There’s a place I know, and the sun was bright, so I thought, hey, why not go have a look? On February 22, no less! That’s pretty early. But most welcome!
The First Sagebrush Buttercup of the Season
We Are the Earth and the Earth is Us
I want to show you an image of the mind. Since that’s difficult, let me show you an image of the world instead, with my fingers crossed that the mind will be […]
The Best Art Gallery
The water above, the sun caught in the art of the vines, the desert of the earth…. … this is ancient stuff. We can dress it up with triple-blind, peer-reviewed studies of water, air […]
Give Thanks for the Porcupine
Well met on the coyote trail. (It’s a big pic, just click it.) The world we share… Fruit for us, bark for her.
I Want Wings Like This When I Grow Up
These are the wings for me! She was up on the hill today. Here’s the hill, for context: Nice, huh! I could so live there too.
Of Bears and Men and the Stars
Bears build their highways in the shade. Look at the planetary forces they live in. You’d think they were creatures of the stars. Now, here’s a golf cart highway up the […]
Don’t, Just Don’t!
I mean, don’t cut into a hill on the syncline side of the mountains. The water leaks out, and then ……mosquitoes. See these guys? Don’t come back tomorrow, I say. Sheesh.
The Secret to Contemporary Landscape Design Success
It’s about imagining what might be there, behind the anti-deer netting. Why Bother? I dunno. Check out the beautiful ground cover, too. If you’re wondering what that stuff is, apart from the […]
History’s Dead End
Some things are as plain as day. Thirty years on, an industry is already nostalgia. Decorating power switching boxes. I like the “Land of New Horizons” thing, on that 1970s magazine cover. […]
Winemakers, Risk All!
Compare. Grapes grown on pruned vines. This is a very mechanized form of farming that sells itself as peasant romance. The Rise, Vernon Now, compare. Here are some wild vines, growing in […]
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