Right now in Victoria there is the weirdest combination of death and life in the contrast between trees that are dropping their leaves like crazy and all the flowers that are still viciously in bloom.
Beacon Hill Park has a beautiful gated rose garden that you can enter and wander through. The high metal gates prevent deer and give it a mildly romantic feeling. To be really honest sometimes the smell of roses is a bit much but it’s still really beautiful to see them covered in dew drops and be in a garden all by yourself while the rest of the world goes about their day.
I’d love to see the rose garden right now but alas, the road construction south of the Malahat is keeping us away.. too busy..