I love this tiny, hand-made 84 sq ft home. Click the link and watch the news item about it on YouTube. It cost $10K, but as the structure itself is largely made from found or recycled materials, I’m guessing that most of the money went on the solar panels, and the composting toilet. Something like this would be perfect for the land. And I’m especially excited about this because the owner – and builder – is female. She says she made it all herself!
dreams and sweepstakes
Browsing through a recent issue of Yoga Journal today (how nice to be on holiday!!), and saw a feature on gorgeous, exotic yoga retreats. (The online YJ site doesn’t seem to mirror the print version, so I can’t post a link to this.) What caught my eye were the sorts of things I could do on my land… a treehouse deck, a meditation space created in the forest with candles circling a mosquito net canopy (that’ll be essential in the summer), a candlelit labyrinth… Yes, I’m still thinking about one of those! And I’m also thinking more practically about solar heating, and the job of clearing parts of the land, which is why I’ve just entered the Mother Earth News sweepstakes to win a solar hot water kit, gardening stuff (including what looks like a little tractor), and also the chainsaw sweepstakes. Would love to win a chainsaw!