Tansy and Butternut Girl Study Local Flora
Red Rainflowers
Tansy took Butternut girl to the plant garden in the Village of Queen Charlotte so she could learn about local flora. Studying the interpretive panels, they decided loved the Red Rainflowers, and their name!
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Kinnikinnik
They learned about how aboriginal people used Kinnikinnik leaves and berries.
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Salal
Butternut girl follows in Quimper Hitty footsteps and is a huge fan of wild berries, which abound at this time of year – Salal is very common in the understory…
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Huckleberry
…and Huckleberry bushes are loaded with sweet red flavourful mouthfuls!
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Thimbleberry
We have these back home in the hedge of the Quimper garden…
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Salmonberry
and these…
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Elderberry
…these too!
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Cherry
Tansy and Butternut girl climbed up a non-native cherry tree, from the branches of which Tansy spotted…
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Queen B
Her favourite restaurant!
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Berries on Waffles!
The girls think that berries on waffles are pretty fabulous too!!
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Butternut Girl and Tansy are tromping troopers with the favorite photographer! How fortunate he is to have such courageous xylem and phloem alongside. Thank you all for sharing some northern adventure with us.
Merrily they tromp along, and clamber, row and sail…They are having fun, learning lots and exercising their joints – hooray!
I can never read or see enough of these visits to Haida Gwaii…they are always so interesting, tender and mixed with awe and fun.
The wooden girls love it too – they are so lucky to be invited along with the favourite photographer on his favourite gig!
It looks like the girls have been having fun checking out the local flora. The photos bring back memories of a lovely visit to the Quimper Hittys’ yard. The berries on waffles look scrumptious. I am looking forward to more of their adventures.
I believe berries on waffles are traditional for a Queen B breakfast! We do have quite a few of the berry bushes in our garden…our favourite treat in the morning!
oh my all those different berries…the girls are such intrepid explorers. And they look so good doing it. Nice that Tansy has company (in addition to the favorite photographer of course) and speaking of the favorite photographer…he will have his hands full on this trip keeping up with these two!
Yes, two Hittys is much more of a handful than one, but he has fun with them, and that is a bonus!!!