What time is it anyways ?

No watch no problem. If we assume the sun is due south at high noon or there abouts. You can use a compass to tell what time it is. The stick is due south ( its actually a little off after I looked at the picture) and the shadow is the time. The key is the fact that the sun sets in the west so you just kind of slice up the degrees until sunset and away you go. You do need a rough idea about the time the sunsets. It was about 12:30. It works good enough in the woods where I don't really care what time it is anyways. Another trick to tell how much daylight is remaining is to put your hand up horizontally. Then use your fingers to measure the number of them that will fit between the sun and the horizon in the west. Every finger is about 15 minutes of daylight remaining before the sun goes below the horizon.

I suppose you could just wear a watch but then what would you Blog about ??