Hot and Cold outdoor faucet

Hot water outdoors. Wash your hands, wash the dog, wash the car.

Push/pull volume control and rotary temperature control. Includes a frost-free cartridge and anti-siphon mechanism to keep outdoor water separate from indoor water. Installs through one hole. Serviceable from the exterior.

About $80 - Moen HC200508

Wood-colored fabric

cotton zebrawood,
cotton rosewood,
cotton maple.

Not genetic engineering.
Imported from Japan
Tortoise

Crochet shovel

Wonderfully creative mastery.

Knockout steel with a lacy touch.

"Cal Lane, a certified welder and graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, wields an industrial blowtorch as if it were a crochet hook, burning dainty, intricate designs into heavy metal. "

Artist's site here.

Photo Gallery at Foley.
via neat-o-rama

Green water pipe

Here it is. I'm surprised to find it.

In 1864, the Spring Ridge Water Company laid log pipes from the ridge to downtown Victoria bringing “water by gravity feed to a standpipe near the corner of Fort and Government.”

The water line was constructed by boring six inch holes through twelve foot sections and joining the logs with hollowed wooden connectors.