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Beyond Beauty – Carnivorous Plants

Alexandra — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:32:29 +0000

When I was little, I saw a pretty scary movie with a carnivorous orchid. The strange plant was surrounding a house and eating people inside it… Creepy… this and The Birds were the movies that shocked me as a child… now, I’m afraid of birds… I can’t say if a carnivorous plant can scare me, because I only saw them in pictures… and they look wonderful. Another mystery of nature.

Don’t worry… these ones only eat bugs I think Most of them were found on Sarracenia.com.

Pinguicula Titan

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Underground Living – Hidden Homes

Alexandra — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:53:28 +0000

Unbelievable? Wild? A bit strange? Since the beginning of time people have been living underground. All history books speak about cavemen. The 17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbes had a very brutal image of these people and of the human being far away from civilization and called this kind of living “poor, nasty, brutish and short”.

Cave-house in shape of a human face, Bomarzo, Italy, 16th c, Picture source: Learning from Architecture

After thousands and thousands of years things have changed a little…
Today’s earth shelter dwellings are a more friendly and elegant return to nature: comfortable and eco. I wonder what Thomas Hobbes would say about these….

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Vintage Santa

Alexandra — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:17:39 +0000

Every time I think of Christmas and the wonderful Santa Claus, except watching the faling snowflakes, expecting gifts and decorating the tree, Coca Cola comes to my mind. I don’t like the taste, I don’t drink… but I love their Christmas commercials and ads. As it is said, they were the ones that contributed in creating Santa’s image. Coca Cola Company defined many many years ago the jolly, red suited, white bearded Santa. You have below a small selection of their vintage ads. (Pictures copyright The Coca Cola Company)

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Weird & Unusual Hotels – Photography Contest

Alexandra — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:52:30 +0000

One of the most popular and read posts on Weirdomatic is the post about the eleven amazing hotels. A few days ago, I stumbled upon a great book for travellers that reminded me of it: “Bed in a Tree“. Chosen from a great variety of DK Travel Guides, it features all kind of weird, unusual and wacky hotels to visit and enjoy. So… I thought of a contest.. If you have some beautiful pictures of weird and amazing places you have visited or things you have seen, this book could be yours.

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