In summer, this elm casts cool darkness. Now, with the energy of wind and cold, it casts a shadow of light and heat. It’s not just elms! The cottonwoods below do very […]
Light Shadows
Not Just a Coyote Trail Under the Vineyard Fence!
Everyone likes grapes, or those who like them. That’s a ring-necked pheasant going uphill, and a … bobcat? going the other way. If you look carefully, you can see some smaller bird […]
The Joy of Property Ownership
Prep work for making a house desirable to a prospective (but as-yet-unfound) new owner. Vernon Does that work for you? If so, welcome to one possible future.
All the Bees Looking for a Home Now
Here is a grassland missing its flowers. Cows ate them. While thousands of people have been going to work in the valley below, and back, and forth, only the deer and a […]
This Land Must Burn
In the panorama of the hill, there are flashes of colour, very specific, which signify human food and the season in which they will be found. Indigenous humans spread seeds from those […]
Look Both Ways Before Crossing the Road
Or when claiming it for your own new home. Either way, be street smart and stick together. You’ll be ok.
Who Loves Green Peppers Now?
Busted! The new landscaping staff stealing a bite at work on the front yard while I was up on the hill and teaching me again that an interface works both ways. Doe […]
A Starvation Winter is Coming
Ah, the ripening grass of Autumn. Yes, but this winter will be a hunger winter. Most awns and glumes are empty of seed. They look find, but the vast majority are empty. […]
Surfing the Island Archipelagoes of the Okanagan
In water, an island is an eye of land giving sight to water. On land, an island is a pool of water giving life to air. Grasslands are oceanic environments. Deer surf.
The Great Artwork
This is what the present looks like. You can see how a 100,000,000 year old seabed, lifted into the sky by a collision with North America and silted up with the drift […]
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