Men have been digging at the hill to make a level place to build houses, and have put up a wall of blasted rock to hold the hill back. Note the deer. […]
One for the Porcupine
So, you think you’re going to build a trail system across the porcupine’s trail to an orchard’s compost pile, eh, and water some trees along it to protect the people on the […]
Global Warming, Indigenous Culture and Industrial Nature
Please, forget carbon dioxide for just a minute, if you can. It’s a symptom, not a cause. There is worse. Nature in Canada This mule deer doe is trapped by fences on […]
Fly-Fishing Guide for Newcomers to the Okanagan
When salmon come back to the rivers from the sea, they cease to feed, but will snap at beautifully-tied flies out of reflex, and are hooked. Well, ya. Wouldn’t you bite at […]
The Private Landscapes of the Okanagan Valley
Here’s a healthy stand of bunchgrass, which I showed you a couple days ago. As I mentioned, the Okanagan Valley of the North Eastern Pacific Rim probably looked like this 200 years […]
Spacetime Habitat
Creatures born in a wave … … and fracture lines … …get used to them and make them into homes. That is how spacetime flows through us all.
Mr. Nobel, You Have a Lot to Answer For
Human spring. Bella Vista Spring. Human spring. Bumblebee Spring. Human Spring. Coyote’s Front Yard Spring. Human Spring. Okanagan Lake Spring. Dynamite Spring. Deer Trail Spring. Grassland spring. Only one is called progress, […]
The Most Expensive Lakeview Lot in the Okanagan Valley?
If it’s not the most expensive single family building lot, I can’t find a pricier one. Note the cute little survey post. It has a stunning view of Okanagan Lake. Lots of early season […]
We Are the Earth and the Earth is Us
I want to show you an image of the mind. Since that’s difficult, let me show you an image of the world instead, with my fingers crossed that the mind will be […]
Human and Inhuman Environments
Where humans became human. Bella Vista Hills Imagine living here. It’s possible. Where humans became inhuman. Vernon Now, imagine living here. The temptation to pave the Bella Vista creek bed above would […]
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