pretty good at picking them up off the rocks and is able to grab
3 or more before they are all hiding deep in the rocks.
OakHaven Park
The Garry Oak ecosystem is rare and hard to find. Last year I
did some research on other parks and Oak Haven Park in Central
Saanich showed up high on the list. We visited
last year August for
the fall colors. Given that Uplands park was a little "between
seasons", I wanted to see the same habitat that was higher up and
potentially warmer.
Tags: Oak Haven Park(12), easter egg hunt(1)
People: Claira(3), Nara(3), Helen(1), Janet(1)
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