The cold has reached below zero, and the garden is empty as can be. Half-finished tasks wait to be completed. A pheasant, red ring, flies by unexpectedly and startles me. Small birds flutter from bush to bush, looking for any remaining seeds.
Alberta Cottonwoods
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A Fence in the Forest
Osaka, Thursday, 4 aM
Osaka, Thursday, 4 a.m. The shadows seem to try to be menacing. The streets want to be empty.
Yakushima Island 2024
I’ve returned to Yakushima Island to complete a project on the visual chaos found in the deep rainforest. Several pathways were blocked, and many trails had washed out in severe weather over the past few months. This led us to new areas of the forest, and more encounters with very unconcerned deer and monkeys.
