If there is one thing that best represent Japan’s natural beauty, it has to be the highest mountain- Mt. Fuji. The 3,766m symmetrical cone shaped mountain has inspired poet and artist for decades, where it was often depicted with the top- half covered in snow.
My first visit to the mountain was last year, during the hiking season where the picturesque snow-capped was gone.
Ever find yourself thinking to pack it all up and move away? Which city would you choose? For me, it’s Amsterdam. Let’s forget about the euro to the US dollar ratio and real estate prices… I would love to live there no matter what. Check out more photos at my flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44915915@N00/sets/72157622261629765/
Centraal Station
Some of the best (and costly) chocolates in Amsterdam come from Puccini Bombini – Staalstraat 17.
This Sunday, April 22nd will mark the 42nd observance of Earth Day. According to Earth Day Network, “More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world.”
To inspire you to get in on this year’s celebration, here are eight amazing nature-related blogs on WordPress.com:
Writers are no strangers to stress. Many of us work full-time day jobs and write, or we balance a family and write, or we balance a family, a day job, and school, and write. There is just so much to keep up with, and few of us are blessed enough to have a secret lab with a death ray that will vaporize intruders….though I’m still saving.
New York, it’s a hell of a town. This was my second visit to the city that never sleeps, but my first time seeing so much of it. A few photographer friends and I spent a long weekend exploring, taking pictures and of course eating. New York is a fun city but one visit every few years is plenty for me.
“You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of shore.”
- Admiral Rickover
As I was gearing up to graduate from business school, one of my professors, Joel Peterson, challenged us to think differently by flashing the quote above in one of our last lectures.
Embracing this concept, I turned down an offer to go back to my previous employer and spent the next 4 months after school, unemployed, on an unfamiliar ocean.
Selalu menarik untuk melihat dan menikmati warna. Kita pasti pernah melihat tayangan dokumenter atau malah menikmati langsung bagaimana keindahan alam dengan aneka ragam warnanya, bersyukurlah kita atas semua keagungan Sang Pencipta ini. Apa jadinya bila dunia ini hanya hitam dan putih, begitu monoton.
Sadarkah Anda, warna-warna yang kita lihat dapat mempengaruhi kondisi kejiwaan / psikologi kita. Bagaimana pegunungan yang begitu hijau mendamaikan, terumbu karang dengan ikan-ikan yang berwarna-warni memberi keceriaan, langit biru yang begitu tenang, dan warna-warna lainnya. Alangkah baiknya kalau kita bisa memanfaatkan pengaruh warna ini bagi kehidupan kita sehari-hari, silahkan simak informasi ini 
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Start with about 3/4 inch sand.
Add just enough water to make the sand moist.
Pat down the sand level.
Add a layer of rocks. (We used shiny rocks collected at the beach)
Then a layer of dirt.
Plant small cute little plants. Succulents are my choice.
Yay!
Cheers!
-madey edlin
It is difficult to put into words what we experienced while traveling around New Zealand. The North Island had so much to offer but the South Island really redefined our definition of natural beauty and wonder. It was beyond inspiring and invigorating. Here is our BEST of the South Island in photographs. We hope you can appreciate the power these scenes evoked in person and lasting impression they left on both of us.
