Category: Adventuring

27 Scraps of Paper Credit: Arthur Ganson 2002 “Invention breeds invention.” – Edison Check out the complete flickr set here.

Carbon Emission Counter City living is good for the environment. When populations are concentrated, they are pooling resources. They use less electricity because their apartments are close together, less oil because of mass transportation and less water because they don’t have big lawns to feed. And cities like New York are constantly working to become…

Evolution Store in Soho When my sister came across the Evolution Store in Soho, New York City, she knew I absolutely had to see it. This store has everything you need to make some high-quality additions to your home Cabinet of Curiosities. From insects, fossils, minerals, taxidermy animals, seashells and corals, skulls and skeletons, this…

Futurama at the New York World’s Fair Walking through this exhibit, we find a love/hate relationship between Americans and science. We love the modern conveniences of plastic, birth control, and cheap energy, but hate the chemical poisons contaminating our environment, radioactivity, cancer, and innovations in warfare that come with them. Displays that are hopeful for…

Mountain Laurel This set is a work in progress, as one must visit botanical gardens at many points in the year to see all the various flowers in bloom. Check out the incomplete flickr set here.

Vicky with Azaleas The azalea is unique among species of rhododendron in that, rather than blooming in clusters or “stripers” as they are known, every terminal branch on the azalea bush produces a flower, resulting in the spectacular displays they bring each April. Check out the complete flickr set here.

God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December. ~ J. M. Barrie Norfolk Botanical Gardens Rose Garden Shakespeare wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;” however, psychologists have found this is not true, that words impact the way…

40 Year Old Bonzai Yew Tree Artist: Walter Lisicki / Joseph White It was merely a happy coincidence that Vicky and I paid a visit to the Norfolk Botanical Gardens at the same time they were having a Bonzai tree show and competition. It fascinates me how artists can spend decades nurturing these trees and…

Of all the amazing cultural attractions on the Washington DC Mall this is by far the best kept secret. If you appreciate knowledge, Enlightenment values, and science, then you MUST spend an afternoon in this room, appreciating every nook and cranny. America’s Founders were very wise individuals with a strong appreciation for education and knowledge.…

Sunset Near Mt.Rogers A little after the start of June, the Rhodedendrons are in bloom, and this section of the Appalachian Trail goes ablaze with purple if you get lucky. Wild ponies that inhabit this section of the trail keep the foliage low, so there are wide open spaces with great views all along the…

Water Lily Updated this set with some additional photos. Botanical Gardens are great for revisiting, as they are perpetually changing throughout the year. Check out the complete flickr set here.

Ekoi Human Skin Mask Thanks to Vicky, I’ve rediscovered a whole new realm of cool, awe-inspiring, fascination-evoking, wonder-inducing material with the Robert L. Ripley’s Believe It or Not cabinet-of-curiosities style collections of natural oddities, science facts, and anthropological anomalies1. The Ripley’s website is a great resource for daily fun facts, which I hope to start…