nature

Okay, it’s not really online. My mom is from there and tonnes of my family live there and I love it so much. Should you ever have the chance you should definitely visit.  Here are some things to wet your whistle.

  • Cheers Newfoundland A snowboarding video filmed in St. Johns (my husband is a crazy snowboarder, he goes every weekend in the winter)
  • Getting Screeched In People with no Newfie blood in them have to get screeched in. It seems to vary from town to town but usually the ceremony always involves kissing a cod fish and taking a shot of Screech
  • http://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/ Official tourism site

This is where my grandparents used to live. One summer a chunk of iceberg broke off and floated into the cove where we could touch it. It was the size of a washing machine by the time it reached us but my siblings and I were still super excited because we were 10ish years old.

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My Father’s Garden from Mirko Faienza on Vimeo.

Osarizawa Factory and Mine, Sports World Ruins

Osarizawa Factory and Mine, Sports World Ruins

This is an amazing article by Michael John Grist, a freelance photographer and novelist. I always feel the urge to pull over and explore when I see run down houses or buildings from the road, and seeing vegetation overtake a forgotten structure is a nice reminder of how resilient and tenacious nature actually is.

Edit: Grist has a Vimeo account! So good: http://vimeo.com/user464007

Wabi-sabi is a Japanese world view or aesthetic whose principals are great for design of anything.

  • asymmetry
  • simplicity
  • modesty
  • intimacy
  • natural process
  • elegance

+ one of my own:

  • heart

I have had that list on a sticky note stuck on my monitor for almost a year now, it is calming and helpful whether I’m designing or coding.