I really love my room. Minimal, creative, safe, cozy, bright and soft.
Makes me want to crawl in bed right now.
Are you in?
“If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.” ~Tennessee Williams
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Goose Song
The Goose song was loud and strong during the last days at THO. Have you been outside to to see them and wave goodbye?
They fly South now along with a lot of Canadian Seniors. Safe trip to all the snow birds. See you in the spring.
Categories: Environmentalism, Magical, Ontario, Open your eyes, Tiny House Ontario, View
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Jane’s Bridge
In the summer I purchased a painting from a person who I admire; Kingston artist Geoff Smith. I Follow Geoff’s work and when he posted this I hoped I would be able to purchase it. I knew exactly where I would hang it from the moment that I laid my eyes on it. It would hang right over the window, facing South, in my bedroom, at Tiny House Ontario. What I could not decide was how to frame it, so I waited. Finally last week I settled on framing it in a locally made gallery style frame just like I put my own paintings in. Plain, I know, but I like the simple dark outline, as a finish and don’t really think of a frame as a part of the art.
The painting is called Jane’s Bridge and I love the way that it appears that everything changes if you, the viewer, dare go under the bridge. It is for this reason that I wanted to put it right to the place where I look when I wake up in the morning. I see it as a sort of dare to face the challenge of seeing all sides of all things and to take the day Jim Morrison style straight on through to the other side. It makes me happy just to look at it. 😀
Categories: Art, Kingston, Ontario, Open your eyes, Stuff, Tiny House Ontario, View
Tags: dark outline, geoff smith
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Remembrance Day Sunset
The sunset at THO on 11.11.12 was very unique. I took a lot of photos of it, in hope that many would be better able to convey the magnificent closure of Remembrance 2012.
I take the day to remember those individuals whose lives are and were impacted because of war. I believe that any person who thinks, suffers because of war. But in the scope of suffering even our worst thoughts cannot bring to us the greatness of suffering, experienced by those who are first hand touched by war.
Categories: Magical, Nature, Off Grid, Ontario, Tiny House Ontario, View
Tags: remembrance
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Fall Tidy
When we arrived at Tiny House Ontario yesterday it was grey and cold. Too with all the leaves now on the ground the trees reach up to the sky silently. It felt very barren certainly when compared to the fall with all its deep colours and noisy fluttering. It is the first time back after the very rushed cloth porch roof job so I had worried when Hurricane Sandy came. I thought that we would find a lot of fallen trees and debris blown away because my building supply pile was not put away very well.
There were no trees uprooted; not even the huge Tim Burton tree, Clyde, was harmed at my place by Sandy. But, there was a huge mess around the East side of THO. Today the weather was absolutely gorgeous so Hj and I worked out there getting tidied up. He brought in a number of wheel barrel loads of gravel and I levelled it out. Then I moved the barrels, and storage boxes into the corner, together we relocated left over building supplies. It looks much tidier, but still it looks like like a lot of stuff against THO!
I really dislike the look of the tarp too, on the cloth porch – It is ugly and tacky. Still, it is entirely practical! It is open enough to cook with the BBQ there but dry as a bone!
I would like to be able to tuck things away a lot more unseen at THO but sadly, I don’t think a shed is in the cards for next year either. Perhaps I will find a use for all of my left over materials next spring so I won’t need a pile?
Categories: Cloth Porch, Off Grid, Ontario, Simple living, Stuff, Tiny House Ontario
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