Feb
22
Posted by Trevor Villagrana Culture Thursday, January 26th, 2012 Part II: the Girl, continued. The rush of blood to his head was much like the rush of blood to the front of his pants; hot, swift and met with a peculiar tingling sensation that spoke to his own inexperience. He stammered, speaking in what could …
Feb
20
HOW A traditional teak Javanese house came to be nestled into a contemporary garden on a Northwest island is a story spanning decades and continents. David Smith, importer and local retailer, traveled to China and Japan a couple of years ago with landscape architect David Pfeiffer. The friends and collaborators visited contemplative and scholars’ gardens, …
Feb
20
Natural Trend of Home Decoration Quite a few homes today feature natural stone pebbles because of their many uses and the wide variety of colors. Japanese Gardens, which you’ll find are known for their peace and tranquility, have this effect by using rocks and water, as well as plants. Quite often, these gardens are only …
Feb
19
Had the biblical Jonah and I shared any personality trait, mysuspicion is that he found his way into the belly of a whale whilein search of his car keys. Few small objects create in me as muchconsternation, sweat and tardiness as does the misplacement of thatlittle piece of notched metal necessary for my daily mobility. …
Feb
19
This is the first entry in a new series the Earth Sciences section will be running, Mineral of the Month. These blogs will feature remarkable (and perhaps some not quite so remarkable but interesting none the less) specimens from the museum’s world class mineral collection. We will also be featuring monthly meteorites and gems so …
Feb
18
At our house we have a collection of rocks with character attributes engraved on them. They are readily available at Oriental Trading Co. for a small amount of money. You can even get your shipping free if you place a neighborhood or workplace order. If you and your friends order together and your order is at …
Feb
16
Rolling stones may not gather moss, but moss covered stones may have gathered ice during the Ordovician Period, approximately 470 to 440 million years ago. A team led by botanists and earth scientists from the Universities of Exeter and Oxford recently modeled the process whereby the colonization of the land by plants led to a …
Feb
16
Inner Wisdom is something of an oddity in Galesburg. From the outside, it looks like little more than a pleasant, small town bookstore. Walking through the first glass door of the store at 31 N. Kellogg St. one sees Buddhist statues and artwork from the Far and Middle East. The second door opens with a …
Feb
16
It may sound a bit of a stretch to say; landscape with boulders, but it all depends on how you plan to acquire and position your boulders. Now, you can actually create your own boulders using a process that allows you to make your own fake boulders very inexpensive and the cost to make these …
Feb
15
Everyday people typically question me regarding the pricing possible choices they could decide upon from for repair service of their brick pavers, sidewalks, walkways, patios or retaining walls. These pricing options can either include band aid approach for paver repair or reinstallation of interlocking pavers of retaining walls. Now it happens to be over the …