MOTHER NATURE WEARS MANY COLORS

BY JANET STEINBERG

Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain (ROYGBIV).  This mnemonic (pronounced nemonic because the first "m" is silent) is a memory device that will help you remember the colors of the rainbow… red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.  However, Mother Nature needs no such device.  She wears, and paints, these colors around the world 365 days a year.  The following are some of her best renditions of those colors.

BUTCHART GARDENS located on Vancouver Island is near the city Victoria, BC, just off the mainland city of Vancouver.  Victoria is the city known as "The Sunshine City of Gardens". During the summer months, a blaze of blossoms in front of the magnificently domed BC Legislative Building, spell out the words: "Welcome To Victoria".  Roses bloom at Christmas and, in early March, tulips and daffodils are shipped all over Canada from this area.   There are flowers everywhere, but you haven't seen anything until you've seen Butchart Gardens.    

BUTCHART GARDENS

VICTORIA: THE CITY OF ROSES

BY JANET STEINBERG

Everyone dreams of his or her own special island.  More often than not, it's in the South Pacific.  Man and nature have diligently worked together to create a very special Pacific Island retreat.  However, strange as it may seem, they've plunked it down in the North Pacific. 

Vancouver Island stretches some 300-miles along Canada's rugged Pacific coastline.  North America's largest Pacific island is crowned by snowy mountains and surrounded by  a white-capped ocean dotted with smaller islands.           

Warmed by the Japanese current, the island suffers none of the severe seasonal changes of the rest of Canada.  The moderate climate has spawned a wide variety of natural vegetation.  Man, too, has found the island's climate inviting.  

No highway connects this paradisiacal island to the mainland of British Columbia or the United States, but air and sea connections are numerous.    

        

Victoria, just off the mainland city of Vancouver, is the capital city of the Province of British Columbia.  Known as "The Sunshine City of Gardens", Victoria has the mildest climate in Canada. Little wonder that Victoria is always in season.       

     

During the summer months, a blaze of blossoms in front of the magnificently domed Parliament Building, spell out the words:"WELCOME TO VICTORIA".  Roses bloom at Christmas and, in early March, tulips and daffodils are shipped all over Canada from this area.  

PARLIAMENT