Ignoring my initial confusion thinking that the COP was something to do with football and Liverpool, there's no ignoring it - it's happening next week, in Glasgow, with lots of important people, and lots of good intentions I'm sure. More importantly what they are talking about isn't happening next week, it's happening right now.
Anyone who's anyone is sharing their views; I'm not really anyone but feel that it's about time I shared some observations on climate change, found no further away that in my own garden.
Exhibit 1). The dichotomatic leaf - clearly this fella can't decide whether or not to be variegated. Weird, no photoshoping but a unique monochromatic harmony nonetheless.
Exhibit 2). The "all eggs in one basket" hydrangea. This year, Harry Hydrangea here has clearly decided on a strategy to maximise limited resources. The result, another weird botanical freak (the bloom is nearly 14 inches across, or about the size of a large dinner plate, slightly bigger than a regulation an NBA basketball or one 2.79077E-08th of the earth's diameter) but very pleasant to look at nonetheless.
Exhibit 3). This rescued pear tree appears to have given up on seasonality. Immediately after shedding its leaves as you'd expect in autumn it's now gone into an early spring-like bloom, skipping winter altogether. Weird, maybe smart to be avoiding winter, but a worrying sign that we're messed things up and are heading to a mono-seasonality climate. Interestingly, according to the Köppen climate classification system, the closest environment on earth that would have minimal seasonality is classified as Af, typically found in warm moist rainforest areas. Oh, but there's not much of that left. Other places which lack seasons include Jupiter which, because of its lightly tilted axis (only about 3 degrees) and its almost circular orbit, means that it doesn't experience an appreciable spring, summer, autumn or winter. On the downside, the average temperature on Jupiter is thought to be about -238 degrees F, and the atmosphere is 90% hydrogen and 10% helium...good for party pieces performed with squeaky high pitched voices, not so good for breathing...
Conclusion. Eek. Or, as Elvis sang, "A little less conversation, a little more action, please".
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