The water comes to the rock faces of Turtle Mountain under the snow. It’s gone now …. … but it intensifies the sun and creates an early season for the arctic plants […]
Cool Camouflage
The trick is to put two fake eyes and fake feelers on the top of your wings, while hiding out down below as if you were upside down. Just the fake eyes or the […]
Marsh Hawk in Trouble
Still strong enough to fly, although not very willing, but that wounded foot is going to make it hard to hunt. I hope it heals quickly. It’s not a reprieve for the rodents, […]
Where the Bear Walks There Walk I
It’s the time of year for saskatoons to bloom. The air smells sweet. Soon the berries will be even sweeter. Watch out for the ones with worms! Look how […]
A Day of Good Fortune
Service Berry and Wasp
A Robin in His Garden
Crazy! Welcome to the new Okanagan.
The Future of Okanagan Okanogan
We have been on a journey together for three-and-a-half years. In that time, I finished up this blog as a book (twice!), but then I was reading up on a lynching in Conconully, Washington […]
To Win Her Heart, First Catch the Sun…
…on your shoulders. While singing. ~ (Redwing blackbird claiming a new wetland running along a neglected walking trail high above Okanagan Lake.)
Persian Music for the Coldest Night
Last night, the frost stayed away on this spring-two-weeks-too soon. The apricots are waiting for bees that are too cold to fly. Thanks, everyone, for your prayers. Tonight, though, is April 1, and […]
Frost is Coming Tonight
In this early spring, please say a prayer for all the apricot trees alone in the cold tonight. Thank you.
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