No time for diversions, but projects that have caught our eye of late: This baby garden for small spaces. The artist used a cast-off wooden tray and does not recommend wood containers for YOUR fairy garden. It WILL ruin the furniture if you want a table top version. Note to self: Water plants. In a desperate quest for something alive and green I bought two cat palms on clearance from you know where. They need a drink and some lovin. Decorating the stump: My Stump, my stump, my ugly … [Read more...] about Inspiration
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Atomic Number 27 Cobalt Blue Funeral Urns
For centuries Cobalt compounds have been used to create a rich blue color to glass, glazes, and ceramics. Cobalt has been detected in Egyptian sculpture and Persian jewelry from the third millennium BC, in the ruins of Pompeii, and in China dating from the Tang and Ming dynasties. Pure cobalt is not found in nature, but compounds of cobalt occur naturally in many forms. Small amounts of it are found in most rocks, soil, water, plants, and animals. Cobalt in small amounts is essential to many … [Read more...] about Atomic Number 27 Cobalt Blue Funeral Urns