MORE ABOUT MAORI LUNAR CALENDAR AND STARS.
From a 21st century scientific viewpoint. I subscribe to The Conversation (among other newspapers) and noted that a team looking closely (nervously?) at changes to Antarctic ice are also looking at a Maori lunar calendar, known in Maori as maramataka. Here's a link. It may ask if you want to read this;I suggest you do. https://theconversation.com/we-travelled-to-antarctica-to-see-if-a-maori-lunar-calendar-might-help-track-environmental-change-239583 I did have a little chuckle to note that the Eskimos have it in spades for words for snow! Now...one or two people have wondered if I've slipped the blogging leash. Not entirely, but while I may not have screeds to write about, I do have a few snap shots. Despite battling rough winds I did manage to get some shots of the Magnolia on the front lawn. No idea if it's a named variety, but here we go...just look at all those buds! It's also been a pretty good time for lettuce, especially one called "Drunken Woman" w...