If you plant that lavender, the crab spiders will have nowhere to go, and they are the wolves of this ecosystem. Removing the top predator from a chain, in this case a […]
Please, Please, Please Don’t Plant That Lavender!
Pick Your Camoflauge!
Blend in. Or look like you blew in on the wind. And hang on. That’s the way.
Loving That Lavender, or Eat Your Heart Out Monsanto
The mantids have found their home. They fit so well in this environment, I suspect we could breed them, using lavender. Perfume and pest control in one. Monsanto can’t do that.
Who Loves Lavender Now?
The queen of the hill, that’s who. Look at her blending in!
Between Hawks, or Life Among the Flowers
Flowers taste good. More flowers must taste better. Whoa! That’s more like it. Yeah. Keep your eye on the hawk. That’s it.
This Beautiful World (And how not to lose it)
Look what this lavender bush has done. She has sieved leaves out of the wind. Or is it … … she has stopped them from blowing away? Everywhere the earth is trying […]
English is a Body Language at Heart
At the heart of our language, things are what they are. Whatever that is, it’s pretty clear. For instance, this is antness. Young Queen Ant on Her Flight Day … … embodying […]
A Perfume Industry in the Western Mountains?
Sometimes one can get too close to a work of art and see the brush strokes rather than the big picture. Here’s a shot of the Okanagan Perfume Industry that shows just […]
Hawthorns in Danger of Extirpation
Somebody read that hawthorns grow wild here. Domestic varieties show up in low-water gardening just about everywhere, with their pretty pink flowers and their red berries for the birds. Full marks for […]
Okanagan Okanogan 