The big buck gets the does. Just off to the side, separated by only a dozen metres of grass, this little buck had two young females with him. Any stories about deer […]
Social Politics Among the Deer People
The King of the Forest Meets the Wildfires Now
What’s a guy to eat? Not this dried out stuff. Hurt your gums, throat and gut to chaw on this cellulose. What a guy might want is something native to the place, […]
Family Apartments for Rent in Vernon
Two-newly renovated view apartments available for spring occupancy in prestigious subdivision! First-come, first-served. Rent: $0. No damage deposit required. This property lies adjacent to a popular hiking trail and has a million-dollar […]
Gravity and Water and Deer Make Trails Together
I asked the question months back, what will the deer do to even out this hump in their trail, seeing as the lower part slumped on them. We have our answer! They’re […]
Earth Weather, Sky Weather and Climate Change
The pictures are everywhere: the terrible washouts of rail lines and highways in the Fraser Canyon, that severed Canada’s third largest city for a week. As you can see in this photo […]
Climate Change and Herbicide in the Okanagan
Here’s the neighbourhood Royal Gala orchard, seen from above. The dark green stripes are grass, the brown stripes are the hedgerows trees, the black stripes are weed-killed soil, and the pale green […]
Okanagan Rock Climbing Speed Record?
Today, I have something really special for you. A late fall (December 3) cliff climbing race! I was strolling around, and I came upon a cliff. Nobel’s dastardly invention brought it to […]
Siyaʔ Gives Her Sisters Space
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 […]
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.
Starvation in the Okanagan
Ah, so green, right? So full of life! Not so great in the grasslands, really. The green is a sign of nitrogen uptake, and this is the season of lichens… They draw […]
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