Prism Love.. The Wild unknown...

The Great lakes Prism from the Wild Unknown

Prism Love: Prism from the Wild Unknown

The Wild Unknown hanging Prism

Great lakes Prism from the Wild unknown

Wild Unknown Mirror Prism

I blogged about these Hand made Prisms from the Wild Unknown in Februaury (here) and have been dreaming about owning one ever since, It was a tough decision, because they are all stunning, but I finally invested in the Mirror Prism, and it was well worth it. It reflects everything around it and it even has a jingly bell inside it :)

I really want the hanging one now....

Prism of Threads, Prism

Taylor camp...

Taylor Camp, a tree house village on Kauai: Diane's House  

Taylor camp: John and Marie

Taylor Camp: Diane in her kitchen

Taylor camp: Paulo Sharon and Roberto

Taylor camp: Frank Zappa on the loo

Taylor camp: Dana, Karma big house

Taylor camp: Debi in the Kitchen

Taylor camp: Diane and Richie

Taylor camp: Diane upstairs at Richies

Taylor camp: Alpin at the door

I  found out about Taylor Camp a few weeks ago via Prism of Threads blog and have been reading about it ever since.

"Taylor Camp was born in the spring of 1969 when artist / oceanographer Howard Taylor (brother of actress Elizabeth) bailed out of jail a rag-tag band of young mainlanders arrested for vagrancy and invited them to live on his land; thus setting off immigrating waves of hippies, surfers, seekers and psychologically scarred Vietnam vets to Kauai’s North Shore.
Condemned by the State in 1977, government workers torched the camp before the last resident moved out, leaving behind ashes and magical memories of “the best days of our lives”.

All Images and text from Taylor camp Kauai....

Tiny Homes, Simple Shelter....

Tiny Homes, Simple shelter:

Tiny Homes, Simple Shelter: Builder SunRay Kelley built this
"man cave" for a family in Middleton, California 

I recently found out that England has the smallest houses in the 'western' world, which having seen the tiny 'Barrett Homes' that are going up all over the UK, I wasn't surprised. Sadly unlike the houses above, not only are they tiny but of really poor quality and squished so closely together. These new homes are made with crappy materials, have paper thin walls and are popping up on greenbelt land across the country... they make me really angry!

When I saw Lloyd Kahn's recent book , Tiny Homes, Simple shelter it got me thinking, am I annoyed that these British Homes are tiny, or is it just that they are poorly made by companies out to make a quick buck?

The area I live in has loads of beautiful Victorian and Georgian homes and it is so clear to see that even the more modest of them have been built with love and pride. They have been finished with pretty tiles, and stained glass....... and even a front garden!!

The Houses in Tiny Homes Simple Shelter are all under 500 sq.ft. they may be tiny, but they have been made with Love and been well crafted, and the results reflect the warmth and passion that has gone into them. Even a horder like me would love to live in that middle one :)