The stone wall planter shown here is functional, beautiful and relatively easy to build. It's designed to hide an exposed concrete foundation, and provide a place to grow plants and shrubs.

Building a wall by precisely stacking randomly shaped boulders could almost be the definition of hard work – both physically and mentally. It's the sort of thing we might want robots to do one ...

Sit with me upon my stone wall under this ancient foliage-laden oak tree. Listen to the Canadian Goose overhead traveling in a southerly direction in anticipation of the approaching winter. Enjoy ...