Mushrooms, salmon runs, earlier dusk and later dawns, falling leafs - yes, fall again! On Vancouver Island it still feels like a prolongation of our already unusual sunny and warm summer.
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| A prime example of a 'cauliflower cabbage'. This one had the good fortune to remain unpicked until it reached almost gigantic proportions. It looks like an oversized bath sponge or the brain of a long distinct dinosaur, it tastes delicious either fried up with butter (or olive oil for the health conscious) or as an delicious addition to pasta sauces. |
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| Sheep shed in Cowichan River Valley |
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| Red Maple Leafs, albeit a pan-Canadian Icon - are relatively rare in BC's mostly coniferous forests, but here is one of them.... |
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| Rusting away at the edges... |
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| Blue Sky and Fall Foliage |
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| Fern leaves turning earthen colours |
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| Sunlit Bent in the Cowichan River |
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| Cowichan River Time to pack bags and head south maybe? |
