Okay here’s a collection of links that will keep you busy for awhile ranging from the theraputic to the ancient gardens of Pompeii. The Theraputic Landscape database seems to have a lot of good links and info. Might be a good place to start if you are looking for info on doing a garden for… Continue reading Some Interesting Sites
Month: November 2008
The Bricks for my Patio are Here
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Big 3 CEO’s and their nice Private Jets
They flew in on their private jets with their hats in their hand. The Ford CEO made over 36 million last year and is supposed to make over 9 million bucks this year. He was asked about restructing his salary . . . ” no comment”, replied the Ford CEO. These 3 bums got 25… Continue reading Big 3 CEO’s and their nice Private Jets
The Neighborhood Sidewalk
What could they have been thinking? Why did they just walk away? So when they were laying up the forms for the section section this is what they came up with?
Dan Snow on Forgotten Stone Fences
Dan Snow is one of those rare craftsmen with this awesome talent to create great work, and be able to talk and write quite eloquently about that great work. I found this essay written by Dan on Boston.com about the life of stone as they go from one owner to another, from one purpose to… Continue reading Dan Snow on Forgotten Stone Fences
An Appreciation of Stone (43)
Here’s some stove size and bigger boulders from a sand and gravel quarry. Great color and character in some of these. The only drawback for this type of stone is the inability to grow moss. Okay just because I’m feeling generous here’s another: Some great character in those 3 foreground stones. Nice anchor for a… Continue reading An Appreciation of Stone (43)
Optimism and Jobs
Have we lost all optimism? Maybe not all but there sure doesn’t seem to be a lot of peppy folks out there when it comes to where we are headed The National Federation of Independent Business’ optimism index declined 5.4 points to 87.5, the lowest since 1980, the Washington-based group said Tuesday. The sales gauge… Continue reading Optimism and Jobs
Water and Ink
Keeping up my drawing theme this week. Some really interesting pen and ink work, that is just fascinating. Just follow along and then be amazed . . . I was. Wow! That is really great stuff. Now I am just going to have to figure out how to take this great skill and apply it… Continue reading Water and Ink
Green, and all it’s Shades
A little something from my looking at the color green. One of those days when I was just trying to get my mind right to start working on a drawing. Foliage Fooling around on something like this reminds me again, why more designers need to look at foliage and not just the color of the… Continue reading Green, and all it’s Shades
The Whispering Crane Institute 