Look how this group of serviceberry bushes have spaced themselves out so that their farthest branches, laden with berries, will just fill the space between them, and no more. Note as well […]
Siyaʔ Gives Her Sisters Space
Winter Meets its Match
Look at winter fingering its way down into the valley. Great Basin wild rye is taking it with a splash, isn’t she! She can find light in anything.
It’s Not Really Your Choice to Make
We can view this peninsula as the head of a turtle. Or we can view it as a lump of rock that reminds us, childishly, of a turtle, or just as a […]
Is This a Hermit Thrush?
News Flash: this is a rock wren, two readers have told me. Very cool. Well, my birding friends, what do you think? It was a little shy, a little friendly, and has […]
The Colours of the Okanagan
Forget summer. We spend half the year within cloud that is the breath of the lake held in the air by pressure off the mountains and the sea. If you’re going to […]
Naked Wasp Nest
Now, haven’t the yellow jackets been busy under the protective sagebrush. No need for a protective paper shell, well, until the earth trickles away. Sagebrush is such a great host, drawing up […]
Can We Even See Water?
In a way, yes. It’s a camera that sees as precisely as this, concentrating on light. It picks up patterns. Intriguingly, we do have to look at the patterns and see what […]
Move Over Mount Fuji
Terrace Mountain has a new lagoon on the lake, to reflect in. If this were a mature culture, there would be pilgrimages.
Talking Water
Isn’t this the turtle of the world, carrying a pearl? Isn’t this a drop of rain speaking a drop of rain? Here’s a turtle without a pearl. Sometimes drops flock. Saskatoons are […]
Oh, Black Widow!
A rock slide makes a very fine garden, thank you very much. And a great place to park the kids for the winter. Not every bird is going to spot that egg […]
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