Friday, January 25, 2013
Music and Meditation
My dear friend, Chris Madsen has his own music studio in his home as he is a musician, and a writer of his own songs which he records. Chris has several great CDs out. I really love listening to him play his guitar. He recently decided he wanted to have a Sanctuary in his home, a place for our Spiritual Group to go to meditate, a quiet place specifically dedicated. He decided to make move all of his musical equipment and recording equipment down to a room in his basement and make his Music Studio into our Sanctuary. He moved his classic Vox Amps, guitars, drums, all his various other instruments and recording equipment down the stairs into his new Music Room that he had created for this purpose. He then set up a wonderful space with lots of electric candles, many cushions of all sizes for sitting on and leaning against, and one of his guitars so he can play us into and/or out of meditations. It is so awesome!!!
Affirmations
I believe in the power of affirmations. Know, though, that not all affirmations are positive ones. Anything that you tell yourself is an affirmation and will change your life. Be sure you think and tell yourself positive things if you desire to enjoy positive, happy experiences. Here are some good examples you might like to use, or create your own.
Saving Recipes
There are many things I want to keep that I find on the internet, so most of the time I just Bookmark the web page and hope I remember to go back to it some other day. However, the last while I have been looking for Vegan recipes that are easy and straight forward for me to make since I am really not very versed in cooking skills. I have found some that I really like, and am not sure they will be there when I go back again. For example, some that are seasonal recipes on web sites of magazines. In order to make sure I save them, I have been doing a copy/paste to put this onto my computer, using MSWord to save them. This is working well enough, though it is time consuming and I would like to figure out a better way of doing it. Perhaps some kind of Web To Print type idea so I can just print them out without all the extraneous stuff that is on most websites. I wouldn't want their heading or their menus of links to other things, just the recipe itself. This way I would make a cookbook in a binder... or two... three.... okay, so maybe storing them on the computer is better as it would take up less space in my home. However, I still think it would be handy to be able to print web site 'stuff' for many other things.
Quotes on Housework
If you like quotes, here are some good ones about housework.
I enjoy a good quote!
Don't cook. Don't clean. No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum - "My God, the floor's immaculate. Lie down, you hot bitch." ~Joan Rivers
The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean. ~Erma Bombeck
I think housework is the reason most women go to the office.
~Heloise Cruse
I'm not going to vacuum until Sears makes one you can ride on.
I enjoy a good quote!
Don't cook. Don't clean. No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum - "My God, the floor's immaculate. Lie down, you hot bitch." ~Joan Rivers
The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean. ~Erma Bombeck
I think housework is the reason most women go to the office.
~Heloise Cruse
I'm not going to vacuum until Sears makes one you can ride on.
~Roseanne Barr
The trouble with living alone is that it's always your turn to do the dishes.
~Author Unknown
There was no need to do any housework at all.
There was no need to do any housework at all.
After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.
~Quentin Crisp, The Naked Civil Servant, 1968
We labor to make a house a home, then every time we're expecting visitors, we rush to turn it back into a house. ~Robert Brault
I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home.... I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby.
We labor to make a house a home, then every time we're expecting visitors, we rush to turn it back into a house. ~Robert Brault
I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home.... I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby.
~Nancie J. Carmody
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Wolf Spirit
All species capable of grasping this fact manage
better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their
own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater
chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone.
~ Christian Lous Lange
~ Christian Lous Lange
If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.
~ Nikita Khrushchev
~ Nikita Khrushchev
I
woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs
function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the
parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls
apart, so does the pack.
~ Jodi Picoult
~ Jodi Picoult
“Those are the voices of my brothers, darling; I love the company of wolves.”
― Angela Carter, Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories
― Angela Carter, Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories
Sunday, January 13, 2013
UNLIKE SMITHERS CENTENIAL
Have you read my post: Smithers Centennial - The Rest of MY Story? After I posted it here, I went to Facebook to the Smithers Centennial page which I had "Liked" earlier in the day. I posted a link there to the story I had posted here. Hey, being a 'member' like I am on many other Facebook pages where I clicked "Like", I figured I could do that, and do it I did. Today I went back to that site and was surprised to find they had removed my post!!! I used no bad language or anything, just stated some facts about my family history in Smithers. I truly thought they would like that. Guess I was wrong. So, what did I do?? I UNLIKED SMITHERS CENTENNIAL ON FACEBOOK!!!
