A beautiful watercolor map.

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A new favorite from Things Organized Neatly.

themightymacattack asked: Do skittles taste like the Rainbow?

Only when you’re in Ireland.

With Punxsutawney Phil’s proclamation of 6 more weeks of winter I thought this would be an appropriate post.

Sometime last winter I remember walking outside on a particularly chilly day and seeing the ground covered with a million grains of rice. Or alteast, that’s what I thought at the time. I learned that these long grain-like objects were actually something called Hoar Frost. They form on cold, clear nights when the loss of heat causes objects to become colder than the surrounding air. You may also recognize it when it sticks off of branches, making everything look prickly.

It would have been a lot cooler had this stuff actually been rice, but my roommate at the time (Stephanie) took it upon herself to google it and soon afterwards screamed at the top of her lungs, ‘IT’S CALLED HOAR FROST!’ How could I not research it myself after that display? ;-)

A video by OK Go advertised during the Super Bowl. They never fail to amaze me!

With the warm weather fast approaching….I want to do this. 

FLOATING DOCK!

Sometimes designers need a push to create, or atleast conceptualize, something new. And there’s really no limit to what you can dream up as long as you don’t limit yourself to what you think can or can’t be done.

For example, it’s been a dream of mine to be able to copy and paste sound into another location. Literally take the sounds from a busy city and input it into a quiet suburban street. Or take the sound of a paper bag crumpling and replace it with dripping water. Too idealistic perhaps? It doesn’t matter. Thinking about potentially impossible things (atleast for the now) can unlock an unlimited number of opportunities.

Anonymous asked: How many licks does it take to get to the moon?

Th-three and a half?

Are you a letterpress loving nerd? Do you have a special someone? Check out these clever cards and buy a few for your honey!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/FatBunnyPress

I imagine what life would be like with a letterpress and I see myself rocking out to music at odd hours of the night, ink all over my hands, wine in a glass, and paper EVERYWHERE. I would never sleep!

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Awesome tree tunnel.

How many of you looked at this picture and imagined crawling into the branches and swinging? It makes me wonder how many kids these days still play outside instead of playing video games or sitting at a computer. 

At one point in my life (1st-3rd grade) I lived in the suburbs of Illinois where the houses far outnumbered the trees. Despite this fact my family still resided next to a patch of trees that my friend Melissa and I so eloquently named the Big Fort and Little Fort. Creative right? They weren’t much to look at, but we would spend entire afternoons sitting in the branches talking, picking berries, climbing, and moving leaves around until they were just right. The Forts were our very own get-a-way and we treated them like our home.

I don’t think anyone should try and avoid the childlike excitement that comes with seeing something like a tree or a case of stairs or a giant mud puddle. Embrace it!