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Tag Archives: woodland
A Year in the Woods
I’ve been down the archery range in Annesley Forest almost every weekend this year. Here’s one photo from each month of 2022.
Slime Mould
While practicing archery in the woods this year, I’ve spotted some funny-looking fungus-type things that I’ve since learned are slime moulds. I was aware of slime mould as a weird life form already, having read research into using them for … Continue reading
Ladybower camp
It rains more often than not at the place where we usually go camping, in some woods near Ladybower reservoir, but this time the weather was good. We’ve been coming to this same spot for 20 years now. Other than … Continue reading
Hawthorn and Cow Parsley
Spring has finally got going here in Sneinton. Around three weeks ago swifts arrived back, and in the past week hawthorn has bloomed. The screaming of swifts as they feed on the wing, getting closer as the day ends and … Continue reading
Railways and Reading
Since starting a job in Leicester six months ago, I’ve been travelling to work by rail. On the return journey, the railway follows the river Soar going North out of Leicester all the way up to Ratcliffe, then takes a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Auditory Perception, Complexity, Music, Nature, Research, Science, Visual Perception, Writing
Tagged Bob Katz, books, China Mieville, complexification, complexity, entropy, George Kubler, Gilbert White, Ilya Prigogine, James Tenney, Joe Banks, Manuel DeLanda, nature writing, Nottingham, Philip Ball, ratcliffe on soar power station, Robert Macfarlane, Roger Deakin, Simon Scott, Stuart Kauffman, time, trains, trees, woodland
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Woods are good(s)
A woodland is just about my favourite place to be. I believe that woodlands provide vaulable spaces for wildlife and for our wellbeing, thus they deserve appreciation and preservation. The image at the top of this page was taken at … Continue reading
Aesthetic Complexity 