Open your eyes

Standing at the Crossroads…

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Laura

My cousin, a journalist in Toronto shared this last evening.  It is such an interesting film I thought I would also share it with you.  It is not directly connected to Tiny Houses, Food, Art, Music, Nature, Animal Rights, Consumerism or any of the other topics that are important to me.  Yet this film has everything to do with all of these topics.

It is a full length documentary of one hour and once it starts you will want to watch the entire thing, so give yourself the time to sit down and think about it.

The paradoxes within this film are so huge but never directly mentioned… Do you see them as well?

This is a tree back at the foot of the escarpment. I must have walked right past it a hundred times and never noticed it. Even though life is slow paced sometimes I don't see the trees, for the forest. I share this today because I found this film to be the same sort of paradox.

This is a tree back at the foot of the escarpment. I must have walked right past it a hundred times and never noticed it. Even though life is slow paced sometimes I don’t see the trees, for the forest. I share this today because I found this film to be the same sort of paradox.

 

Categories: Art, Environmentalism, Family, Food, Materialism, Money, Nature, Open your eyes, Simple living, Sustainable living, Tiny House Ontario, View, World | 2 Comments

A Spy!

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Laura

Have you ever been busy doing something and felt that someone is watching you.  Well, I have.  As a matter of fact it happened to me just this morning.  Fortunately, I caught the watcher on camera, so I have proof!

Spy

Categories: Forest, Nature, Off Grid, Ontario, Open your eyes, Simple living, Tiny House Ontario | 7 Comments

Consumed

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Laura

Watch this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOKl04TWVsU&feature=player_embedded

Categories: Open your eyes | 2 Comments

TOO MUCH STUFF!

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Laura

On the eve of writing an article for Tiny House Listings on the topic of being happy with less I thought I would show you what it looks like when you have too much stuff in a tiny house.

I am preparing for the Women’s Art Festival which is happening in Kingston Ontario on Sunday in City Park so I have a lot of work on the go!  My car is full to the roof too…

It is AWFUL to have so much stuff in this tiny space!!

My kitchen is filled and three of the paintings are wet so you can’t even move!  It is an obstacle course.  Hopefully I won’t need to eat between now and Sunday!

Paints and supplies on the window shelf Tiny Table with painting drying Hidden kitchen

Categories: Art, Ontario, Open your eyes, Original Art work of Laura Moreland, Tiny House Ontario | 12 Comments

A Very Special Guest

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Laura

I have lived a few places in my life, and quite a number of people who I love are movers.  This makes me one of those people who have loved ones scattered around the planet.

A couple of years ago when I started this blog, it was so that I could explain in one breath exactly what I was up to (building a tiny house).  One of THO’s most loyal blog followers and certainly one of the friends for whom I started this blog is my sister friend Donna.  We shared a lot of words over a long time when things were a little less easy for both of us.

Well… she is visiting from Jamaica and graced THO (and me) with a visit.   We had a nice lunch, a long drive, and a look around the house and gardens.

Beautiful Donna at THO

You have no idea how much I wanted to keep her… but she has a life elsewhere… She has to get back to it, I know.  Still… you know… I miss her already.

Categories: Friendship, Magical, Ontario, Open your eyes, Tiny House Ontario | 11 Comments