The humble dandelion. From your garden to almost the ends of the earth this small but conspicuous plant flourishes. Gardeners do not appreciate its presence, considering it a weed, even though its flowering usually indicates the beginning of the honey bee season. Here is a short but sincere homage to the small wonder of our botanical world.

The Aral sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and was once the fourth largest sea in the world. Most people today haven't even heard of it. What was a 68,000 square kilometer sea, and thriving fishing industry, is now a sea that is 10 % of the original size, too salty and polluted to support fish. In fact the third largest sea in the world,

Not everyone has or wants the traditional tree that the term Christmas tree brings to mind. Check out some of these alternatives to the regular standard trees. They don't all scream Christmas to me but they're definitely different!

Webphemera contributor takes a look at 10 of these gadgets. Take some time out to look and them - then put them on your wish list - or indeed take them off!

Towers are manmade structures and are defined as being taller in height than in its width, generally substantially so. Since Neolithic times, towers have served as lookout posts for sentinel and fortification purposes.

Old encyclopedias sit on the shelf and gather dust with no one much to bother them. If they had minds and souls perhaps they would quietly despair at the disregard the vast bulk of humanity pays them as they quietly molder away. They might even become introspective and look up the second law of thermodynamics within their own pages to ascertain how much time they have left before they go the way of all things. An American artist has, however, been saving these books (at least for a while) from the vicissitudes of entropy by giving them a new form and shape – a new lease of life, if you like.

Ten lovely dogs and their sweetest smiles. Who said that animals don't smile? Well, they do, as a matter of fact, some can also laugh. Take a careful look to the following pictures and judge who has the sweetest smile. Here are the photos of the ten happiest dogs posted in the net.

A photograph taken from an unusual angle can take an image from the dull to the wonderful in an instant. Instead of concentrating on the face, why not take a chance on that sometimes neglected (and other times overused) part of the anatomy - the butt. Call it what you like, caboose, bum or bottom - its inclusion on film can make a photograph. Have