Stalactites

The "Stalactites" might detain one long, but we must pass on after noticing an unnamed poem which is the French counterpart of Keats '"Ode to a Greek Urn":

Essays in Little Andrew Lang 1878

The Stalac coffee table is based on the idea of taking a rectangular section from a cave ceiling and using the Stalactites as the table legs.

Coffee Table with Storage 2010

Stalactites hang high overhead, bathed in what has made them slowly grow over eons of time: water drops.

Cavers Explore Mysterious Hidden Wonders 2011

Stalactites dotted the ceiling between the enormous pillars, and their companion stalagmites disrupted the floor below.

Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010

Stalactites sprouted from the roof, the exhaust pipe breathed out a pungent cloud of foundry fumes ...

Archive 2008-02-01 Hal Duncan 2008

“Stalactites grow from the roof, and stalagmites grow from the ground.”

The Ghostwriter Secret Mac Barnett 2010

Stalactites sprouted from the roof, the exhaust pipe breathed out a pungent cloud of foundry fumes ...

Strange Fiction in the Marketplace Hal Duncan 2008

The disasters of the day forgotten, as a treat for the Not Boyfriend who forever craves meat these days, I took him to Stalactites for a mixed grill.

swings and roundabouts Another Outspoken Female 2008

The disasters of the day forgotten, as a treat for the Not Boyfriend who forever craves meat these days, I took him to Stalactites for a mixed grill.

Archive 2008-08-01 Another Outspoken Female 2008

Stalactites descended from the ceiling although most had been cut to prevent injury to visitors.

Henequen and its role in the Yucatan's shifting fortunes 2007