Elegance

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  1. Donna, Great picture and captured the waves in the marsh grasses flow around Egret. The reason you see so many Egrets, Ducks, and others are they play a key role (Biodiversity). Mom were a big time water lover like us all who grew up there on the island, ocean, ponds, marshes, wetlands, during our fundamental years. The why I did not know it then, I do now and out west very dry so Pop’s brought this to the farm 2 1/2 acers of farmland, wet land, ponds to the property. I used to Joke about all the work and chores and had a Joke Tee-shirt made up while stationed in Georgia at the time heading home before heading back across the big pond again 1982 June (Shirt Said: I survived the “TUSK” Honor Farm 1970-1978!” He loved it! 🙂 I like this saying too:
    Dave & Kim 🙂

    Pops and so many other’s was involved in two books that I am very familiar with where east and west come together!. 🙂 Here are two books he was involved the second one was lead on.

    Anasazi Architecture and American Design
    Edited by Baker H. MorrowV. B. Price

    https://unmpress.com/books/anasazi-architecture-and-american-design/9780826317797
    • $24.95
    Paperback
    978-0-8263-1779-7
    November 1997
    Building to Endure
    Design Lessons of Arid Lands

    https://unmpress.com/books/building-endure/9780826347978
    Edited by Paul Lusk Alf Simon
    • $24.95
    Hardcover
    978-0-8263-4797-8
    October 2009
    Details
    As evidence grows of significant alterations in the global climate and as we are forced to examine our excessive uses of water, energy, and other resources, we must address the effects these changes will have on patterns of human settlement. Building to Endure looks at the long history of human habitation in the American Southwest and similar arid areas to propose new–and some very old–strategies to meet the challenges of creating more equitable, adaptable, and enduring communities for the twenty-first century.

    Section one addresses the lessons that can be found in ancient, historical, and contemporary designs and how they might be applied to our evolving role on the planet. The second section applies these lessons to major components of the built and natural environment: urban form, landscape, water, and energy. The final section offers a series of case studies that provide useful examples and practical guidelines for creating affordable, energy efficient, and environmentally sound communities and housing. Examples and practical guidelines for creating affordable, energy efficient, and environmentally sound communities and housing
    Contributors:

    Ken Balizer, former director, Planning Department, City of Albuquerque
    Stan Crawford, author, Dixon, New Mexico
    Ellen R. Kemper, attorney, Santa Fe, New Mexico
    Maria Mondragon-Valdez, principal, Valdez and Associates, New Mexico
    John Meunier, professor, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University, Tempe
    Martin J. (Mike) Pasqualetti, professor, School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University,

    I like this saying too: 🙂 Dave

    “Every time you wake up ask yourself “What good things am I going to do today?” Remember the when the sun goes down at Sunset, it will take a part of your life with it.” Native American Proverb

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