As I walked out one morning, Walking down Morna Road, The roofs upon parked cars, Were ice-bergs with frosty nodes. And down behind some houses, I found a grassy patch; To my surprise, a daisy With delicate frost attached. “My name is Hoarfrost, Forever I will grow, Whilst the ground is so cold, And the [...]
It turns out that grass is actually rather difficult to eat. One reason is that the blades contain a gritty compound called silica, the same stuff that is found in sand, and used to make glass. It is a very hard, abrasive substance, and functions as a line of defence against being eaten, as it [...]
Or, if you’re from Canada or the USA…Where’s Waldo? If you can’t find him, here he is!
It seemed like no time at all since I’d been gazing out into the darkness of the daytime, excited by hail noisily battering my windows, the whistling wind whipping up the trees, and lashing rain streaking sideways at a 45 degree angle from left to right. But gradually I noticed it had grown quiet, and [...]
Last night I watched a documentary called ‘Afterlife: The Strange Science of Decay‘. It followed the processes of decay that occurred when a variety of foodstuffs were left out in a warm, humid kitchen, over the course of two months. Whilst delightfully disgusting at times, it was also genuinely fascinating and sometimes extremely beautiful. Moulds, [...]
