At the time of year when the first flowers sport stinkbugs … … and the aspens put out their first leaves, untouched yet by leaf-ming worms… … and cedar bugs frisk about […]
Northern Pocket Gopher Makes the World
Happy New Year to You As We Surf Among the Blue Herons
There are a series of giant stone heads laid along the east coast of Vancouver Island just north of the Salish Sea. As the new year comes in, they are great for […]
Eel Trouble at Miracle Beach
So, you find an eel, right? Excellent hunting! And then the eel fights back. Sigh.
The Blue Herons Return to the Rookery
Aren’t they grand!And in constant movement! What a beautiful mystery! And true love. An encouraging audience helps.It’s not easy with those big wings. But you can do it. […]
Oh to Be an Eagle in the Springtime
Yesterday, I showed an image of the heron rookery in Vernon, which is, truly, a beautiful thing, and called it Oh to Be a Heron in the Springtime. Click here to see […]
Evolution in Action
Barn for sale. New owner. A good place to watch for mice in the field below. Keeps the feet warm, too. Great Blue Heron with Cold Feet (January) Maybe the space […]
Environmental Accounting & Poverty
In my last post, I spoke about the Old Norse concept of a tun, a farm yard constructed at the intersection of social and physical earths. I argued that tuns created the […]
A Thought on Creativity
In contemporary culture, creativity (a rather new term) is a word used to describe a vast array of impulses. The New World Encyclopedia sums it up like this: Creativity is a process involving […]
Who’s the Best Mouser of Them All (in the fog)?
Is it the coyote? Or is it the magpies? You gotta admit. They have a lot of eyes and beaks to devote to the task. But maybe it’s the great […]
The Cunning Mouse Hunting Heron of Okanagan Landing
Look, maybe there aren’t that many wetlands left, because they are full of “airports sport fields houses roads road fill single wide trailers left over sidewalks trucked in from across town golf […]
Okanagan Okanogan 