Sunday, October 28, 2007

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Anquilla dieffenbachii


A given volume of water, frozen in a given moment of time, encodes information about the larger volume of which it is a part as well as the longer time period of which it is a slice. It should be possible to infer from the ripples in this photo to the location of ripple-makers (eg ducks, fish, the wind etc) which exist outside the frame both spatially and temporally. The main ripple-maker in this photo is actually the eel just under the surface (its back can be seen just breaking the surface at bottom-left, with its tail extending to just below the middle of the picture and then curving downwards again). A set of eddies have spun off the eel's tail and the eel's back is forming v-shaped ripples as it moves out of shot.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Friday, October 12, 2007

Aesculus x carnea 'Briotii'

The red horse-chestnut on the hill next to Hungerford Crescent.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Skin


Monday, October 1, 2007

Borago officinalis


Borage is one of the prettiest herbs. This one is in the Sustainable Backyard, but there is some in the Herb Garden as well. You can eat it, brew it into a tea, steam your face it in and so on. Or you can just leave it be and enjoy the colour of the flowers.