For 10 days, my quince was the beloved haunt of both a Rufus and a Calliope hummingbird. Rockscaping will not keep the planet alive. Saving water? Funny, the words we use. Nor […]
Let the Life Go On
Winter Rainbows
What a great day at the lake. Taking a break from preparing my next history of the Pacific Northwest for you, I went to Okanagan Lake just as the sun was dipping […]
Spiritual Painting with Light
Given that it’s not possible to make an image of a red dogwood… Sadly, a photograph, not an image of a red dogwood. There’s a lot of camera in that thing. … […]
The Wind in the Grass
When you are born to a world, in which the old growth forests are bunchgrasses less than a metre high… … and live in these forests for close to half the time […]
The Red Beech of the Middle Rhine
Tonight, we celebrate birth and renewal at the intersection of Earth and Sky. Trees are a great place for that, both the wooden kind and the human ones walking through the woods […]
Leaves and Environmental Renewal
Perhaps “leaf” is a biased word and we should set it aside. Here, for example are some aspen “leaves.” They are called “leaves” because the tree has “leafed out” or, rather its […]
Great Big Lake Talking to the Sky
With this First Quarter of a Moon, I thought, the lake is breathing. Such intimate changes, step by step and wash by wash. In the creek, too. Psychedelic, even! When you look […]
Ice, Out of this World
Look at the ice I found up on the mountain today! Here’s the ice right beside it: And a few more centimetres to the left. Isn’t that beautiful! The bottom image appears […]
Freshwater Mussels Have to Breathe, Too
Bit of a thing, it is. The City of Vernon wants to thrash milfoil… … in the lake, because it’s a nasty invasive plant that does a lot of bad things to […]
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 […]
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