Category Archives: Outdoors / Landscapes

Exploris Design-Build “Exploration” #2

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Vincent

Here we are a year later teaching another school “exploration” at Exploris Elementary School. After building models and working with plaster for a few weeks we took our class outside and built a sculpture in the school yard. We assembled a … Continue reading →

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Design-Build “Exploration”

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Vincent

This spring I taught a design-build short course, called an “Exploration”, at Exploris Elementary for 4th and 5th graders. We learned the basics of working with wood, steel, and concrete, how to make scale models, and then build full-scale. Because we … Continue reading →

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Hanging Rock State Park

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Vincent

In late March we visited Hanging Rock State Park for the first time. It’s located North of Winston Salem in the most easterly mountains in North Carolina, the Sauratowns. There are some good day hiking trails, including the path to Hanging Rock, waterfalls, as … Continue reading →

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Silver Springs, Florida

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Vincent

The original tourist attraction in Florida was Silver Springs. Boasting one of the world’s largest freshwater aquifers, Silver Springs was a tourist attraction from back in the mid 1800’s. In the 1870’s the park started offering glass-bottomed boat tours, which allowed occupants … Continue reading →

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Florida Southern College Campus

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Vincent

Frank Lloyd Wright called the Florida Southern campus “Child of the Sun”, and designed what he said was one of the first true American campuses, more specifically, one for the orange grove country of Florida. Located in Lakeland, the campus has the … Continue reading →

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Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Vincent

The Pearl Fryar Topiary Gardens are located in Bishopville, SC, and include the yard around Pearl’s house along with the adjacent lot. Before he bought the land it was a cornfield, and he started all the planting that is now maturing on the … Continue reading →

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Architect George Milton Small’s Office Building

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Vincent

This building has been home to a few different businesses over the years, but was originally the architectural office of George Milton Small, who designed it and worked in it for many years. Located on Brooks Avenue on a small … Continue reading →

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Jamestown, Virginia

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Vincent

  We took a trip to Jamestown and Williamsburg, Virginia this past weekend. I grew up visiting my grandmother in Williamsburg but don’t remember too much of the historic sites in the area. There are a decent amount of bike … Continue reading →

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Virginia Creeper Trail

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Vincent

Over the weekend I had an opportunity to go camping on the banks of the Holston River near Alvarado, Virginia,  just yards from the Virginia Creeper Trail. The trail is 35 miles long and runs through Damascus, Virginia, ultimately climbing … Continue reading →

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Atlantic Beach and Beaufort, North Carolina

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Vincent

Since the weather was unseasonably nice we took a quick trip for the weekend out to Atlantic Beach, then headed to Beaufort for a bit on the way back home. What can I say? There is never really a bad … Continue reading →

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