lifewater.

naturally self-watering planter.

designed by joey roth.

water goes in the middle and leaches into the soil.

boom, chore finished.

plus it looks nice.

absorbed at sub studio.

deep breath.

things are a bit upside down with us right now.

houses, jobs, etc. (all good, just hectic)

so pardon our sporadic posts for a bit.

here's an incredible polar bear shot to keep you entertained.

from the forest floor.

two people who make something wonderful with their hands.

mosser is created by jennica and noah.

you can buy it, and you should.

expounded at iso50.

dead roses.

don't know if it's photoshopped. don't care.

dig it.

le dead at mksim.

wild copilot.

so real. and i'm so jealous.

i wouldn't even complain about the cheetah hair.

i'm also pretty sure this makes your car faster.

purred at jalopnik.

taxidynamic.

wish i had a store of oddities to peruse for treasures.

san fran is quite lucky to have loved to death.

they also sell online for those in the skull market.

stuffed at lost at e minor.

rhinocopter.

can't. believe. these aren't fake.

a rare black rhino was transported 1000 miles to a new safer home.

he was sedated, obviously. the third pic is him waking up.

incredible. enjoy your new digs bud.

scars.

planets are weird. including ours.

it's also weird what we do to it.

considering we won't be getting a new one for christmas.

edward burtynsky sees things most of us couldn't dream up.

cut and bled at iso50.

vanille bär.

black bears come in chocolate and vanilla! i had no idea.

not albino, no polar bear daddies, just a white black bear.

it's bear christmas in my cube today.

the spirit bear/kermode bear lives almost exclusively in british columbia.

why did nobody tell me of this magnificent beast?

now i want a polar bear to ride, with a pair of spirit bears running as scouts.

now to get to work on my armor and sword...

wild at natgeo.

boned.

skellingtons do creepy things when you're not looking.

now we know what lurks in the shadows.

thanks to marc da cunha lopes.

connected at gizmodo.

wombat nation.

this is why we need time machines...

i could be riding one of these to work every morning.

it's real by the way, or was.

it's a diprotodon opatatum. basically a giant wombat.

7000 lbs and 14 ft long. yes please.

lived in australia as recently as 50,000 years ago.

so our time machine doesn't even have to go that far!

captured at io9.

apartmentally a part of me.

the bird park apartments in tokyo.

fulfilling all my childhood sci-fi swiss family robinson fantasies.

i'm in awe.

they were built around the trees, even the sway of individual branches.

see what you get when you take care of momma nature?

climbed at wanken.

treed.

if a tree grows on a tree are they then the same tree?

sprouted at super punch.

private air freshener.

i know it's not a four-leaf clover, and st. pat's is already past...

but it is green and the sort of genius idea you only get while drunk.

just don't dump dirt in your beer.

designed by colleen jordan.

sprouted at swissmiss.

my dæmon.

the. greatest. photo. of. all. time.

and if you don't know what a dæmon is...

please go read these immediately. philip pullman is brilliant.

attacked at le container.

nature in numbers.

i don't like spiders.

but math is pretty cool.

ok, maybe spiders are cool too.

just not on my face.

porcupine puppy.

don't miss his spin move halfway through...

nature vs. literature.

love this idea from gartenkultur.

green up your place and destroy a book... i mean... display a book.

infinite statements can be made with the placement and plant selection...

like a big cactus growing out of sarah palin's face.

p.s. - is that a darth vader pilgrim on the cover of the fourth book?

carved out by rag and bone.

highly contagious.

i'm completely enraptured with the world cup...

you?

there's been a lot of interesting looks

as i jump up and down in my cube at 9 am.

this gallery from boston captures a lot of that emotion.

absolutely incredible imagery.

i love the varying personalities of the crowd shots.

the germans totally look like they're at a quidditch match...

sloth is not a sin.

do i really need to explain?