In case you were wondering...

In case you were wondering...

This blog exists to encourage all those who have ever wanted--and needed!--a tiny getaway close to home. A workshop, playhouse, garden shed, sanctuary, mini-greenhouse, studio, home office; whatever it is you need, it IS doable, with some sacrifice, imagination, and compromise.

It helps if you're handy, too.

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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Winter at the Shed

It's been a while since I added new images here...but I spend part of every day in our little sanctuary, sometimes alone, often with my husband, and it is precious to us.  Peaceful, beautiful, close to nature...magic.

January snow...there's nothing like that warm, inviting glow against the chill of oncoming night.

Almost night...and worth getting snowy boots to capture...
Art supplies and cups of tea in my handmade mug and the company of tiny bears...I sketched them soon afterward!  This is Cocoa and Sebastian...

A place to meditate and read and create...carve stamps, journal, enjoy the gifts of the earth and be grateful...
Our infrequent, shy visitor, the female flicker...

a downy woodpecker male...

brilliant cardinal and blue-shadowed forest...

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

A wonderful little fairytale house, and a wonderful tale to go with it...



This beautiful little cottage featured on the Tiny House Blog last year was created for a little boy with leukemia who only dreamed of a fairytale house; it was larger and more expensive than the Make a Wish foundation could manage, so his parents refinanced, hired friends to help build, and made it happen, anyway.

It's built as "clean" as possible, to avoid environmental problems with his cancer (mold and mildew are particular problems with leukemia); she even chose a copper sink for anti-microbial reasons.

Building this little treasure was a distraction and a joy for all of them, and is large enough to be enjoyed for many years to come instead of a child-sized playhouse he would outgrow. Christopher Robin would approve...

More pictures of the building of the cottage and of the interior here.

It made a lump in my throat and I thought you'd enjoy it, too.  Magic.

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