The winter after our first summer living in the Robson Valley, I got out some of the slides I had taken over the summer. I was surprised when I started looking at them: Everything was so lush and green. It looked like something you would see in the jungle. I later learned that our area is classified as an Interior Temperate Rain Forest.
After our long winters and things warm up, the plants know their growing season is rather short, so they get down to rapidly growing, and explode into foliage.
I took the photo above looking down from the balcony to the small pool I have beside our “shade” deck. The plants have been busy elbowing each other out of the way, trying to get as much sun as they can, for themselves.
Below you can see the view looking out from the balcony. You can see that there are areas where I have forced my will onto the landscape, in a desire to have some “jungle-free” space that can be used for other things. Even though those areas have been cleared, I think you would agree that there is still a predominance of green. Can you spot the pool featured in the top photo, in the lower left corner of the photo below.
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