I have worked here since 2011 telling stories of the Earth as preparation for a history of the Intermontane Grasslands of Central Cascadia and the rainswept coast that keeps them windy and dry. Now I am presenting this history, step by step, as I have learned it, often from the land itself. The history of this region includes the Canadian colonial space “The Okanagan Valley”, which lies over the land I live in above Canim Bay. The story stretches deep into the American West, into the US Civil War, the War of 1812, and the Louisiana Purchase, as well into the history of the Columbia District of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In all, the story spans the Chilcotin and Columbia volcanic plateaus and the basins that surround them. In this vast watershed lie homelands as old as 13,200 years (Sequim) and 16,200 years (Salmon River.) That’s how far we are walking together here, who are all the land speaking.
Back to the Grass of the Abandoned Orchard
Okanagan Okanogan 
There were many pheasants at my place (Ljubljana suburbs) many years ago, but I haven’t seen one for the last 20 years -yours are great!
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Were yours in a tree? I’m new to this pheasants-in-a-tree thing!
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Not often, but yes, they were a bit fat and lazy, but they managed trees-it was a slow , clumsy flight of them.Growing town took them their ”home place”….
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in a tree! Very cool!
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:28:41 +0000 To: zip01@outlook.com
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