Patterns

Understanding and memory aid-Or structure of the universe

Patterns lie at the heart of Permaculture

They can be:• Physical• Mental• Behavioural• Sequential

Patterns made by water on sand

Celtic knotworkActually cream in coffee

A thistle in the grass

Saltire in the rock

Spirals in nature

Two sorts of word combinations in English

Rhyming reduplications argy-bargy, arty-farty, boogie-

woogie, bow-wow, chock-a-block, chick-flick, claptrap, easy-peasy, eency-weency, fuddy-duddy, fuzzy-wuzzy, gang-bang, hanky-panky, happy-clappy, harum-scarum, heebie-jeebies, helter-skelter, herky-jerky, higgledy-piggledy, hobnob, Hobson-Jobson, hocus-pocus, hodge-podge, hoity-toity, hokey-pokey, honey-bunny, hot-pot, hotch-potch, hubble-bubble, hugger-mugger, Humpty-Dumpty

Exact reduplications blah-blah, bling-bling,

bonbon, bye-bye, chi-chi, choo-choo, chop-chop, chow-chow, dum-dum, fifty-fifty, gee-gee, go-go, goody-goody, knock-knock, night-night, no-no, pee-pee, poo-poo, pooh-pooh, rah-rah, so-so, tsk-tsk, tuk-tuk, tut-tut, wakey wakey, wee-wee, wiki-wiki, yada-yada

Any patterns in Gaelic?

Unaccompanied Psalms• The origin of Gospel singing

Gaelic Proverbs`Mul eil thu airson goid mo

chail, na tig air sgath mo lios’

If you’re not coming to steal my kale, don’t come for the sake of my garden.

What about these?

• Assets into Liabilities• Maximum Output for Minimum Work• No bare soil• Five uses for element, five elements for every

use• Thinking in five dimensions• Revolution disguised as gardening• Harvest beneficial relationships

Life is about choicesFast or slow, Missing things or seeing it all, Mechanical or biological

Liabilities into AssetsBoat sheds on Lindisfarne

Caveat emptor

Grandfather and GrandchildOn the beach at Brighton

Harvesting Peats

The Seven SistersConemara!

Uisge beathaHarvesting birch sap