Blind Creek, “the place of yellow flowers”, might indicate “rabbit brush…” …the bright, feathered sage that catches the sun in October and draws in jewelled bee flies, with their dense, brightly-coloured fur […]
At first, there was the ancestor called siwɬkʷ, who nourishes animals, plants and people. siwɬkʷ This is a spiritual force, like field mice, red osier dogwoods, golden eagles, or the peach leaf […]
Now, after all the years of this project, a story that reaches deep into American Imperial history and ends in what is now territory claimed by Canada in the north of my […]
This blog started in 2011 as a research tool for writing about the environment of the Intermontane Grasslands of Cascadia, especially in terms of demonstrating the power of the landscape to harvest, […]
Just a family update. Yesterday, https://okanaganokanogan.com/2022/07/27/black-widow-moving-house/ Black Widow split with 200 eggs, leaving the other 200 on their own for the night. Today she’s back. Beautiful that she is the same size […]
Here’s the house. You can see the nursery peeking out from under the roof. Here it is at 4 pm, when it was hot, hot, hot (which she likes for her eggs.) […]
Apparently, the black widow spider that lives under the cupboard during the day doesn’t just spin a hopeful web under the chair in the summer kitchen at night, before retreating again at […]
I met the picking team this morning, north of Keremeos. Here’s the spotter. You never know when someone wants to make a move on your berries. Best to keep two eyes out., […]
So, the climate is changing. Time to up our game. We could buy some sunflowers, each the same as its sister, and continue to have neat rows of flowers. Each the same. […]
I think it has gone on long enough. Kelowna sits on the best wine-growing land in the West. Crazy, really. Take a different look. Two wineries, and both of those (red markers […]
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