The Beautiful Tiny Yakushima Takatsuka Lodge In Japan Is Made From Recycled Cardboard And Paper Tubes...

This beautiful tiny house that's built in the National Park of Japan's Yakushima Island is constructed using recycled cardboard
and paper tubes.
It's been designed by Shigeru Ban Architects who are famous for their use of reclaimed paper products in their projects.
There's more to know here.
The opaque cardboard and transparent paper tubes which allow the light to enter can easily be replaced when over time and the ravages of the harsh mountain environment, they become damaged.
The tiny house was built on existing foundations, left vacant by a dismantled cabin so the new structure didn't disturb the delicate
balance of nature... 

A Very Cute Very Tiny Gypsy Wagon You Can Tow With Your Bicycle...

Barry Howard is very familiar with good ideas. He's had lots of them and this micro mini Gypsy inspired wagon he now pulls with his bicycle
is his latest.
He says that the three things that have always been most important in his life are his art, travel and living in tiny spaces.
And 12 square feet is a very tiny space to live in.
There's a lot more here at Tiny House Talk about this tiny little micro mini house on wheels.
It's inspirational...

How To Make A Simple Fun And Efficient Potter's Wheel...

Where there's a wheel there's a way.
And this I'm sure you'll agree is a very simple way to make an efficient potters wheel.
As long as you can access a small vehicle and don't mind or have the ability to throw a pot on the horizontal.
It shouldn't be difficult. Should it?
What with necessity being
the mother of invention and all that.
Looks simple enough to me...

Sorry Don Quixote. Tilting At Windmills Has Been Banned Until Further Notice...

Sorry Don. Your days of tilting at windmills around here are over.
The bureaucrats have moved in and it's time for you and your funny little friend to move out.
It's the way of the world Don.
You and Sancho are far too individualistic.
We can't have that.
From now on everyone has to be the same so take your skinny nag to the glue factory and get a proper job...

Don Quixote was born to be an example of misfortune and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed.
The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavendra and was first published
in 1605.
And don't you just love this 1955 illustration
of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza
by Pablo Picasso... 

Australia. Home Of The World's Richest People Is Also One Of The Meanest Countries...

Australians, according to the latest Credit Suisse World Wealth Report are the world's richest people. You can see more here.
And Australians according to The Flying Tortoise are also one of the world's meanest, selfish, self serving, uncaring countries in the world.
Australia's immigration policy towards boat people is a disgrace.
Australians seem to have forgotten that many of their forefathers arrived from England as convicts in the holds of ships bringing them to the penal colonies to serve their time for their crimes, some of which were as petty as stealing a loaf of bread. And they themselves come from convict stock.
Shame on you Australia for showing little or no compassion to others who are seeking asylum and desperately trying to find a home away from the turmoil of their own worlds.
And in trying to hide your shame you find solace in humiliating and shaming others.
Disgraceful behaviour Australia.
The Flying Tortoise would like to see all the world's entertainers boycott the shameful country of Australia until they apply a more humanitarian and compassionate approach to immigration...

Maid Of Dreams. The Head Turning Gorgeous 1951 Bedford Gypsy Housetruck And Shining Star Of The 2013 Bedford New Zealand Rally...

Maid of Dreams is a stunningly gorgeous 1951 Bedford Housetruck of the headturning variety.
She was without doubt the star attraction at the 2013 Bedford New Zealand Rally held over Labour Weekend at Lance Cryer's Bedford Heaven near the town of Thames.
Kimbo Davey, now deceased, housetrucker and lovable rogue from way back when, named the housetruck in the late 1980's.
Robbie and Jill Romain have owned this wonderful Gypsy Housetruck for the last twenty years, many of those spent with New Zealand's Gypsy Fair that would work the whole country for up to thirty six weeks a year.
Robbie and Jill managed the fair which in it's heyday had over forty housetrucking families making and selling their wares as they circuited the country presenting possible and affordable dreams to all who thronged to meet the wonderful free living, free spirited, gaily attired gypsies and bohemians.
Those were the days my friends...

What Could Be A Better Dwelling Than A Little Rustic One Surrounded By Nature...

It was a matter of seizing the moment.
I've been meaning to post some more delightful images of huts, cabins, shelters and houses from Cabin Porn for ages.
Now's the moment and today's the day.
You can enjoy more here...