The big buck gets the does. Just off to the side, separated by only a dozen metres of grass, this little buck had two young females with him. Any stories about deer […]
Social Politics Among the Deer People
The King of the Forest Meets the Wildfires Now
What’s a guy to eat? Not this dried out stuff. Hurt your gums, throat and gut to chaw on this cellulose. What a guy might want is something native to the place, […]
A Spider for Lunch?
Most spiders I have met are diligent weavers who repair their webs. Well, except for Black Widows who live in rags put up only to give their males something to fight over […]
Okanagan Rock Climbing Speed Record?
Today, I have something really special for you. A late fall (December 3) cliff climbing race! I was strolling around, and I came upon a cliff. Nobel’s dastardly invention brought it to […]
Siyaʔ Gives Her Sisters Space
Look how this group of serviceberry bushes have spaced themselves out so that their farthest branches, laden with berries, will just fill the space between them, and no more. Note as well […]
Winter Meets its Match
Look at winter fingering its way down into the valley. Great Basin wild rye is taking it with a splash, isn’t she! She can find light in anything.
This is How Far We Have to Go
Here’s a native black hawthorn. Quite a lovely tree. And here’s the decorative replacement in the subdivision up the hill. Yeah, all of its 2 dozen sisters, and all of its branches […]
The Not-So-Solid Earth
Here, right at the join between Fairview and Sicamous bedrocks, the floor of our Earth, the ground we stand on, shows just how unsolid it is. “Bedrock” conjures up stability, but look […]
Eagle and Turtle Tell a Bigger Story Now
Nine years ago, I showed you some of the sights of Turtle Mountain in the North Okanagan, and shared my theory that the syilx story of Turtle and Eagle is linked to […]
Is This a Hermit Thrush?
News Flash: this is a rock wren, two readers have told me. Very cool. Well, my birding friends, what do you think? It was a little shy, a little friendly, and has […]
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