Well, the wild asters are blooming in the ruined grasslands, and the last of the wild bees are coming in, and, I tell you, this is not how humans do the deed.For […]
Flower Sex
Green Bees in the Rabbit Brush
Walking along above Kalamalka Lake today, I found the first rabbitbrush of the season in full bloom. Oh, and aren’t the bees happy! Covered in pollen, just like A Midsummer Night’s […]
The Biggest Mystery of All
Why yellow pollen? Green Sweat Bee in the Chicory On Her Way Home Why white pollen? Wasp Bathing in White Chicory Pollen No Yellow Pollen Cheating in the Mullein for Her I […]
When is a Weed a Weed? When Isn’t It?
Scotch thistle is listed as a noxious weed. To whom? Not to Western Swallowtails tattered by the wind. Not to green sweat bees. Not to bumblebees and Western Swallowtails at once. Maybe […]
Writing for the Future: An Ecology of the English Language
I wrote this for my writing blog, Witual, today, and thought that while I compile a post about new vegetables for the Okanagan, you might like to have a look about how […]
Prickly Pear Cactus in Bloom on the Sea Bed of the Mid-Pacific Ocean
I wonder if those volcanic islands that erupted at the floor of the Pacific Ocean 120,000,000 years ago, collided with North America, and erupted again as they broke up and formed these […]
Dandelions, Awake!
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce you to the neighbourhood quail doing their tra la la back in the sweet time of flowers and weeds. At night, this stretch belongs to the […]
Mariposa Lily: an Indigenous Food Crop Reborn
In open agriculture, indigenous crops take their rightful place as efficient water farmers on dry hillsides. One of the most beautiful of these crops is the mariposa lily. In most parts of […]
Surely This is the Life!
Billions are spent to send men to the moon. Now the talk is of Mars. Telescopes are trained on space to find distant planets, orbiting distant stars, that are capable of sustaining […]
Neon Green Bee 2: Wild Interface
A few days ago, I found a neon green bee up in the hills. Yesterday, I found a different species of these beauties. Here’s her story… Ditch Flowers A splash of blue mid-day, […]
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