It's not spring until...
2012-04-25
Your foot could cover seven daisies!
Entries tagged "season"
Snow Wonders
2012-02-12
One of the most rewarding things about natural navigation is that it shuns any attempt by the seasons to quieten things down. There are many interests in the natural world that are closely shepherded by the seasons; foraging, birds and wild flowers will have their peaks and troughs, but some things are immune. Geology will reveal many of its fascinating faces regardless of whether it is February or August. But natural navigation is a little different to all of the above, because it keeps its interest throughout the year, without too many troughs, and unlike geology it does…
The Dawn Sun, Sliding South
2009-09-17
Another cracking dawn. There were four Roe deer in our neighbouring field, but sadly they scarpered before I got to my camera. I don't actually have a brilliant lens for wildlife, so you have been spared a photo of four brown smudges in a brown field.Only a few days of this solar season left, the autumnal equinox is on 22 September. This means that in the UK there are only four more days when the sun will have any north in it at all for another six months. At times like this, close to the equinox, the point on the…
Unnatural Navigation
2009-08-22
I took this photo in St Peter Port, Guernsey, about ten days ago. This big fat gin palace probably doesn't get lost very often, all they need do is squint at the setting sun through their ice cold sundowners, think about the season and latitude, then wait for the blue to turn black and the stars to appear. Or they could just turn on one of the many lovely gizmos sprouting all over the top of the boat. GPS would do it, radar would too, or they could make a satellite call and 'phone a friend'.
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