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 […]
Walking Among the Children of the Sun
Principles of Innovative Water Capture Technology
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 […]
Grass, Desertification, Allan Savary and Carbon Storage
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 […]
The Beauty of Streams
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. […]
Muskrats That Live in the Trees
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 […]
For Apricots, Spring Starts Early and Lasts All Year
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. […]
The Pink Pink Grass of Home
It was such a pleasure spending some quality time in Tamara’s My Botanical Garden on Monday. Thanks, everyone, for welcoming me with such enthusiasm. It’s fine to share stories of the gardens of […]
The Beauty of Water
Water is life. Life is also water. The relationship goes both ways. Here’s some water…… and here’s some more, on the same mountain on the same day… The first one is water […]
A Revolving Botanical Garden
Today, I am proud to be a guest on the website, My Botanical Garden. I hope that my explorations in knowing the land by walking it daily, camera in hand, will bring the […]
Cedar Waxwings Stuffing Themselves
Literally! They flew out of the neighbour’s locust tree in a whirr of wings, perched in the flowering crabapple tree across the road, and started stuffing themselves with apples. No sooner than […]
Okanagan Okanogan 