How Do Trees Know When It’s Spring
How Do Trees Know When It’s Spring? Broadleaf trees have to work out the best time to come into leaf each year, they need to…
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The Sun is Now Over the Southern Hemisphere
This morning I headed out early into the hills. It was strangely satisfying to watch the sun rise south of east for the first time…
The Meaning of Bluebells
The bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) is a perennial bluish-purple bell-shaped wildflower of the Lily family (Liliaceae). It is a European plant, common in the British Isles.…
Snow Tells Tales About Trails
There are many different kinds of snow, as the Inuit know only too well. You are probably familiar with how easy it is to track…
The Joy of Signs in Spring
by Tristan Gooley Time outdoors has become precious and there’s a joy in this. We’re all about to get better at appreciating the beauty and…
The Darkest Two Months of the Year
The sun is well over the southern hemisphere now. Sunrises and sunsets are well south too. In the northern hemisphere we have entered the darkest…
How to Capture the Sun
I’m just back from Kincaldineshire. A big thank you to the extraordinary Charlie and Caroline Gladstone for inviting me to run a couple of mini…
Daisies a Sign of Spring
They say it’s not spring until your foot could cover twelve daisies… but I prefer to feel the glow that comes from spotting the way…
Scorpius Returns
In this image the three brightest objects in the sky are, from left to right, Venus, the moon and Jupiter. But look carefully to the…