Spring Break

I like the tree/gate combo




there was an old horse trailer out back that was rusty and all I could think of was that I wanted to decorate a room using these colors, maybe make these into a series of prints. It looks like art.

These turned out pretty well for having messed up film and getting them developed at wal mart. This was the old truck out back of the cabin we stayed in for New Years.

Really. I had to post this.

Yes, that is a camel with solar panels draped over his hump, why do you ask? this was taken outside a renewable energy conference in Israel.

Tree House vs a House in the Trees

So what if I want to live in a house in a tree? I found this site that had the following houses in it called "tree houses fit for tree-huggers"

Built from Canadian cedar, Scandinavian redwood, and English and Scots pine,$6 million tree house in Northumberland, UK. has two towers, a raised walkway through the trees, a chimney, an open fireplace and a 120-seat restaurant...maybe itd be the house i had in mind if it was smaller? And I'm not really sure if this is fit for "tree-huggers" It still looks like fun though.

This is a house in Brazil designed by Marcio Kogan. I think this a little more reasonable, but not quite what I was picturing. I think I would like to live in it though.

This house is in the Catskill Mountains. It was built with scrap wood left over from logging. This is more like it, except that I wish it was a little more original in design and somehow involved the trees more. But I would live here also.

This is a design for a nature center that includes a biomass boiler, solar panels, rainwater collection and a glass roof. Build it and call it a house and it may be perfect...

O2 Sustainability designed this tree sphere made with 100% hemp canvas, recycled milk carton plastic, and 60% post-consumer waste eco-resin. A cable suspension system is used so the tree isn't harmed by nuts and bolts. This is awesome. Maybe a vacation home? haha, just sayin, i might get claustrophic if I lived in it. I'm ok with the small size, but only if it's more open. Also I'm afraid of heights and I don't know if canvas would make me feel safe.

These are called Free Spirit Spheres. They're built in the west coast rainforest of Vancouver Island, Canada by Tom Chudleigh, and were designed to co-exist with the natural habitat and sway with the breeze. I like these better. They are not helping to suppress my desire to run away to Canada.

Natural Beauty

The water dripping off the rocks formed these weird shapes instead of typical icicles.

Andrew's camera has a tungsten setting (don't know what that means except that it gives everything a blue tint) made it look as cold as it felt.

Trashcan Falls

He's clearly going to kill people with giant icicles.