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Vibrant thing
Break all the rules when it comes to combining conventional square tiles in decidedly unconventional hues. A handmade quality and muted glazing help Pratt & Larson’s more than 200 complementary and clashing tones work for dynamic powder-room feature walls or kitchen backsplashes.
Pratt & Larson R Gloss 4” by 4” tile, $77/square foot at
On fleck
Classic terrazzo can take on a more playful look when you switch up the scale and colour of its spots or combine different motifs in a foyer mosaic. Terra Preciosa tile mixes semi-precious stones with high-performance concrete in shades such as pomegranate and mango.
Eerie Winter Halo Shines Over Twin Falls Sunday Evening
This was a pretty cool sight in the sky that happened last night, and I would have missed it if my kids had been good kids and gone to bed when they were supposed to. Around 11pm, my youngest two kids went outside because they are kids and weird. A moment later they cam running inside saying that I had to look outside at the moon because it had a huge ring around it. Two thoughts went through my head: they were trying to make a joke about the moon having rings like Jupiter or some other joke about rings. I was wrong and there was indeed a giant ring around the moon. I didn t see it at first because my eyes needed to adjust to the dark, but once I saw it it was definitely there. I had to look it up online to see if it was an apocalyptic sign or just some thing cool with light refraction through the icy winter air. Online searches proved it to be the latter, but didn t not say it could also be the first option.