Moss and Lichen Compass
I thought you might enjoy this picture I took a week ago of lichen and moss growing on a disused fountain in a garden in…
I thought you might enjoy this picture I took a week ago of lichen and moss growing on a disused fountain in a garden in…
Happy New Year! At times like this, I sometimes wonder what the Earth and Sun would say to each other if they could talk. They…
Churches are well worth a minute of navigational inquiry. The church itself is likely to show a preference for an east-west alignment, with the altar…
There is a really good attempt to give a flavour of the whole subject of natural navigation in an article in the Independent today by…
Taking a short break from final edits and unsubtle plugs for my book… I ventured into the garden. Something moved where there should have been…
As we approach the summer solstice the sun has so much north in it that no side of buildings, trees or other exposed areas will…
This isn’t about the Force, although I did read recently that a lot of Scottish policemen have put ‘Jedi’ down as their religion on their…
A walk in the woods yesterday revealed some natural and unnatural clues. This primrose, the only one in the area, was unsurprisingly in a south-facing…
Having spent the morning organising images for upcoming courses, I was reminded of a regular problem with learning anything practical from nature. There is a…