This sunny weather outside is kinda making me tired! Recently I have noticed that many people I come into contact with are feeling tired. Bone tired. Or as my kids would say bone-dog-tired (I don't know where that comes from). I look outside and listen to the news about the wonderful-awesome-great weather we're having and … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: Rain
Spotted on a Thanksgiving walk in the woods - beautiful clusters of mushrooms. Edible? Inedible? The only thing to do when you don't know the answer to that is take only photographs and keep on strolling. Of course, you would always check out the Whistler Naturalists' Fungus Amongst Us Mushroom Festival, this weekend.
Did you see last night's moon? It was a harvest moon - the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox - worth celebrating because of the way, as or days become shorter, it extends the hours of light into the evening with its glow. If anyone captured a photo of the moon, let us know. … Continue reading Sighted: Harvest Moon
Question of the day: could we be more like the trees? Could societies learn from the forest, in the way it networks and responds, constantly in flow, to the needs of those around it? Watch this remarkable video about mother trees and the interrelatedness between trees and fungi about a constant exchange and connection taking … Continue reading Coaches Corner: Learnings from the Mother Tree
This poem from Canadian poet Lorna Crozier was published in the Globe and Mail on August 31. If you have a poem about a seasonal observation that you'd like to share on The Wellness Almanac, please send it to us at TheWellnessAlmanac@gmail.com. The end of summer is the beginning of gourds. How you love that word,gourds. Said … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: A Poem about Gourds
Thanks to Lil'wat Cultural technician, Johnny Jones, for sharing these images of black huckleberries from his recent site visit to Meager Mountain and Keyhole Falls. According to the International Wild Huckleberry Association, the black huckleberry (also known as Mountain huckleberry, mountain bilberry, tall huckleberry, big huckleberry, thin-leaved huckleberry, globe huckleberry, or Montana huckleberry (V. membranaceum)) … Continue reading Sighted: Huckleberries
Always love to get an update on the Lil'wat Fisheries program from manager Maxine Bruce. This report even comes with a soundtrack! Ama sqit Nsneknukwa7. I just listened to U2's "Its A Beautiful Day...Don't let it get away". Gotta love the hint of fall in the air eh? Leaves are falling, salmon arriving, chilly nites. … Continue reading Sighted: Salmon! 26,511 sockeye in the Birkenhead River.
There's one patch of sunlight in the yard, beaming down like a spotlight, centre stage. Enter, stage right, from the long grass, Coyote. The trickster. Coyote, or Canis latrans, ("barking dog" in Latin) is possibly responsible for the late night ruckuses in the neighbourhood. We admired each other for a few minutes - there are … Continue reading Sighted: Coyote
Lil'wat Fisheries Program Manager, Maxine Bruce reports: Ama Sqit Nsneknukwa7 (Good day, my friends and relatives) - I'm waiting patiently for the Birkenhead River Sockeye salmon to arrive. According to the Fraser River Panel's weekly updates, the sockeye salmon return is projected to be about 148,000. (I think I'll go for a ride after dinner … Continue reading Sighted (Soon!): Birkenhead River Sockeye
by Dawn Johnson Black cottonwood trees (Populus balsamifera ssp.) release their seeds during times when the rivers and waterways are at their highest. This is to ensure that the water surrounding them will carry their seeds into the far reaches of the riparian areas that sustain so much life. The banks are so ripe for … Continue reading Sighted: Cottonwood Trees
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