We've had a mild winter

Palm trees in Vancouver! They separate a section of Beach Avenue from the actual beach at English Bay, near the intersection with Davie Street. We have had a mild winter, so much warmer than usual that snow had to be flown in by helicopter to one of the Olympic venues in February, but these trees must be a hardy variety to thrive through the average Pacific Northwest winter. We had a sunny evening a couple of days ago so I walked down to the water and took this photo.