After forty-five years, a change of flavour! It was the only sunny day forecast for a week, so today was the day. Up at dawn, and a two hour drive, to be […]
Wooden People in the Similkameen
These Drops Will Not Fall
Here in the depressurized zone east of the Coast Mountains, they will soon be absorbed back into the air. They have only alighted for a moment on these cottonwoods, like birds.
It’s That Day (You Know the One)
You remember arrow leafed balsam root, of course. First Flower Day! Soon there will be millions.
Saskatoon Follows the Sun
Commonly, we say that plants “spring” up or grow in the ‘spring,” but look at siya? here. All she is doing is following the sun, and being drawn out by it like […]
The Earth at Foot Level
Suns and solar flares… Watch where you step!
Arrow Hunting
The old deer trail is getting crowded. This … … is why it’s called “arrow-leafed balsam root”. Arrows are small spears, right?
Tree Swallows in the Grass
Home again! It’s the tree swallows, hungry and flying high. Just back yesterday after a long journey. They nest in the trees that thread through the shadows, but live in the […]
Sun Still Sleeping
Checking out the sun, where she’s hiding within the earth… hmmm. Still sleeping. Here’s what she looked like when she came out last year. Worth waiting for!
The Knives of Spring Start Cutting
Snow that has dropped down through the thatch has touched the earth and is carrying it back to the sky.
Colourful Spring in the North Okanagan
The wet season is at its peak! Who needs wildflowers when we have leaves, eh.
Okanagan Okanogan 