I spent the day yesterday at Tree to Me, an organic orchard in the Similkameen Valley. The apples were in bloom. Before grafting some apple trees and maintaining the grafts I put […]
Beauty and the Bees
It is the Most Beautiful Day
My seven year-old Transparent apple tree and her sister branch of Benvoulin apples are blooming gloriously today. We have all been getting ready for this for a year now, and are very […]
Joy in the Week of Bees and Wind
When the wind is a bee. Filbert catkins, waiting for the wind. When a bee is the wind. Well, a wasp, but what a tiny beauty with her fur stole! […]
How An Ecosystem Works: The Daisy Model
If you want to find beetles, give them a soft bed, the complementary shape to a beetle, and wait. They will come, because they made you that way.
The Pure Joy of Grassland Thistles
Oh, just roll in that pollen. Come on,you know you want to. It’s climbing out again that’s hard. Whew. But, hey, whoa. Bye.
What Wasp Knows
It’s not just about the flowers. Buds hold their secrets, too. Love your local apricot today!
Icelandic Poppy in Paradise
There are no bees in Iceland, to lie on their backs and tickle them with their feet. Glad to help.
The Land is Deep
From the smallest … … to the largest … … it is one.
Rabbitbrush Getting Brushed
Without rabbitbrush, this grassland would lose an entire season. These two pollinators, species I’ve never seen before, give me joy. They are the spirit of October above Kalamalka Lake.
A Day of Good Fortune
Service Berry and Wasp
Okanagan Okanogan 