Patterns exist in many forms including physical, mental, behavioral, and sequential patterns. Some examples of patterns in nature include spirals, water patterns on sand, knots in wood, and thistles in grass. There are also linguistic patterns like rhyming words and exact word repetitions in English. Traditional Gaelic songs and proverbs also demonstrate cultural patterns. Permaculture principles emphasize observing and emulating natural patterns to maximize productive relationships and outputs.

1. Patterns
Understanding and memory aid-
Or structure of the universe

2. Patterns lie at the heart of
Permaculture
They can be:
• Physical
• Mental
• Behavioural
• Sequential

3. Patterns made by water on sand

4. Celtic knotwork
Actually cream in coffee

5. A thistle in the grass

6. Saltire in the rock

7. Spirals in nature

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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

11. Life is about choices
Fast or slow, Missing things or seeing it all, Mechanical or biological

12. Liabilities into Assets
Boat sheds on Lindisfarne

13. Caveat emptor

14. Grandfather and Grandchild
On the beach at Brighton

15. Harvesting Peats

16. The Seven Sisters
Conemara!

17. Uisge beatha
Harvesting birch sap