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One of my favorites ... we've grown this in our back garden for several years and it never fails to impress ... last year around this time I pruned it right down to half a dozen 2 foot-long canes ... it grew with real aplomb and bloomed magnificantly in the warm sunny days of August ...

Introduced in 1858 by Jackmans nursery of Woking, England, 'Jackmanii' is one of the best known clematis varieties.

Beachfront homes overlooking Cadboro Bay in Saanich.

BC Hydro 777, a 1969 GM (Fishbowl) T6H-4521, operating on the Rte 11 Uplands service on a rainy day circa February 1971.

... I expect people shots are the most difficult images to create ... for me, it's trees ... I've taken hundreds of pix in Beacon Hill Park and rejected/deleted almost all of them ... I kept this one from May 2011 thinking it might grow on me ... and it has ... I like the sky ... and the brightness to the scene ... and I like the presence of people.

... adjacent to Moss Rock Park in Fairfield.