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.
The sagebrush buttercups are here.
Okanagan Okanogan 
yay!
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We can laugh in the face of it now.
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I hope so. Pouring down here though. Was somewhat cold one without central heating.
Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky,
That does not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As a friend remembered not.
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Poetry to sweep winter out the door! That’s the way!
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It’s not a nice day here
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The clouds are closing in over the early sun here. The crack of the horizon has closed. I hope you can stay warm.
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yeah only dropping to 1C
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But the weather in Iceland seems to be lovely and bright all week … http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/3413829
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http://en.vedur.is
turbulent as always.
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Þakka fyrir
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snowy today i see
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39104230/iceland-gets-record-breaking-snowfall-and-the-pictures-are-amazing
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Heated sidewalks aren’t going to clear that much stuff away!
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LOL
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The first few are blooming here, too, north of Williams Lake along the Fraser River near Soda Creek! Despite the cold (-15 two nights ago) and continued spells of snow. There is heat in the daytime sun now; winter’s back is broken…
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Great to hear!
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And in Wales the daffodils are blooming, every night I see frogs are making their way to the ponds and the early lambs are suckling at their mothers’ teat in the paddocks.
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That is good news! I wish I was there for lambs and daffodils!
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Here in the Sonoran Desert (where summer spends the winter, according to the local chamber of commerce) brittlebush, desert marigold, creosote and bougainvillea are filling the days with gorgeous colour. Ocotillo, not so much, but it’s raining tonight so maybe with a little push they will. Poppies in a few places too. And the vultures are back .. a sure sign that spring is here!
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Ah, very fine. I wish our vultures were back. I hope they’re back soon!
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