Fields of gold...

I've taken you here before...

...just past this tree, down a little trail...

I come here mostly in the summer on bright, warm mornings but today

it's the spring weather that beckons my pal Regina and I with the dogs

down to the Sherringham Point lighthouse...the other post is here

 ...the only lighthouse actually ON Vancouver Island.

All others are on rocky islets off of the main island. 

This morning we are blessed to have spotted a few fields of gold in the distance...

Long ago I imagine the Lighthouse Keepers wife planting these around her house...

...to brighten up her world after a winter of fierce wind and rain

crashing up on these rocky shores...

Sadly the original house is gone now and the dreaded Scotch broom is threatening

to take over the fields.

Years ago Tom and I picnicked in the open here with views of the Juan de Fuca straights

but since a road was put here, the broom has taken hold.

Last year marked the 100th anniversary of this historic place and I only

hope that we can do some broom bashing and try to bring the meadows back

so next spring the daffodils will have room to spread.