I just thought you ought to know.The sagebrush buttercups are here. Snow, you scare no one no more. Not the prickly pears. Not the moss. Not the grass. The sun is back.
Winter, You are So Over
The Sun Doesn’t Fall
This is not a metaphor. It is a projection. Across 135,000,000 kilometres of travel through emptiness, the sun reforms. The earth focusses it. Call that fire, that ancient word for coals: red. Call […]
When Wind is Not Wind
Grass is one of the clever plants of our planet. Look how these grasses are using the weight of snow to bend their stalks down. When the snow falls off in a […]
The Garden Lives
Happy New Year!
Light and Dark and Colour are One
Light is a form of darkness. Look at these leaves burn their way through the snow, precisely because they are dark. Darkness is a form of energy. Notice how bright it is! […]
Air: The Primary Human Habitat
Our earth is not just a glob of rocks … spinning around the sun, and not just vast seas of water sloshing around at the pull of the moon … … but is also […]
It’s Lovely in the Okanagan When There’s No Sky
What’s not to love?
Snow on the Apple Factory
When the Okanagan Valley was a grassland, it was cold in the winter. The grass stretched up to the high country forests. In the valley floor, orchards were planted, then cities, and […]
Beautiful Frozen Marmot Breath
Right now, the marmots are sleeping. They are sleeping under this rock, right at the top of the escarpment. The Glaciers Took All the Other Flood Basalt Away The marmots sleep in […]
Lake Shells (Not Sea Shells)
In salt water, there’s salt and beautiful purple mussels. That’s a fine and wonderful thing. In fresh water, though, such as Okanagan Lake here in the foggy mountains of winter, there are […]
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