A Warm, Natural, and Modern Beach House
By Mimi Read, housebeautiful.comCreating a home on Shelter Island, New York for his family, architect Cary Tamarkin paired back design ideas to the essentials. He simplified the house by using concrete floors, built-in furniture, and lots of wood. The interior decorating is by…
Forgotten Bookmarks: The Secret Life of Second-Hand Books
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If you, like me, love marginalia and the secret histories of second-hand books, you’ll find yourself enamored with Forgotten…
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The Lions Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago) and are among some of the oldest surviving species in the world.
The largest can come in at about 6 meters and has tentacles over 50 meters long. Pretty amazing when you think these things have been swimming around for so long.
They have hundreds of poisonous tentacles that it used to catch passing by fish. it then slowly drags in it’s prey and eats it.
That is terrifying.
New York-based artist Peter Wilcox creates sculpture from a variety of found materials. In this piece, crutches serve as legs, and empty laundry detergent bottles, among other things, form the body.
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