… is along the lines of a country garden; a curving lawn with plants and colourful blooms spilling over the edges, giving a soft natural effect as nature intended. I love the sound of water in the garden, so I built a small rustic pond in the corner with a waterfall emerging from behind an old tree …
… piezoelectric power generating inventions, including a dancefloor in a UK night club, piezoelectric floors in Japanese railway stations and a billboard that smudges itself when it’s raining. The highway probably has the most potential, as it has heavy vehicles driving over it 24/7 and a single …
It seems that the makers of Scrabble DS could find themselves in some hot water after a UK mum discovered that the AI players in the game have a tendency to use rude words during play. She first noticed it when the computer played the word ‘tits’ and defined it as ‘a garden bird’ and also …
… of the village should be proud of their winter display and had obviously taken a leaf out of Monet’s book. It was one of the places that I would like to go back to in another season to see the Japanese inspired water garden, water lily pond, orangerie, the many reflections in the water that he …
… that these get recycled. See if your local council has a policy for recycling, food reclamation to fuel or even methane extraction from waste. If they don’t - start one. Ask your neighbours to contribute to a local composting station. “The UK has one of the worst recycling records in Europe (12.4 …
… in London. (You’d better not all be going and having coffee in warm places with each other and without me, guys.) I even miss the Wednesday afternoon trip to the Nero’s in Covent Garden for my Japanese lesson. Yeah. Cafés. Cafés are what I miss. Also, overwhelmingly, DAIRY. This is not, I hasten …
Our gardens are a retreat from the world, offering a colorful place to relax with friends and family. They may be an English country garden, a city rooftop garden or a Japanese themed Zen garden. Whether they contain a manicured lawn or fashionable decking, they can gain from the inspirational …
I love Geneva in Winter. When it is cold, the air clean and crisp and the lake’s view bathed in an indolent sunlight. I can never get over the billboard of Seikos, and all fighting for their own reflection in the lake. And the swans. The ducks. The clock garden with its neat bloom of posies …
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It snowed in London. The flakes were not large but they were enough to cover park benches in Russell Square( see photo below). Having just spent two weeks in the UK the cool climate proved to be a welcome change from the stickiness of Singapore. The fourteen hour flight from Changi to Manchester …
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