Elms are made out of spaces where there is no light, within light, limited by having to be connected to each other yet arranged so that they both lead away from each […]
Talking with Trees
Dressing for the Weather in the Okanagan
A couple weeks ago, things were looking pretty poorly up the road, with unseasonable snow.. But now, things are looking up, with unseasonable heat. Always wear a hat. That’s the trick. Right. […]
Professional Road Repair: Public Service in the North Okanagan
Welcome to Vernon. We look after our roads here. Others might consider it a mysterious business, but sometimes we fix many holes at a time. Our work crews are trained and skilled, […]
Gull Island: A New Island in Okanagan Lake
I herby name this new island Gull Island. It has been building for a decade from road sand dumped into BX Creek and carried into the lake at Canim Bay, but now […]
The Memory of Water
Water has memory. As Wikipedia says… Memory is the faculty of the brain by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future […]
The Six Lessons Of Water and House Building in the Grasslands
Houses in this grassland subdivision are coming in around $1,000,000 dollars these days. I expect this one on the edge of stream bed is little different. Water has some lessons in store […]
The Lessons of Water
If you try to walk up this gully, you will get less than a metre. Then you’ll be done. Simply put, it is not for humans. It is for water, and water […]
Choke Cherry Mystery
The choke cherries, those that remain from July’s crop, are softening, ripening and turning sweet with the cold. That is the work of temperature, bacteria and yeast. Look, more closely, though: Is […]
Peach Harvest Goes On into November
It’s not over until it’s over. Peaches are not the only ripening. All ripenings do not lead to harvest.
Pure Tree
Look at the quickbeam spread by dividing evenly, over and over again. Not so the poplar. It prefers to raise for the top. The multiplicity and order are here, but they are […]
