There's A Beautiful Horse Drawn Gypsy Caravan Waiting For You In Ireland...

If you ever go across the sea to Ireland.
Then maybe at the closing of your day. You'll sit and watch the moon rise over Claddagh.
And see the sun go down on Galway Bay.
But even if you don't do all that Arthur Colahan wrote of in his beautiful song Galway Bay,
you should know that Neasa Clissmann has a beautiful horse drawn Gypsy caravan waiting
just for you.
One with a horse called Henry was waiting for Thomas Breathnach and his partner who were recently there enjoying the life that most only dream about.
He tells their story here.
Perhaps you'll go there and make your own adventure and pen your own lyrics.
To your own song...

Mr Buljubasic Is Just Your Normal Walking Talking Cutlery Drawer...

There's nothing really too different about Muhibija Buljubasic from Srebrenik, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
As his name suggests, he's just a basic guy but he's also got an unusual ability to attach the household cutlery to his body by radiating some sort of special energy.
Spoons, forks, knives, plates, cups and saucers mysteriously attach themselves to this magnet man. So do TV remotes and cellphones.
Muhi darling, I can imagine his wife calling,
we seem to be a few spoons short
of a dessert dish...

A Very Simple, Very Clever Vegetable Nursery In Vietnam Made From Bamboo And Recycled Soda Bottles...

Bamboo is a simply wonderful natural material that has more uses than you can shake a stick at and recycled soda bottles have become  much more valuable second time around than they were with the stuff they originally packaged.
As part of their commitment to promote green living habits in Vietnam, the 1+1>2 International Architecture Company partnered with the Vietnamese Action In The City to create this wonderful little vegetable nursery, a greenhouse, made from bamboo and over two thousand recycled plastic soda bottles.
There's more to know about the project here.
Apart from its function as a greenhouse, the little structure is a place where local children can learn about their particular ecosystem.
It's an interesting collaboration between the governments of Vietnam and Ireland to better support citizens in the South East Asian country.
And you could even create one yourself...  

Woops. How Unfortunate...

Sometimes, some days, for no reason at all, the world can conspire to give you a hard time of it.
No matter what you do, or what you'd like to do, the gods can see fit to make you pay dearly for your day.
And then there are those who through their own actions bring the woops upon themselves.
How unfortunate...

We Are All Just Visitors Here...

An Aboriginal proverb.
We are all just visitors here.
We are visitors to this time, this space.
We are merely passing through.
Our purpose here is to observe, to learn,
to grow, to love.
And then we return home...

A Celebration. The Hermitage Meets The Flying Tortoise...

Many of you will already know
and follow one of the world's most gorgeous blogs, The Hermitage.
The author, Rima Staines is an extraordinary artist, a writer with the most wonderful way with words, a musician and a beautiful woman.
She's been back in Aotearoa New Zealand for a few weeks revisiting the land of her mother and her mother's mother with her lovely man and partner Tom, a fellow dreamer, storyteller, poet, musician and acupuncturist.
Rima and I've been following each other's blogs for sometime and we both featured in Lloyd Kahn's bestselling Tiny Homes book.
It's not often that two bloggers from opposite sides of the world meet up and it was more than a total delight to enjoy some quality time together at Te Awanga in The Hawkes Bay. Sharing the important things in life before Rima and Tom flew out to Fiji prior to heading home to Devon and their latest project on wheels. Converting their Army issue RL Bedford into an enchanting home that moves.
Wheels have turned in Rima's life since she can remember. As she says, 'the characters in my paintings are wheeled, their houses are wheeled, my stories are wheeled.
Handcarts and wagons and caravans have always caught my eyes in that beautiful way a well loved colour or a certain kind of face stands out in a crowd.
Wheels call to me even louder if they have a door, a window or a chimney atop them.
Something about the combination of vehicle and house sets my blood thrilling.
Traveling, I have gradually realised over the years, and more specifically, living in a house that moves, is a fundamental part
of the person I am.
It's what makes my heart sing the highest and my feet feel the rightest'.
Rima and Tom. I wish you the bestest... 

The Wonderful Self Portraits Of Eighteen Year Old Photographer Laura Williams...

You will have seen Laura's very simple, very clever self portrait entitled Invisible here before.
She's sitting on the grass holding a mirror that conceals her body while reflecting the emptiness of the space around her.
There's more of her creative concepts here.
Laura is a photographer who will entertain, inform, amuse, intrigue and inspire for a long time to come...