Courtenay

 Spring has sprung in Courtenay, British Columbia on Vancouver Island.  

My neighbors are really into their gardens. And most everyone has at least one blossoming tree in their yard.

                          It may be spring in the valley, but there's still snow on the mountains.

                                                                     Elephant grass

                                                  A cute little farm owned by the Amish in Comox

                                                                 The Courtenay River 

(Picture taken from the bike trail that follows along the river and the estuary to the Pacific Ocean)

There's a little bit different weather system up here compared to that of Victoria in the south. We seem to get more snow and the temperatures here are generally a little lower, of course. Still, in all, there were probably only two weeks when snow was on the ground. If that. It hardly matters at all. Unless you use a bike for transportation.