Rocks are one of the richest grassland environments. They turn bodies of heat into surfaces and surfaces of heat into bodies. They turn winter into spring, spring into summer, and low into […]
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Okanagan Spring Colours
Rose, dogwood and grass have recorded the winter sun and now, as that sun gives over to a spring one, release that knowledge. With this wisdom of grey, red and yellow the […]
If You Lived Here You’d Be Home Already
Magpie double nester along the Grey Canal Trail in Vernon. Nice, huh! Orchard and mountain view.
A New Twist on Playing Dead
Last year’s stalks are pretty, but what life is left in them beyond that? Well… just look at their calyxes, all shrivelled and black, like perching spiders. Spiders who will bring death […]
Thank You, Magpie!
For years I’ve tried to get a good magpie photo, but those magpies are smart and can spot a camera from 300 metres. But I met a kind magpie on Saturday. Here […]
The Marmot Wakes
Winter sleep is gone. Fresh air and eyes on the horizon is now! The light begins.
The Chilcotin Ark Gets Her First Review
You know, it’s great to wander in the hills and across the basalt plateaus and write this blog, and to come home and work with good friends to make amazing books about […]
Eagles in Love
It’s that time of year. No one wants to be alone now. It is the time for coming together. Yes.
Winter, You are So Over
I just thought you ought to know.The sagebrush buttercups are here. Snow, you scare no one no more. Not the prickly pears. Not the moss. Not the grass. The sun is back.
The Human Signature
Other species do not see these distinct shapes and patterns in these groupings. That’s us. Say hello. Following this pattern was once the quest for God. Now it’s book learning. Too bad. […]
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