The approach … The donor (?)… The destination, bucking a strong wind … Towards the second point on the left (Kalamalka Lake)… The prize… The problem … […]
Eagles in Love, or When Trees Fly
When is a Wasp a Flower?
Here’s a wasp on some desert parsley two days ago. Check out the scaly covers of her wings. Here’s a willow on the same day. Note the scaly covers of her […]
May Balsam Roots in March!
Incredible. She’s beautiful, but looking all alone! That’s because she is. But in two days… Many others will join her. Man, things are early this year.
The Blue Herons Return to the Rookery
Aren’t they grand!And in constant movement! What a beautiful mystery! And true love. An encouraging audience helps.It’s not easy with those big wings. But you can do it. […]
When Volcanoes Crumble Flowers Come
When the earth is spoken of in its own terms it becomes poetry and is a language for spirit, like this… When rock catches sun and snow, lupins sprout and sagebrush buttercups and […]
Interspecies Beauty
When cattail seeds drift in the wind and catch on the red osier dogwoods like this… … it is surely beautiful. It’s like warm frost! It takes a year […]
Imagine if Your Country Was A River
Not “all the land around a river” but the river. Not lines on a map drawn to separate armies or to delineate no-fire zones.. A living thing. So were the Wanapum of […]
Pebbles and Leaves of Light
Pebbles. Leaves (well, ovals with a spine). That’s what a ripple on the surface of water can do. Intriguingly, stones are rounded in ripples of water, and leaves, which eat […]
The Mystery of Leaves
Look how much more brightly the one leaf glows than the grass, which is eating light. Leaves in a Small Wetland on the Grey Canal Trail Its light-eating days are over. […]
Life is the Edge
… Here’s an image of water, made with light. Here’s an image of light, made by water: Nice game, huh. The real story is that both are edges, at which light […]
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