Charting Nature

This factoid is accompanied by the Freshwater Bass chart by Ron Pittard.Click Here for more informationWhat’s in a name? A lot if you look under the surface. The American moniker "bass" is a corruption of the German epithet "barsch," meaning perch-like. Well, our North American bass are indeed perch-like, but the 16 fishes on our chart hold little in common besides their name.You can be certain that after the American Revolution our young country wanted little to do with England.

This factoid is accompanied by the State Birds of the United States chart by Judy Jones. Click Here for more information.Symbols, such as the official state designation of a bird, demonstrate our respect for and recognition of the diversity of our physical universe.

If you’re a decorating junkie like us, then you’ll understand why we swoon over design blogs on Facebook and Twitter. That’s why we put together a list of 5 design blogs we think you should follow. Creating this list was tough; there are literally hundreds of amazing design blogs out there published by talented writers, and new ones are cropping up every day.

<a href="http://www.hotel-mozart.hr/photogallery"><img src="http://www.chartingnature.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Hotelmozar..." alt="" title="Hotel Mozart Room" width="200" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-263" /></a>We love the look of framed antique fern prints. They add such light and beauty to a room.

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For its May 2011 "Decorating Issue," Australian House & Garden, Australia's premier home decor and design magazine, featured Charting Nature fern prints in their "Romantic Decorating" editorial spread. Arranged diagonally against rustic-beige matte, the fern prints exude an antique feel that resonates thorough the room- from the rustic texture of the walls to the scalloped-laced dishware.

Framing pictures should be so easy. You put a print behind some glass, add a couple of nails, and voila! You’re done. Except not, because your print was wrinkled in the process and now your artwork looks lopsided. Oops?