
I made a comment yesterday, that it would be a moment of great disrespect to write a poem about a moment of beauty in the spring. Back in the 1980s, we were […]
I made a comment yesterday, that it would be a moment of great disrespect to write a poem about a moment of beauty in the spring. Back in the 1980s, we were […]
A new year of growth has started, not on the deep bottom lands, but high above, on rock. Here we on a rocky outcropping about 100 metres above Okanagan Lake. The Sun […]
To harvest water from the air, turn two dimensions into three… Cedar Fence, Enhanced by Lichen Efficiently harvesting snow and absorbing it for later use. If you like, though, you can also […]
Allan Savory is brilliant. He talks about grass. Believe every word he says, but if you live in Western North America don’t believe a word of it. Source If you would like […]
Words matter. In fact, words are matter, because they set up the boundaries of human activity. For example, what is this stuff? They Call it Water Hmmph. It’s not water. It’s a stream. […]
This is an awfully wonderful planet — sometimes delightfully so. Here is a typical reed dweller… Red Winged Blackbird Giving Me the Eye The weak colour of his wing patch indicates that […]
These look like the weeks of waiting, and watching. Hmmm… Mosquito in her Rocky Lair (March 3, 2013) Hanging around shivering until spring and the first humans in bathing suits and T-shirts? […]
Now. First Day of the Year for These Guys Once I figure out what they are, maybe it’s time to have some salad colour, eh.
Museums: repositories of historically important cultural material. Natural History Museums: catalogues of animals and bones, plants and seeds. Think of both of them as books, that you walk through. They were born in the […]
Life on the temperate earth goes around in circles, the same way as the earth goes around the sun. In this dance, spring is the kind of thing that requires Autumn leaves. […]