Stone related books for Christmas
Stone related books make great presents for your stone mad friends. Here are a few stone related books I recommend checking out if you...
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‘Temppeliaukio’ The Rock Church, Helsinki
Last September my wife had to go to a conference to Helsinki, Finland, so I decided to tag along and see what Helsinki is all about. On...
Newgrange and the winter solstice.
As the winter solstice is coming up, I thought it would be an appropriate time to talk about one of Ireland’s oldest and most impressive...
The Bottle Houses, Prince Edward Island
The use of glass in the landscape is something that has interested me for some time, and is something I hope to incorporate into one of...
The ancient salt mines of Wieliczka, a blog post from Poland
A few weeks ago, my wife had to go to Krakow for a conference, so we decided to make a city break out of it as neither of us had been to...
M. C. Escher and the Chand Baori stepwell in India.
Hand with Reflecting Sphere by M. C. Escher 1935 Ever since my art teacher in school handed me a book depicting this picture by M. C....
You call that a Rock house….This is a ROCK HOUSE
You may be forgiven for thinking that this is a scene from a remake of the Flintstones by Tim Burton., but believe it or not, it is a...
Shell House ‘Nautilus’ New Mexico
A few months back while researching for my post The Shell House at Ballymaloe Cookery School, I came across this very different and quite...
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