A lovely walk home along Lake Okanagan after a nice dinner. One of the best parts?

No snow!
A lovely walk home along Lake Okanagan after a nice dinner. One of the best parts?

No snow!

Tall they standrising to meet the sunlightno shade of pridein their struggle to surviveonly the lifeforcethe drive to livebut oh what talesthey might…
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 09/Mar/22
A spring forest courtesy of Stuart.
… on the Lake Okanagan waterfront.

Happy mid-week.

Coal in the making: this small area of the forest is permanently wet, acting as a pool for several tiny streams and springs, before they overflow to …
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 08/Mar/22
Fallen trees, courtesy of Stuart.
After the northern cold, it was wonderful to take a walk in one of Penticton’s gardens. Everywhere, the Okanagan Valley is about to burst with growth.




Happy spring.

To climb or stay on the flat?It’s a dry day, so the path following the fence to the left will be free of the sometime, shallow, flowing stream it …
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 07/Mar/22
A beautiful spring day, courtesy of Stuart.
Southward bound …

.. for a while departing the beauteous north toward a warmer south …

… a wing to carry us.
Happy weekend.

Still the day air unmovedunfathomable depth belowmirrored face reflectingall it sees of the quiet worldas it waits in silencefor breeze above orfish …
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 26/Feb/22
A lovely autumn pond courtesy of Stuart. 🙂

These ancient mature beeches are protected, safe from damage and destruction by humanity. Will the small, colourful, beech sapling gain the same …
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 02/Mar/22
Beautiful beech trees, old and young, courtesy of Stuart.

The 1st of March is the beginning of meteorological spring here in the UK. Where I live, in the Forest of Dean, we see snow only rarely, and even …
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 01/Mar/22
A snowy UK from a few years ago, courtesy of Stuart.