Orbs?

These orbs were captured in one night, under my aunt’s carport. Based on Wikipedia source, the term orb illustrates unanticipated, typically circular artifacts that occur in flash photography, especially common with modern compact and ultra-compact digital cameras. Others also call orbs as backscatter, orb backscatter, or near-camera reflection.

The Paranormal have different perception. Orb backscatter has been broadly interpreted as a highly variable range of paranormal phenomenon without confirmable causation — including invisible spirits, auras, angels, ghosts, energy fields, psycho-energetic artifacts, and energy balls.

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Home Decoration Ideas (2)

Chalkboard Wine Boxes

Marry Black gave the idea. Have a wooden wine box at your home? You can change it into this unique storage. On one side, add the chalkboard paint. Use this side to label the box content.

Fabric-Covered Pots

It could be your favorite craft. Pretty fabric can modify a little Mod Podge becoming a beautiful pot. Christine Chitnis has made lots of these.

Cheery Children’s Table and Chairs

You can make this cheery table and chairs by yourself. Follow Belinda Graham instructions. Use Japanese masking tapes to create thin strips on the table and seat tops. Then you cover it in a clear sheet of contact paper. Beautify more the table by painting the frames with super-glossy black paint.

Bold Fabric Wall Art

Wall art mustn’t be expensive. Check out the creation of Jessica Jones. She made this punchy fabric piece on a shoestring. Turning a piece of fabric into wall art was a simple and smart solution. Do you like it?

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Commercial Premises Best Practice- High Quality, Low Maintenance Carpets

There’s a sort of myth that “cheaper is better” with commercial flooring. Nothing could be further from the truth, or more certain to lead to extra cost for commercial building managers. The fact is that high quality flooring needs less maintenance, and lasts much longer. The best flooring solutions for commercial premises are the new generation carpets, and there are added benefits as well.

Flooring issues

The big issues for flooring are all bottom line issues:

· Cost: Commercial interiors aren’t cheap, and outlay on a large area like flooring is a natural issue.

· Maintenance: Repairs and replacement of many types of conventional flooring can be disruptive and expensive. Low grade flooring of any kind is notorious for being easy to damage and costly to fix.

· Safety: Some surfaces are better than others for safety. Wood, concrete and tiles are hard surfaces, and a slip or fall can be expensive for building owners.

The long term view is usually the best with any kind of major business outlay, and flooring is no exception. With flooring, the idea is to contain cost and benefit from long product life to deal with these issues.

Carpets- The new best practice option

In the past, old style carpets were a debatable option, because the high quality broadloom carpets were not only very expensive, they were prone to serious wear and tear over time. Repairs and replacement were also costly.

It was the limitations of the old carpets that spawned the new generation of ultra-heavy duty carpeting. If you’ve seen those extremely tough-looking carpets at airports and other high traffic areas in public buildings, they’re very good examples of the new ideas.

The new carpets are actually carpet tiles, although they don’t look like tiles. An innovative US carpet manufacturer got the message about the failings of the old style commercial flooring, and the whole idea of commercial carpet would never be the same again. The idea was to create very high quality carpet tiles, with their own underlay and glued, not stitched, together, to provide a seamless single surface.

With this fundamental rethink came new technology which allowed for sustainable production, driving costs down. New software also created a brand new way of customizing carpets, giving customers a way of viewing their carpet design choices in different environments and colour mixes.
The new carpets are really totally different technology:

· Tiles rarely require maintenance and can be replaced very quickly, with minimum disruption and cost.

· The new fabrics are extremely durable, and provide good surfaces for customer safety.

· There’s basically no limit to the customization possibilities. The new carpets can be tailor made for any type of commercial premises.

The new carpets have revolutionized commercial interior design. They’ve also become the industry standard best practice solution for commercial building managers trying to achieve that difficult mix of best quality design and best quality materials.

The other commercial angle to the new carpets is one that all business people will appreciate: They’re much better business propositions for their customers. The market has spoken, and these are the floorings of the future.

Low Maintenance Landscaping

Most of us suffer with some form of time poverty; it is difficult to fit all the necessary things into our day. Gardens can be time consuming, and in some seasons need a large amount of upkeep. Weeding, pruning, training, these can all have a beautiful effect in a garden, but take a lot of time and energy. The temptation is to concrete or pave over a garden to minimise the impact on our time. But these can look stark, cold and unwelcoming. A low maintenance garden need not be paved over completely. With a few ideas you can create a garden you will enjoy being in but with the minimum of work.

ShrubsThese break up the garden, provide large sections of greenery and in some cases some beautiful blossoms. Arranging these in clusters in your garden provides a break from large squares of lawn.
GrassesGrasses provide variety to shrub bed areas and are easy to look after. These are available in a variety of shades so you can provide contrast.
ConifersThese grow quickly, and provided they are trimmed fairly regularly need little maintenance.

Decked areas
By designating a large part of your garden to a living area with decking you can have a barbecue and relaxation area complete with outdoor recliner sofas, minimising the amount of greenery in the garden but still leaving enough to enjoy.
Decorative lawnsLawns need cutting and feeding occasionally, but nowhere near as much maintenance as flowers and plants. Try shaping lawns to add a little character
Paths and graveled areas
By adding graveled areas and stone paths you can again minimise greenery yet provide a pretty focal point which is useful within the garden. There are other effects which can be created using bark chips, and stone or slate chips which can provide a design element in itself. Try a few potted shrubs arranged in an area layered with slate chips for a truly breathtaking but effortless look.
Weed control fabric

This is one of the best gardening inventions ever created. Simply lay the black fabric around the plants or shrubs you wish to keep and the fabric will block sunlight from the soil, preventing weed growth. This can save hours of constant weeding. Simply cover with bark chips and you have a solution to irritating weeds.

There are plenty of design ideas out there, with a few practical solutions you can create a garden which will give you pleasure. Instead of working for your garden make it work for you.

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The Chocolate Replica of Kujang Monument

June 3rd is the birthday date of my city (Bogor,West Java, Indonesia). The age of Bogor city is 529 years. To commemorate the city birthday this year, one chocolate producer made the chocolate replica of the most popular monument in Bogor, Tugu Kujang (Kujang Monument).

The height of this replica is 7.5 meters and the width is 4 meters (base). At June 13th, 2011 the replica has been documented in the national record achievement. It was displayed inside Bogor Trade Mall.

Shadows at Terrace

It was a very bright day. The sun that shone through wooden blinds made these unique shadows.
My entry for The Weekend in Black and White this week.