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If you entered the dark rich hallow of the cedars on October 24 during the opening of the Fall Projects you would have come upon the poetry of Nancy Holmes in the form of living performance. Students from UBCO brought Fallen Trees (one of the 12 poems for Woodhaven on the fence line) alive in […]

  Just for starters I have to say that the Fall Projects were nothing less than adventurous. Every one of them had enough distinctive flavour to make them palpable. Juicy indeed! It’s also going to take a while to get through all of them on this Blog so suffice to say, in the spirit of […]

I surrender. Take a look at this magnificent sample of nature’s offerings. Stunning. It’s a coral mushroom, otherwise known as coral hydnum in the family hericium coralloides. Jim Kalnin and Lois Huey- Heck arrived on the weekend to begin installing their work for the Fall Projects. Nancy volunteered for ladder duty and we made our […]

  I have books. I have books about birds, plants, and animals. I have books about the solar system, the deep sea, art books, cook books and a zillion “how to” type books. There’s even poetry in my collection, it’s a reference library – no fiction. I’ve always wanted a mushroom book. One of those […]

The season has come for wordsmiths to wander about Woodhaven and add their meandering thoughts to the community poetry in the park. Nancy Holmes, head of Creative & Critical Studies at UBCO, has installed a sturdy weatherproof packet against the upright post of the information board in the parking lot. It is filled with bits […]

I like bugs. Some scientists estimate that there are over 200 million insects for every human on the planet. That’s a lot of bugs. Bugs eat through debris and make it useful again for some other purpose at some other time. They pollinate, aerate and migrate. They jump, spin, fly and weave. The mayfly lives […]

So here’s the deal, this is the Readers Digest version of the bear aware program. This version applies to walking in the woods and not about if you clean your barbecue after using it. You do need to clean your barbecue after using it this time of year as you also should wait until the […]

  The spring program at Woodhaven had a performance type feel about it and the summer program seems to have subtlety as its flavour forward (said like a true Okanoganite).  Nancy Holmes’ work, with graphics by Shed Simas, imitates the Regional District pamphlet almost to the letter by design. The cover image is placed just […]

photo Margo Yacheshyn The summer program for the Eco Art Project officially launched last Saturday, so glad to see such a busy and inquisitive crowd of people. I walked the park no less than 7 times that day and still didn’t get to visit with everyone, oi vey. The first thing that greets you with […]

It’s the end of the day and I think I hear a bird dog coming in and heading north to the airport. Two brush fires at the end of Lakeshore Road, far too reminiscent of the 2003 fires. I had to go to town this afternoon and the traffic heading into the upper mission was […]

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