Thinking about and maybe even playing around with numbers and math might help you from despairing when you look out your window and realize you are pretty much housebound for the next several days. Or, you can do something simple like keep a daily record of high and low outside temperatures.

You can note the cyclical changes in the natural world around you without having to calculate a single thing.

Now, what in the world does math, and especially the number pi, have to do with our main thrust here in the Daily Bucket, namely phenology? My ability to grapple, understand, and solve mathematical problems at that level led later on to full engineering calculus. In fact, in many respects it was revealing, and pleasantly surprising. The point is, I no longer found it impossible. I found it not so difficult after all, although I still really had to work at it. Then I had to learn fundamental algebra and some trigonometry in order to complete my electronics technician training. To have the Daily Bucket in your Activity Stream, visit Backyard Science’s profile page and click on Follow.Īs readers of my drivel may know, I struggled with mathematics until I joined the Navy in 1979 at age 24.

We invite you to note what you are seeing around you in your own part of the world, and to share your observations in the comments below.Įach note is a record that we can refer to in the future as we try to understand the phenological patterns that are quietly unwinding around us. We amicably discuss animals, weather, climate, soil, plants, waters and note life’s patterns.

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