On a sunny Saanich winter day, an Arbutus tree looks toward the Malahat and further northwest on Vancouver Island.
This phone image was recorded on January 6, 2024.

An Arbutus tree doing its yearly ‘peel’ in our yard on Salt Spring Island.

Paper thin bark from an Arbutus is captured by a blade of grass.
The two camera images above were recorded in August, 2012. ©johncameron.ca