Round Museum

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03.12.25

While some bulbs can adapt to captivity, they thrive more naturally in an open environment. So if you choose to cage your bulbs you have to recognize their special needs. Larger and more active bulbs need larger spaces. Some bulbs are less social than others, and may want separate perches. Breeding bulbs will want a private nest. Smart bulbs require secure cage latches, because they will surely figure out how to escape. MOM! The bulb is out!!

03.11.25

Your 2x4 scraps will look very nice stacked into a metal bucket. See? Now sweep up all that sawdust off the floor.

03.10.25

The male Oyster Toadfish is known to make low, croaking calls to attract his mates. His characteristic “boat whistle” sound is eerily similar to a foghorn, and is made by oscillating the muscles around his swim bladder, which acts as a resonator. Mr. Toadfish needs no Mr. Microphone for amplification. mmmMMM... MMMWAAAK! WAAAK! mmMMWAAAAAAK!

03.09.25

The wooden tables and benches outside Cool Beans coffee shop are a good place to sit and enjoy your beverage and a bagel. The tables are up-cycled doors from an old barn and the metal hinges filled with resin.

03.08.25

If you’re a fan of blues, folk, country, or bluegrass music then you’ve certainly heard the distinctive metallic tone of the Dobro guitar. Its unique Round metal resonator cone vibrates and pushes sound outward, creating louder and richer volume than the traditional soundhole of a regular acoustic guitar. The “ampliphonic” device was invented in the 1920s by Slovak immigrant, instrument repairman, and inventor John Dopyera and musician George Beauchamp. Dopyera started the Dobro Manufacturing Company with his two brothers in 1929.

In the early days of powered light, landing was among the most dangerous aspects of flying. The Bartow Beacon addressed this safety issue as the first electrical airplane runway light. These light bulbs were fitted with an arrangement of lenses to produce multiple beams of light, ensuring the beacon was visible from all angles. Electric runway lighting is now standardized, with many different types of lights being used to communicate with pilots.

03.06.25

Did you gather your krewe for a few drinks? Strut in the parade? Toss some beads for Fat Tuesday? It’s the culmination of Mardi Gras celebrations that begin in January with Twelfth Night. It’s the last day for Christians to exorcise their naughty behavior before showing repentance and sacrifice during the long Lenten season between Ash Wednesday and Easter. Now, today your first act of repentance is… clean up that mess you made yesterday.

03.05.25

Beyond the place where time is still
Beyond the place where time is
Beyond the place where time is still
Night is day

03.04.25

The bromeliad ball hanging from the conservatory ceiling is the Guzmania lingulata, also known as the Scarlet Star because of its orange and red star-shaped rosettes. These “tufted airplants” are epiphytes, growing on the surface of other plants and deriving moisture and nutrients from the air and water around.

03.03.25