What a Stitch!

The knitting stools of Claire-Anne O'Brien are pretty out-of-the ordinary and not half-bad to look at!




Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.
Robert Frost



Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci




Typographic Cartography - Wow

Being a "type geek", I can fully appreciate the time and effort that these maps took for the people at Axis Maps to create, but I also have to think that anyone that isn't a type geek should really appreciate these as well. These are simply ... cool!




Great storage ideas




The utlimate geek staircase

Space saving design features. Love this.(I'm such a geek)





Typography? Surrealism? I like it




Seeing isn't believing...

“We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.”
~Stephen R. Covey
 




Leave the baggage at the door ...

"Live out of
your imagination,
not your history."
~ Stephen R. Covey



Actions speak louder...

You can’t talk your way out of
what you’ve behaved yourself into.
~Stephen R. Covey


Life is a Journey


Life is a Journey by Jivan Child


Fields of Lavender

http://1x.com/photos/member/41384/31740/Amazing use of color in this one, perfect lighting.
By Derek Hansen


Positive expression

You can't live a positive life,

with a negative mind ~ unknown 









Living involves tearing up
one rough draft after another.  
 
~Author Unknown







He who has a why to live
can bear almost any how. 

 
~Friedrich Nietzsche







Living is not enough...

Just living is not enough.  One must have sunshine,
freedom, and a little flower.  ~Hans Christian Anderson

Image by: Ana Cotta - flickr.com

Image: Vince Alongi - flickr.com






Bic Pen Chandelier








Atmospheric Awe

Lightning and a rainbow over the Superstition Mountains in Arizona.
National Geographic - July 2009 - Image: Robert Quinn






Simple pleasures of camping

National Geographic - photo of the day - Best of June -

Aurora Borealis, Manitoba, Canada, by Kurt Baumgartner


Design your own snowflake - online interractive









Comfort and Keeping

Image by: Steve McMurray






Mistakes

"It's better to explore life and make
mistakes than to play it safe.
Mistakes are part of the
dues one pays for a full life."

 

~ Sophia Loren







Good Morning, World!

A matte painting by Philip Straub created for the feature story on National Geographics September 2009 issue






Road to Alovah, Philip Straub - www.utherworlds.com