Fig is enjoying is new plants he got for christmas to spruce up his home. haha…This is the prize he gets for surviving 9 days alone while I was gone on vacation. The invincible fish…
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Posts Tagged 'plant'
growing jewelery_hafsteinn juliusson
Published November 19, 2009 cool design stuff , fashion , plants 1 CommentTags: cool design stuff, fashion, gardening, growing jewelery, jewelry, plant, ring
I can now water my jewelery! I love rings and thought this was a really cute idea. Designer, Hafsteinn Juliusson, has made a line of jewelery called “Growing Jewelery” that incorporates growing moss in a silver ring setting. They are limited edition and supposedly the moss can last up to 12 weeks if cared for properly. Jewelery + Gardening! Mist, mist. mist! Fun and quirky idea. 🙂
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today’s desk view: flowers
Published October 14, 2009 desk views , etc. , plants Leave a CommentTags: flowers, plant
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this week’s desk view: flowers & sunsets
Published October 3, 2009 desk views , places , plants Leave a CommentTags: flowers, plant, sunset, union square
pretty colors…..
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basil_wk 1
Published September 28, 2009 plants Leave a CommentTags: basil, gardening, plant, seedling, seeds
Planted some FREE basil seeds that were being given out at the Union Square Farmer’s Market. Here they are at the end of week 1 (above). Lots of sprouts. Only the strongest sprouts will survive…which ones will they be?
Next to the new sprouts is the basil plant I started from a seedling I got from the Farmer’s Market too. Give them something to aspire too 🙂
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the highline_etc
Published June 29, 2009 art & architecture , places Leave a CommentTags: architecture, elevated park, highline, meatpacking district, plant, railing, railroad, sky
Beautiful sky behind the railing
Edge of the railing. Fond of its simplicity
More blue sky…
Building overhead…just cutting through…
hmmm….how is that plant growing??
I really liked this building for some reason!
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the highline_keep it wild
Published June 28, 2009 art & architecture , places Leave a CommentTags: architecture, elevated park, flowers, highline, ladybug, meatpacking district, plant, railroad, trees
Some examples of the various flowers and vegetation you can see up on the Highline. And along the way you will see these little signs asking you to “Keep It Wild. Keep On the Path”, which is ever so slightly sad because one of my favorite things about parks is being able to sit on the grass and you can’t really do that here, but that’s ok. Still a really great place to be!!
A little ladybug that landed on my sunglasses and decided to migrate to my skirt. Very cute.
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domsai desk pet
Published May 24, 2009 cool design stuff Leave a CommentTags: cool design stuff, desk pet, desk tamagotchi, domsai, matteo cibic, plant
Domsai is “a tamagotchi for your desk” by Matteo Cibic. Each dome contains a cactus and is tailor-made and blown to have it’s own personality–often mimicing it’s contents.
I need to find me one of these for my desk! Fun design! Like cute litte aliens.
auto-watering planter @ ICFF
Published May 18, 2009 cool design stuff Leave a CommentTags: auto watering planter, icff, plant
If only this could help me water my plants. Didn’t catch who made this.
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biodegradable moss carpet
Published May 5, 2009 cool design stuff , plants Leave a CommentTags: makoto azuma, milan furniture fair, moss carpet, moss planter, plant, sustainable design
Japan-based flower artist Makoto Azuma collaborated with Unitika Ltd. to create an indoor glade at the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair that is a completely biodegradable system. The planter portion of this moss carpet system is made from plant-derived polylactic acid fiber that decomposes in 10 years leaving only CO2 and water that will be absorbed by plants in the end. Very cool and very earth conscious. Original article from Inhabitat.
favorite flower sighting of the day
Published April 18, 2009 etc. , plants Leave a CommentTags: flowers, plant, tulips
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Tulips are my favorite flower so it made me smile when I saw these. Very spring like for a warm spring day. 🙂
the plants that just keep on growing…
Published April 14, 2009 etc. 1 CommentTags: basil, egg, food, parsley, plant
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So for a Secret Santa Xmas 2007 Jeannie got me one of those plants that you grow in an egg shaped, ceramic container (picture 1). It was pretty cute and I thought it was awesome to have the little guy around on my desk. The Italian parsley started to out grow the egg so I repotted it (picture 2, taken this morning) and it is still growing today! I have no idea how and I haven’t added any fertilizer or any plantfood to help it. I didn’t think it would last this long. The base of the parsley plants are so thick now that they look more like parsley trees than anything else.
The other plant is my basil plant in my apartment (picture taken this last weekend). It’s practically the same age as the parsley. I purchased it at the Union Square Farmer’s Market as a super tiny seedling. These 2 plants are amazing. Will they make it to another Xmas? I don’t see why not? SUPERPLANTS!!!
Here’s one of the sites I’ve found that sells the little egg plants if you want to get one yourself. They have all different kinds of plants: www.elsewares.com
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