Gone were the striped Amaryllis flowers of just a couple of weeks ago. Instead, there were dark red ones and these delicate-looking white flowers with red/pink edges.
Outside
The Japanese garden has a lot of moss at this time of year.
Seen in a Rockland neighbourhood yard - this combination of pinecones and snowdrops around a tree trunk makes for a nice way to display the flowers, I think. 
At Government House there was a bit of colour. Not shown: pink rhodos in bloom.
The usual array of birds were at Beacon Hill Park - the mallards, wigeons, Canada geese and Henry the Heron. 
It's nice to see blossoms at this time of year even if they are indoors.
These Amaryllis flowers were my favourite of the day.
A bromeliad of some sort?
Interesting leaves.
Outside - sunshine!
By the way, if you ever need a wheelchair, the gardens has some available for a $10 refundable deposit.
Periodically, John Lennon's 'Yellow Submarine' Rolls Royce is displayed in the museum lobby.
I finally got around to walking through Cridge Park to see what has been going on. Neglected for years and used as a campground, it has seen a burst of activity recently.
The stones in the centre look as if they should have plaques on them, but don't (yet?). Ferns have been planted around some of the trees and tree stumps.
Perhaps residents in the new condos in the area got tired of looking at the squalor and pushed for the park to be cleaned up.
Lured by 'that aircraft smell' I walked along the harbour. I'm not sure if this pond at the Laurel Point Inn is new or renewed.
But I always feel like I'm on vacation when walking by it.
Near sunset, a float plane taxies out and it's time for me to go home.
After walking around in the fog for a while, I start to crave colour wherever it can be found - tulips in a shop doorway (left), and this strange yellow object (right) in with pineapples at the grocery store. I learned later it is a citrus fruit known as Buddha's Hand... but at $8.99 it didn't come home with me.
Spheres seem to be a theme this year. I like them.
Also, we see more rough wood/logs/bark being featured.
This year a new leaf fountain...
... joins the regular water features.
I don't know what this tree is but hope to find out. Update: other visitors figured it was a Mimosa.
And then there are the old standards, like the witch hazel in the bottom photo, which, for some reason, I am always happy to see.
It is often the lighting that makes this garden so interesting.
Snowdrops are up! I could be wrong, but it seems a little earlier than in recent years.
Most of the gardens are rather dormant looking.
But I did find small pink blossoms on a tree!
January 1. The month began in grand fashion with this dramatic sunset.
January 9. A more subtle, pastel sunset makes me think of summer days ahead.
And later this big moon settled down behind the hills.
January 13. A quickly changing sky over the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
January 16. Rain, wind, rain, wind and rainbows.
Fun thing to do with a bunch of sunset pictures.