This is one of a series of posts about how to maintain a local landscape in the face of technological pressure. In this case, both the primary observation (all land and landscape […]
Sustaining the Okanagan 19: Humans, Class and Environment
What the Robin Knows
Humanly created knowledge sees this as two species. That’s a quirk of language. Not to be trusted. Human culture fixes the error by calling this an ecological niche. But that is a story […]
The Bears of the Sun
Meet my friend kinnikinnik. She lives in the sun. See how the sun that this boulder catches in the early spring keeps her warm nights, so she can set and ripen her […]
The Cost of Nature
This is tourism. The image below shows the price of tourism. Hey, the water had to come from somewhere, eh. The myth of Canada is that we can have it all, that […]
You are the Wind
Wind is the air, moving, at a speed greater than a breeze. It is also energy. It is a habitat. Humans and cottonwood trees both live in it. It is not something to […]
Spacetime Habitat
Creatures born in a wave … … and fracture lines … …get used to them and make them into homes. That is how spacetime flows through us all.
Starvation Food
Late in the winter, or early in the spring, the frost, followed b ty thaw and rising sun, will turn these rose hips sweet … … right when they are needed. That’s […]
Icelandic Poppy in Paradise
There are no bees in Iceland, to lie on their backs and tickle them with their feet. Glad to help.
Loons Confusing Eagles
I’ve watched loons intimately for 25 years, and I just noticed a couple of splendid bits of camouflage for the first time. The light was right. First, the tail. Not only does […]
Big Payback for Feeding Winter’s Birds
They leave a little grain behind … … and till it in with their digging, and it grows among the flowers.
Okanagan Okanogan 