I sent my friend Paul some red orach … Planted by gold finches in August, harvested by them in May … seed to plant at Pleasant Camp on the Haines Highway, a […]
Red Orach Goes Travelling
The Difference Between Richness and Depth
The understory is not nutrient rich. It fades to pale colours. Cedar Falls What it is, however, is deep. If you want richness, well… Kalamalka Lake … in the sun with the […]
Green Water: Long Term Water Storage
Ah, the blue leaves of Autumn! Yellow Pond Trail, Big Bar Lake The powdery mildew taking over these stalks, could be called an instance of disease, but since it’s species specific it’s […]
Winter Begins
A week ago at Big Bar Lake, winter began. The whole sky flew straight up. And then only quiet was left. Let’s call that readiness.
Light Shadows
In summer, this elm casts cool darkness. Now, with the energy of wind and cold, it casts a shadow of light and heat. It’s not just elms! The cottonwoods below do very […]
Midsummer Autumn
Celebrate the season! It’s a colour palette for rejoicing. Art without four seasons. Life without four seasons. Life with dozens, often two at the same time, passing through each other like clouds! […]
Photography and Human Survival
Pretty sumac leaves, huh. Look again below. Culturally, in Canada, people have the right to cut sumacs down like this and stack them up beside the street so they look like this the […]
The Mystery of Leaves
Look how much more brightly the one leaf glows than the grass, which is eating light. Leaves in a Small Wetland on the Grey Canal Trail Its light-eating days are over. […]
Street Art Masterpieces
This has been a week for talk about food security. As I leave for some of the travels that come upon me from time to time and find their way back into the […]
Beauty: Measuring Device
Autumn is upon us. A time of fruitfulness.Look closer. What a beautiful one! It’s fair to say that what I, a human, observe as beauty is not necessarily aesthetic, yet is attractive, in […]
