Solagraphy is the art of photographically capturing the path of the sun across the sky. As the sun takes a day to cross the sky, the exposure time for a solargraph is at least a day. To really capture the path of the sun as the seasons change (the sun climbing higher as we …
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Oak Leaf Wine. Part Two
Oak Leaf wine fermenting. It’ll sit and bubble and froth like this for about 4-6 weeks, before it is siphoned off into a clean demijohn to clear and mature.
It’s Oak Apple Day
An oak-themed week so far… The 29th of May is Oak Apple Day – I’ve an interest in oak apples due to my job, but I didn’t know the details behind Oak Apple Day until I read this post by Tom Sykes.
Oak leaf wine. Part one.
I’m not quite sure where I can upon the idea of Oak Leaf wine, but after the success last year with Dandelion wine, it seemed a fun idea to brew with oak leaves. There are a few recipes floating around the ‘net and published in wine making books, I decided to use this “young oak leaf” …
Richard Dawkins and P.Z Myers In Conversation
Last night the BHA hosted and armchair conversation between Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers. After roughly half the audience had entered the room, a handful of protesters pushed their way in and onto the stage. Initially mistaken for religious loons, they eventually made it clear they were protesting Dawkins’ involvement in the New College of …
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