What a diminished world, a shadow. Not the Earth, but the world. There is beauty here, but despite the sense of intimacy and closeness that a world gives, it is at a […]
Sacred Water
Frost on the Breath
I showed you a couple days ago how Oregon grape uses fine leaf points to dissipate heat, creating cold points which then attract frost, which creates heat when it freezes, more heat […]
New Land Use Regulations for Okanagan Grassland Communities
Communities include grass and flowers, animals, insects, birds, trees, water, gravity, people, sun, rock, dust, soil and wind. Each contributes to maintaining a community balance. ANew communities built in the grasslands need […]
The Rivers of the Sun
What makes a plant a plant is not its growth. It’s not that it’s a “growing” thing. Neither is it that it spreads. Branching is popular, but not all plants branch. Similarly, […]
Back to the Fire
The west shore of Okanagan Lake burnt last summer, amidst the burns of years before. It was a terrible time last summer, but now that the year is in its last hours, […]
Sun and Earth at Balance in the Winter Snow
The human eye is gifted at reading scenes in colour, like the pool of water and ice in the snow below. Such blues and purples, it tells us! Such golds and dazzling […]
Where the Deer Go in the Cold
It’s been cold. 26 Below Celsius. Temperatures like that. The deer have it covered, though. Here they are! The perimeter deer fencing for this orchard cost something approaching $50,000. To keep the […]
Quail with Snow Shoes
The little stick feet might sink into the snow, but that’s not the end of the story. You use the wings. It does the trick. Basically, the way to pull it off […]
Hunting the Phoenix on Christmas Morning
Time for prophecy? It’s a stand-off! I promise, I didn’t plan this when I placed them on the tree.
Trees of Ritual, Renewal and Grace
The tree is a ritual that grounds history at the heart of family life, revealing the duration of time, not its passing. The photograph is a ritual that grounds history at the […]
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