Marbleous wood

Marbelous Wood challenges the way we use wood in our built environment, where function and aesthetics work together in new ways.

Pernille Snedker Hansen has repurposed an old marbling technique giving wood a supernatural, organic, colorful and vibrant pattern.  The outcome is a beautiful coloured marble pattern which loosely references a tree's natural growth rings.

just because....

Karin Thorell

this morning in the garden

Several yellow water lilies are up today and a few green frogs allowed me to get close up on this beautiful crisp sunny day, we have been having nice summer weather... low  humidity, AC off, though we still could use some more rain.

Look closely for a little frog face.

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beautiful bird

 This pretty pastel colored bird with bright pink claws is a Pink-necked Green Pigeon from SE Asia.

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Pigeon Chat

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We took a walk this weekend

through canyons of fresh leaved aspens, sagebrush meadows, steep inclines and lots of switchbacks and we made it to the top... at 7800 feet altitude!   (there was some huffing and puffing involved)

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Proctor Mountain, Sawtooth Mountains, Ketchum, Idaho 

Interiors: Botanicals

Every year around this time I get a craving for spring that can only be sated by a visit to Longwood Gardens -- more specifically to the massive greenhouse that is home to an ever-changing array of tropical plants and orchids. The combination of humidity (even man-made) and layer-upon-layer of fragrances is intoxicating. Whatever my mood going in, I leave with a fresh perspective and a reminder that winter does not last forever. Perhaps because of this yearly pilgrimage, I've developed a taste for bringing botanical elements into the home. Old classroom posters, book plates, terrariums, forced bulbs -- all are welcome. I'm sure it's no accident that the Philadelphia Flower Show takes place in March. Just when we're all suffering from snow fatigue and our skin has turned green from hibernation, along comes an invasion from the natural world. This year, I'm not waiting for the flower show. I'm staging a mini invasion of my own at home.

Images: 1) Elle Decoration magazine, June 2011 Issue. 2 and 3) British Homes & Gardens magazine, November 2010 issue and November 2011 issue. 4) BBC Homes & Antiques magazine, November 2011 issue. 5 and 6) Vogue Living magazine, November/December 2011 issue. 7) Period Living magazine, July 2011 issue.

Interiors: Botanicals

Every year around this time I get a craving for spring that can only be sated by a visit to Longwood Gardens -- more specifically to the massive greenhouse that is home to an ever-changing array of tropical plants and orchids. The combination of humidity (even man-made) and layer-upon-layer of fragrances is intoxicating. Whatever my mood going in, I leave with a fresh perspective and a reminder that winter does not last forever. Perhaps because of this yearly pilgrimage, I've developed a taste for bringing botanical elements into the home. Old classroom posters, book plates, terrariums, forced bulbs -- all are welcome. I'm sure it's no accident that the Philadelphia Flower Show takes place in March. Just when we're all suffering from snow fatigue and our skin has turned green from hibernation, along comes an invasion from the natural world. This year, I'm not waiting for the flower show. I'm staging a mini invasion of my own at home.

Images: 1) Elle Decoration magazine, June 2011 Issue. 2 and 3) British Homes & Gardens magazine, November 2010 issue and November 2011 issue. 4) BBC Homes & Antiques magazine, November 2011 issue. 5 and 6) Vogue Living magazine, November/December 2011 issue. 7) Period Living magazine, July 2011 issue.

feed the birds

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Bring life and beauty to your winter landscape by keeping your feeders full.

We have had success with this feeder, keeping the squirrels off the feeder and on the ground scavenging the seeds the birds have dropped.

Purchase here.