Take a gander at these trees in my community:

Tree #1

Tree #2

Trees 3 & 4 …

If you watch Florida weather you might notice that hurricanes (north of the equator) rotate counterclockwise, while large storms and Typhoons south of the equater rotate clockwise.

This is due to the Coriolis effect, at the equator the earth rotates about 1,000 miles per HOUR, so storms spin in specific directions as a result of Coriolis forces.

Scroll up and look at those trees again… they are all twisting counterclockwise, this is clearly indicated in the growth pattern.

In all the hundreds of trees in my subdivision I could not find a single tree growing in the opposite direction clockwise.

I looked on Google for more information about and could not find anything.

I think trees in this area grow in a counterclockwise direction because of Coriolis forces, but only way to prove this is to look at how trees are growing south of the equator.

I’m not a botanist, just a nerd interested in lotsa stuff.

Hope you find this interesting!

Ben Alexander

December 15 : 2022

Pic taken yesterday:

For the last few years I’ve kept a tennis racket and some balls in the trunk of my car.

Last few weeks I’ve been hitting a ball against a wall daily, for about 30 minutes.

Gets the heart beating, good exercise for the entire body.

Had my knee damaged and fixed almost 2 years ago, so I’m grateful for the mobility that allows me to chase a fuzzy green ball around.

When I started doing this a few years back I lost a ton of tennis balls, some flew up and over the roof of the building… goodness knows how many balls are up there!

I don’t lose balls anymore, I have more control. Kinda want to play real tennis against another player.

Hitting tennis balls is good for improving hand / eye coordination… I never played tennis or even owned a racket earlier in life, so I guess this is a new skill?

I get bored in gyms, and I do plenty of walking and swimming….. my tennis thing feels more like a game.

My grandmother played tennis into her 70’s, so I’d like to be able to do that.

I’ve slimmed down a little the last few weeks, DESPITE the Christmas cookies, oy.

December 15 : 2022