This is one of the tiniest houses I’ve seen – if not the smallest!!
This is actually a house, not just a toilet!
Making My Tiny House Look Gargantuan!!
Category Archives: Ravings – random wafflings
23thorns – In Answer to Your Questions on Tiny House Living
There’s a great blog on the WordPress site written by a guy called 23thorns, full of witty descriptions on South African wildlife, parenting ups and downs, and all manner of other ravings. I had a nosy at his blog, he popped into mine and read one of my ravings on Tiny House Living, and he wrote a post of his own that posed a few questions about the lifestyle to which I am largely now accustomed.
The answer to why I went (back) into Tiny House Living is in my blog here
My point of view about some of the Pros and Cons of Tiny House Living is here
And the raving that 23thorns read about Tiny House Living is here
And now to his questions. Continue reading
Kiwi Humour in Advertising.
Here’s a bit Kiwi humour advertising ice cream. We all used the wording as often as we could for a while there. Oh, random fact. The Trumpet ads were how Rachel Hunter initially got famous.
Here’s the ad.
In Which I Give Mother Nature erm, a Certain Gesture, on a Cold, Rainy Night.
There’s a lot to be said for having an awning off the side of your caravan on a cold, rainy night. While sitting here with a hot water bottle stuffed up my clothing, somewhere between my merino undershirt, my lambswool jersey (purchased from a menswear department because menswear departments for some reason unknown often have better quality garments for lesser prices than their womenswear equivalents), and my very thick sweatshirt (also purchased from a menswear department for the aforementioned reasons), I have pondered upon this fact mightily.
A few weeks ago I pulled out all the coins and notes I had been stashing aside for a very long time and forked out for a new awning to be tailor-made to my requirements. It’s not that I didn’t like the original awning that came with the caravan, it’s just that I was running out of places to put duct tape to plug up the holes where the wind whistled beautiful melodies into my private spaces, and the water feature was quite frankly getting out of hand. Far be it from me to complain, but when the bits of duct tape begin to outnumber the bits of awning, a girl just has to get practical.
Look Deep into Nature…
Look deep into Nature,
and then you will understand everything better.
– Albert Einstein.
Faa Mai. Four years old and one of the happiest elephants in the world. Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Beautiful Vardos (Tiny Houses on Wheels) to Drool Over…
Tiny houses don’t necessarily have to be grotesque little tin shacks in the woods ya know. There are some beautiful ones out there, hand made with great care and a flair for design. This guy has made some beautiful vardos – the gypsy word for Caravan, essentially – and his Facebook page shows some of them in the throes of creation – fascinating stuff!
His website Zyl Vardos here
And his Facebook page here
One of the beautiful Zyl Vardos – Fortune Cookie. Image by kind permission from zylvardos.com
I Have Been Published!! Dining with Assassins…
I have just had an article published on the My Destination travel website. Anyone who wants my autograph, rush quickly and form an orderly queue here…
The My Destination article
A palace at night – Madhya Pradesh, India.
Energy Transfer – A Very Cool Pastime Indeed…
I was just wandering through the blog of another WordPress writer/photographer Wind Against Current, and he shared this on there. I liked it so much I had to pass it on. Thanks Vladimir. 🙂
The Way to Love Anything…
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
– Gilbert K. Chesterton
Chang Yim – young male elephant and all around ratbag. Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
How to ‘Om’ an Elephant and the Boy with the Elephant Tail. Elephant Nature Park – Day 6
Chet featuring a fetching little work outfit.
The chore du jour was peeling the husks off sacks and sacks of corn in the elephant kitchen. The silk from the corn must be removed so it doesn’t disturb the elephants’ digestive systems. For this, Chet wore a lovely little number featuring a net singlet, black shorts, black silver-tipped collar and a beautiful bling ring to suit. Gumboots completed this gorgeous ensemble, and his presence lit up the kitchen in the most glorious, if eclectic, way. More word games helped keep the boredom away while furthering our literary abilities, and we emerged a couple of hours or so later just slightly more educated than when we went in. Continue reading
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