7/17/2020

This simple flower pounding technique makes it easy to transform fresh flowers into a gorgeous art piece. Grab a store-bought bouquet (or pick a few of your favorite flowers from the garden) and turn the flowers into a pretty work of art. Click here to learn more.

Once considered to be lucky, the pine was thought to be a talisman against evil, so displaying one in your home protected you from evil and gave you good luck! The symbol of perpetual youth and longevity, these pretty pine cone bonsai are the perfect way to brighten any spot in your home. Click here to learn more.

This is a course aimed at making you a better designer. The course marries theory and practice, as both are valuable in improving design performance. Lectures and readings will lay out the fundamental concepts that underpin design as a human activity. Weekly design challenges test your ability to apply those ideas to solve real problems. Click here to learn more.

The Red Monastery is a Coptic Orthodox monastery named after an Egyptian saint called Pishay. It is located near the Upper Egyptian city of Souhag, and about two and a half miles (4.0 km) north-west of the White Monastery. The name of the monastery is derived from the color of the construction material of its outside walls, consisting of red (burnt) brick. Click here to learn more.

Explore artworks from around the world through the lens of color. Install this Google app to view galleries in augmented reality. Click here to learn more.

The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum opened to the public in 1857 and is Mumbai's oldest Museum. It is the erstwhile Victoria & Albert Museum, Bombay, with a unique collection that includes the decorative arts, paintings, rare books and photographs, models and dioramas that document the life of the people of Mumbai and the history of the city from late 19th to the early 20th century. Click here to learn more.

Want to listen to an opera for the first time? Have you been listening to opera for your entire life? This course is suited for beginners and advanced opera listeners alike! This course is an introduction to German opera, focusing on giving you the tools and experiences to become better students of opera.

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Ōkunoshima is a small island in the Inland Sea of Japan. This island is often called Usagi Shima (Rabbit Island) because of the numerous feral rabbits that roam the island. The rabbits are rather tame and will approach humans. Ōkunoshima played a key role during World War II as a poison gas factory for much of the chemical warfare that was carried out in China, but now has many campsites, walking trails, a museum and many, many rabbits. Click here to learn more.

See sardines swirl and leopard sharks glide through the gently swaying kelp canopies in the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Click here to learn more.