Sunday, 18 July 2010 … though not posted until Thursday, 22 July …
I’m breaking my return trip home with a stop in Victoria, to visit my Aunt—who is in hospital. But I’m here for 10 days, and I trust she’ll be discharged* before I leave and we’ll be able to enjoy our usual conversations in her sun-filled dining room.
Yes, sun-filled. The weather here is extraordinarily gorgeous! It’s been sunny and clear since I arrived. The flowers are ravishingly brilliant. And the air—I’d forgotten the pleasure of air cool and fresh on your skin. Walking is a delight.
How lucky I didn’t go straight back to Toronto where the temperature and humidity are about a match for what we experienced in Korea and Japan. Only there it was part of the rainy season.
This morning I walked over to Oak Bay Village and back, early, before most shops were open. Photographed hydrangeas, some snail-shaped macaroons (or do I mean meringues?) in a window, and a china tea set that seemed quintessentially Victoria. (I remember staring at china in shop windows here when I was a small child.) I resisted the temptation to photograph signs, simply because I can read them …
*And yes, my Aunt is now home. It’s such a treat to be here with her! But where the hydrangea photograph went, I've no idea ... 