
Winter? A time of growth, I say. And leaf painting. My garlic is growing roots now undercover, but the welsh onions are having a grand time in the cold. That’s nectarine leaves […]
Winter? A time of growth, I say. And leaf painting. My garlic is growing roots now undercover, but the welsh onions are having a grand time in the cold. That’s nectarine leaves […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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! […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]