Architectural Navigation Clues
In rural and urban areas, buildings can help us to find our way. Take a look at the picture above of a building at the…
In rural and urban areas, buildings can help us to find our way. Take a look at the picture above of a building at the…
My thanks to Peter Gibbs for another fascinating email. You can see our exchange below. If you have your own different interpretation, do please get in touch. ——-…
The colour of water is determined by: A) What’s under it. B) What’s in it. C) What’s on it. D) And by light levels and…
Tree shapes are dictated by the needs of the tree and reflect the places we find them. There are dozens of methods for using trees…
Have you ever enjoyed a good session of skimming stones at the beach? You know those times when the stone hits the water at the…
There is a nice example of gravitropism and phototropism in action in this picture. Gravitropism – The orientation of a plant or other organism in…
My thanks to Helen Sargent for sending in the following fabulous photo of beach cusps at the cove neighbouring Durdle Door in Dorset. Helen also…
Have a look at the trees in this picture I took yesterday. It is quite hard to make out the shape of many individual branches,…
Plants have no brain or central nervous system, so calling them ‘clever’ might sound a bit stupid. But… plants do achieve some remarkable things. Plants…