Quick Update for August

Plant Ecology book arrived recently. It's pretty colossal and has plant ecology covered. 540 pages of in-depth plant ecology, covering individual physiological stresses to community distribution, to global ecological patterns, paleoecology, climate change and so forth. Will take some time to read, but looks very in-depth. Quite a lot of the subjects I already understand, but this goes into degree level detail, which is good, especially with statistical analysis and formulae. I'm sure I'll struggle with the formulas as I find basic math difficult and most likely has dycalculia, but I'll slowly get my head around it I hope. 

I've also become increasingly interested in the age of enlightenment and voyages of scientific discovery as I'm just fascinated and inspired by the very idea of discovering new land and with it new fauna and flora especially. Become very interested in the Scottish botanist Robert Brown, spending a good while reading about his life and work and some of his early papers,

Another thing I've been doing. So regrettably I never took biology or chemistry or any other science at school for that matter, instead spending my time on useless computer skills... However, I've just acquired a very entry level microscope and I have to say I'm thoroughly enjoying seeing the structures about which I've been reading up close and personal. Even though it's a very weak digital microscope and more akin to just a macro zoom on a camera, I'm just fascinated by it. Geranium robertianum here showing stigma and stamen.

I'm also continuing with drawing and will post here soon.

Cheers

TH.