swimming pond
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For years, pond/stream specialist Bob Dews has sought perfection in the art of creating naturalistic bodies of water. Just last year, however, a client challenged him to reconsider his usual approach to pond design and develop one expressly for swimming. The result seen here is a composition in rock, plants and water that, rather than serving as a home for fish and aquatic life, is instead a safe environment for people – and lots of aquatic fun. It’s no secret that many homeowners who have ponds on their properties use them to cool off or even for swimming. These bodies of water are seldom intended for such purposes, but because of humankind’s affinity for water, the fact is that ponds often become “swimming holes” in which people are happy to
I’m constantly amazed by innovation: Just when you think a device or system or technology has reached its limits, something comes along to advance things a notch or two and the whole cycle begins again. And the most interesting thing is that innovation often comes without truly being driven by need. Take telecommunications as an example: We were all getting along pretty well with land-based telephones when
