There’s nothing quite like decorating for Halloween. Whether you’re hanging faux cobwebs above your dining room table, rigging creepy crawlers to jump out at unsuspecting passersby, or getting cutesy with candy corn cutouts, putting up Halloween decorations can be almost as fun as celebrating the holiday itself. You want to make sure your front yard is oozing with the holiday spirit for your visitors. If you want to go beyond the expected Jack-o’-lantern, consider getting a bit more involved with these outdoor Halloween decorations. 1 BAT HALLOWEEN DECORATION Bats are a great decor option for feeling festive but not too scary on Halloween. A set includes 16 bats, and the product has over…
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This photo was taken in Damascus in 1899 /127-Year-Old Photo
This photo was taken in Damascus in 1899. The dwarf is Samir. He is a Christian and cannot walk. The one who carries it on his back is Muhammad. He is a Muslim and he is blind. Mohamed relies on Samir to tell him where to go, and Samir uses his friend’s back to navigate the city streets. They were both orphans and lived in the same room. Samir was a hakawati, he had the gift of narration and told stories of a thousand and one nights to the customers of a cafe in Damascus, Mohamed sold bolbolas in front of the same cafe and liked to listen to his…
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Mysterious Living Stones Of Romania
These mysterious stones in Romania called ‘trovants’ grow, move and even breed. After every heavy rain shower, they absorb the rain’s minerals, which then mix with the chemicals already present in the rock, creating a reaction and pressure inside – ultimately making the stone grow and multiply. The world is full of mysteries and when we think we know the place well, a new one comes up. There are many unexplained geographical mysteries everywhere but scientists try their best to unravel them. This time it is about the rocks which keep growing in Romania. Costesti is a small town in Romania that is home to these mysterious manifestations called trovants.…
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Monkey Face Orchid
Monkey Face Orchid. Found on the sides of the high mountains in southeastern Ecuador and Peru at an elevation of 1,000 – 2,000 meters, the monkey face orchid is a popular but rare favourite among orchid collectors, because it has a distinctive monkey or baboon face in its flower. What really captures our hearts about these little buddies are their long faces, formed by a handful of long petals. While the center of the flower may be a dead ringer for our ancestral cousins, the name is a shout-out to the two long sepals (the part of a flower that encloses the developing bud) located at the base of the…
