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Bonsai Master Creates Gravity-Defying Mini Forests And They Are Mind Blowing
Dating back centuries, the Japanese art form known as Bonsai is well known. Almost everyone I know owns at least one bonsai. But growing and creating the beautiful miniature trees is not as easy as it may look. Masahuko Kimura is a well respected Japanese Bonsai master. His controversial designs broke many traditional rules which made him seem as a bit of a rebel. Eventually his work was accepted and is now widely recognized. His prized Bonsai, Kimura created well over 20 years ago, and at nearly 80 years old the Bonsai Master isn’t slowing down. Have a look at some of his beautiful tree’s below.
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Ford Designs a Noise-Cancelling Dog House for Anxious Pups Which Shields Them From Fireworks
Ford has a solution to ease one of the most common sources of fear and anxiety in dogs— the loud noise from fireworks. The carmaker has invented the Noise-Cancelling Kennel, which applies the active noise-cancelling technology used in headphones and, more recently, in cars to a dog’s home. This technology is currently used in Ford‘s Edge SUV to mask engine noise. When microphones within the car pick up high levels of noise from the engine or transmission, the system sends out an opposing signal via the car’s audio system. The sound waves, in effect, cancel each other out, leaving the passengers in relative silence. Bose has a similar system based on its noise-cancelling headphones that…
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This Greek Island Will Pay People £450 a Month to Live There
Most of us can only dream of quitting the day job and moving to a picturesque island. However, a region in Greece wants to make that fantasy a reality – and they’ll even pay you to do it. Yes, the island of Antikythira is on the lookout for new residents and is do desperate to bump up the population that they’re willing to pay £450 per month as well as a plot of land to anyone who moves there. The island itself is located between Crete and Kythira, is 45 minutes by plane from Athens, and is home to just 24 people – no wonder they’re looking to get the…
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Japanese Artist Handcrafts Hair Accessories That Look Like Delicate Flowers
Sakae is a successful artist who makes intricately beautiful kanzashi, traditional Japanese hair ornaments, but the first five years of her working life were spent as a nutritionist. Her interest in kanzashi started when she spotted a beautifully dressed girl walking to a Coming of Age Day, a traditional Japanese ceremony that marks turning 20, but felt she needed a hair accessory to complete her outfit. “She was missing a shiny butterfly hair pin, and I believed that would perfect her look,” she says. Also I wanted one too. So Sakae went online to try to procure the ornament, but without being able to find exactly what she was looking…
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Gorgeous Sparkly Geode Cakes Are All The Rage And We Can See Why
A geode is a round rock which contains a cavity lined with crystals. They are sparkly and really quite beautiful. Perfect for a wedding cake, right? The internet agrees. The geode wedding cake trend is rocking our world right now, and it isn’t hard to see why. Pull off this stunning design and all your clients will be talking about what an absolute gem you are (see what we did there?). Perhaps one of the most alluring things about the geode design is the ability to inject colour into what is – traditionally-speaking, of course – a simple white cake affair. Most weddings have a colour scheme, so why shouldn’t…
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How The New Moon And Solar Eclipse In Cancer Will Affect Your Zodiac Sign
Welcome to one of the most cosmically supercharged weeks of 2019; heralding a total solar eclipse and new moon in the sign of Cancer on July 2nd which is set to stir up our emotions and relationships with loved ones, home and family. Good news: this week’s auspicious astrological happenings also spell a giant leap for womankind, as Cancer is the matriarch of the zodiac. Solar eclipses occur in pairs – the second solar eclipse is happening on July 16 – they only occur four to six times a year and turn things upside down each time. Eclipse season also breaks down patterns and helps up let go of anything that isn’t working in our favour. However, astrological duo The Astro Twins caution waiting a week or so…
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Ombre Walls – The Paint Effect That Will Turn Any Space Into Something Magical (DIY Tutorial)
An ombre wall treatment begins with a single paint color and slowly melts into another, creating a dreamy, water-colored effect as it covers the spectrum between two colors. Sound complicated? It’s not as hard to pull off as you might think. The trick is to prep the wall and paints before you start creating the ombre effect. Once the paint colors are on the wall, you will quickly blend them with a dry brush before the paints dry. Choose Two Colors That Blend Well Choosing shades that blend well can be tricky, especially if you hope to fade from one color into another. If you’re not sure which colors will…
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Black Walls Are The Latest Decorating Trend & We Are Loving It
White walls seem to be a designer secret weapon: they open up rooms of all sizes (make small rooms seem larger, large rooms appear…even airier) and look incredibly crisp and cool; plus, it’s easy to match your room’s decor to the snowy hue (because, well, white goes with everything). You know what other color is just as easy to work with (even if you might not think so at first glance)? Hint: It’s the complete opposite of white. There was a time when black walls were mostly the purview of goth teens and indie movie theaters. But the color has been quietly cultivating a broader following among designers and homeowners…
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How The June Full Moon Will Affect You, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
We’ve got a full moon coming up, and it’s one for the books. On June 17, the June 2019 full moon will light up the skies in the fiery, knowledge-seeking sign of Sagittarius. While it feels like summertime in most places, this is technically the last full moon of spring, before the summer solstice rings in the new season come June 21. The sun will still be in curious, quick-thinking Gemini, so you can expect this moon to ramp us up intellectually. Overall, it’s a healing moon that will inspire us to revisit the work needed to reach our goals — not only from the past moon cycle, but also…
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Wife Gets Revenge By Sending Husband To Supermarket With Fake Shopping List
A mum in the US has clearly been unable to wait for April Fools’ Day, having sent her husband on a fool’s errand after he refused to help out around the house. Countless apprentices down the years have been sent to fetch glass hammers, long weights and striped paint, but Karen Alpert went a step further, compiling her husband an entire shopping list of non-existent items. The blogger, better known as Baby Sideburns, shared the list on her Facebook page and said she made it to get revenge on her husband after he spent the morning idly lying about the house. The impossible items she listed were as follows: three per cent milk, seedless…
