See? This cocoon is a good reason not to clean out those spreading junipers from the ditch, eh! Why, it would be winter forever.
Spring Was Here All Winter Long
Loon Migrating
It’s almost that time of year. The sky is getting ready.
Spring is a Location, Not a Time
On the grassland slopes, it is created by life bringing the sun to itself. You don’t have to wait.
Space: the Human Habitat
Snow looks white and cold. It looks like a cold carpet over the earth. That’s the way a mammal thinks. A mammal has built itself around its own stove. To the creatures […]
Winter Flowers and Spring Flowers
The moods of flowering plants are in the whole plant and concentrate in more than just its blooms or fruit. These bud shells, for instance … … are as much blooms as the […]
It is the Time for Prickly Things and Gold
What? Your calendar says “May”? What’s with that? Look again. It is the time for gold. Well, ore, at least. Well, leftovers from the mines up the hill. Oh, wait, there’s new […]
Not Quite a Lonely Vigil
Someday the rowan berries are going to be ripe. Until then, there’s a robin waiting, still, as he was at first leaf. But now, not alone. A hummer! I’m […]
Western Yellow-bellied Racer
These are fast snakes. Usually they just zip by, a few inches up in the grass, and you hardly see them, but this one is trail smart, and has mastered the art […]
The Rowans of April
Remember the rowans of January? Well, it’s not like that now! Remember the rowans of St. Brigid’s feast day? Things have changed around this place. The rowans are uncurling. […]
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 […]
Okanagan Okanogan 