2000 times I have looked closely at the land and squawked to you what I have seen. It has been beautiful. But then the world has gone up in smoke. And […]
2000 Posts of Okanagan Okanogan: a Celebration!
Wasps at Work, Wasps at War
The snow buckwheat started blooming today on the cliffs and rocky crags. The wasps are loving it. Lots of wasps all loving it at once. Beautiful wasps. Beautiful wasps with issues. […]
The Creation Stones of the Thompson River
For a map of the world, past, present and future, there is a stone at the high water line of the Thompson River. If you don’t find it, don’t worry. The […]
Who Loves Chocolate Mint Today?
It makes … …harvesting… … out of the question! And they call mint “invasive”!
Deer Watching Over the Years
It’s good to do things in the right order. First, you see who has stuck a camera to his eye. Oh him. I saw him years back when I was stuck behind […]
Everybody Go Slanted, All Together Now!
Grass. Grows towards the sun. Ah, but that’s not its whole story. The hot summer sun at 6 pm reveals a different story. This verticality thing, maybe it’s a human misunderstanding? Here’s […]
Green Water Doing its Green Thing
Blue water pours freely under the sun, white water rushes with gravity, grey water is polluted by human use, black water is water that could be there, according to the capacity of […]
The Beauty of Circles and Lines
Circles and lines are beautiful, for sure, and always draw the eye in close, and keep it there, too. Yellow Dock Let’s face it. The mind just loves looking at its own […]
The Beauty of Leaves and Light
Look how this young cottonwood leaf glows with light, and how the older leaves (by just a day or two), now full of chlorophyll, keep much of it. Here’s a similar effect […]
Why Staghorn Sumac is Called Staghorn Sumac
It’s a random name. We could call it The Leather Tree, or Tree of the Blue Flame, or Sourbush, but Staghorn it is, romantic as all get out, but why? Is it […]
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