On this episode: Tulips, thunderstorms and everything that blooms. “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May” - Sonnet 18, Shakespeare
Links and References:
* An Immense World, Ed Yong
* Make a Daisy Chain or Make a Braided Daisy Crown
Found Sounds on this episode:
* crowds and floats at Spalding Flower Parade 2025
* starlings nesting in the gutter
* a thunderstorm
* my birthday!
* finding caterpillars
Transcript: https://perilunucy.substack.com/p/09-under-the-flower-moon
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:32 The World is in Bloom
01:55 The Flower Moon
02:20 How Do Flowers Close?
03:48 Damselflies
04:52 Caterpillars and Baby Birds
05:57 Animal Senses
07:42 Seeing in UV
09:32 Tulip Festival
11:43 Daisy Chains
12:05 Thunderstorm
13:37 Canaries in the Coalmine
14:46 Coming Alive
15:40 Poem: The Tulip
16:55 A Birthday Request
17:52 Conclusion
