The notes drop from the open windows like fall leaves from the trees. It could get annoying, it doesn’t, and after a bit the repetition becomes soothing. I reach out and flip open the lid on the large orange ice chest. Into the ice laden water goes my hand and it quickly goes nu...
Soon enough the morning sun awakens and colors the tips of the trees on the south bank a glowing yellow, as if someone turned on the kitchen lights. I sit down on a rock, one of those big ones, gray and smooth, jutting out from the edge of the bank. I look across a pool of sti...
I broke down and purchased one of the Sadie Samurai cutters. Best investment I ever made, no pole saw again. I installed a hydraulic control valve, with detents, if cutter gets hung up on real large limb, you can cycle the control valve and you are on your way. I have trimmed around...
If the browser window is resized, the same large image is resized. At that point, it no longer has an impact on performance. You want to change an image on smaller windows to focus on particular aspects. In that case, one trick might be to reference the image as the...
“In a rainforest, there’s an incredible amount of information being communicated through sound, with many layers in motion simultaneously – birds, insects, trees, plants, water and wind. And it’s all very intelligible because the acoustic design of a rainforest has...
trees at each side.) I rode the skybike most of the way across the canyon in order to pull the air hoses across, and then I rappelled down from the skybike to the ground by the cliff. I knew that the trees or clamps weren't engineered for this sort of thing and could give out...
Once that is dry, sand the board down with 220 grit on your dual action sander. I then get out the old hotplate and make a mix of mineral oil and beeswax. Mix it so that when it is room temp, it is soft enough so you can put your finger through it (about the consistency of...
Because large amounts of carbon are “locked up” in trees, cutting them down destroys the carbon sink provided by the forest. In addition, understory plants and other plant matter are often burned when a forest is clear-cut, a practice that releases enormous amounts of carbon dioxide and ...
Download keyboard_arrow_down Browse Figures Versions Notes Abstract Tourism is a phenomenon that dates back to ancient times. Ancient Greek philosophers recognised, adopted, and promoted the concept of rest-based tourism. Ecotourism is a particular type of tourism that connects with activities that...
By writing down evidence for and against the automatic thought (e.g., “I must have done something wrong“), a person can begin to evaluate whether the thought is realistic or based on assumptions. For example: Evidence for:“I haven’t been in touch with my friend much recently.“ ...