so freaking cool – “Goshin” by John Naka at the National Arboretum. Looked up what type of tree it is. It’s a “Foemina Juniper” and it usually looks like this, and some background tells you about “Goshin”. I wonder why the Arboretum had zero information on the background of any of the bonsais? Very strange – and takes away from the experience when there are dozens of very cool examples but no background or botanical information.
Wilbur Sangunaraj – he wants a love marriage! Awesome use of auto tuner. Take that, AKON.
Pruned: The Hydrological Schoolyard
(Before. Photo by Kevin Robert Perry.)
(And the marvelous after. Photo by Kevin Robert Perry.)“Here, most of the rainwater falling on the school grounds are captured and allowed to infiltrate the soil rather than piped away on aging sewers.”
Why couldn’t we have had a SNOWDRAGON in our neighborhood for the storm? Instead, nature taking its course resulted in the lingering crusty snowbanklets infested with wet dutch master’s butts, skoal containers, candy wrappers and granulated dog turds?
What is completely constructed of steel, reinforced with corrugated steel walls, able to withstand winds up to 140 mph, and can make a comfortable living space for the survivors of the Haitian earthquake? A standard shipping container. And researchers at Clemson University are scurrying to figure out how to turn their project, known as SEED, into a way to contribute emergency housing to Haiti right now.
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Erik Johanssen’s retouched photos – love this one! I want to write the story that goes along with it.