I am very disappointed in the people behind the Facebook site, and am not sure I want to go there this summer after all. I ride with 2 motorcycle clubs and I invited the members of the much larger club to ride with me to Smithers for the August 3 - 10 celebrations. I am only 1 person who 'unliked' the Facebook site, yet I am one person who has lots of friends that I may choose to ride to a different location during that week. There has been some talk about the Grand Canyon.... that sounds like a really great ride!!
I am very disappointed in the people behind the Facebook site, and am not sure I want to go there this summer after all. I ride with 2 motorcycle clubs and I invited the members of the much larger club to ride with me to Smithers for the August 3 - 10 celebrations. I am only 1 person who 'unliked' the Facebook site, yet I am one person who has lots of friends that I may choose to ride to a different location during that week. There has been some talk about the Grand Canyon.... that sounds like a really great ride!!
Smithers Centennial - The Rest of MY Story
I wrote a post about the Smithers Centennial and how I and my 'family of origin' are connected with this event. I posted "Happy 100th Birthday, Smithers, BC" after cutting some of what I had written. I cut it because I decided to put a link to that post on Facebook, my page and the Smithers Centennial 2013 page, and I felt that not all of what I had written need be part of that post. Yet, I didn't want to just delete what I had written. Maybe it's more something that should be shared in a Diary, or in a Personal Journal. I have chosen to share those words here instead of hiding them away, even though they are about my feelings and may have no real interest to anyone other than myself... or they may. If you are about to read this post, you may want to go read that first part first, then return here to read the rest.
Here is the rest of the story:
For many years I was very unhappy with my parents for moving us away from Smithers, though I have been having a very good life in the Okanagan Valley, and am now happy to be here. I think it is only since 2000 that I no longer think of that town as my home. I often dreamed about being on the road traveling from Vernon to Smithers, or Smithers to Vernon, or being in one preparing to travel to the other, feeling torn between my two homes. It's not all that long since I last had one of these dreams. I think that, in my heart, I have now chosen, that I now finally truly know which is my home. I am here, at home in Vernon where I have a good life, a nice home, and many dear friends.
This evening, while visiting Mom, she asked me if I was glad we moved down to this area of our province. I don't know. For so many years I felt I had been taken away from where I was meant to be, and I knew in my heart of hearts that I would have married the boy I knew since I was a little girl, the absolutely gorgeous man I spent some time with when visiting as an adult. I believe that had he not been married to another by that time, we would have gotten together all those years later since the childhood love was still there... for both of us. After that visit I never saw him again, for he was killed in an accident way too young.
I will never know what my life would have been like had we stayed in Smithers, I can only guess at that. I know my life has not always been happy here, but who's life is always happy? Would it have been happier if we had stayed in Smithers?? It has certainly not turned out the way I had hoped, the way I had envisioned it would be. Yet, I suspect it has turned out the way it was meant to be. Am I glad we moved away from Smithers? No!! Am I sorry we moved away from Smithers? No. It is what it is.... period!
I thought I was finished writing this post.... I was going to hit "Publish"... yet I have said nothing in either Smithers post about my Aunt Mable. My mother's sister. She was so much a part of our lives as we were growing up. I so miss my beloved Aunt Mable!! She has been gone many years now and life has never been quite the same without her here. I look forward to the day I see Aunt Mable again...
Tears are rolling down my face now... it is time to end this post.
(Picture from Google Images)
Here is the rest of the story:
For many years I was very unhappy with my parents for moving us away from Smithers, though I have been having a very good life in the Okanagan Valley, and am now happy to be here. I think it is only since 2000 that I no longer think of that town as my home. I often dreamed about being on the road traveling from Vernon to Smithers, or Smithers to Vernon, or being in one preparing to travel to the other, feeling torn between my two homes. It's not all that long since I last had one of these dreams. I think that, in my heart, I have now chosen, that I now finally truly know which is my home. I am here, at home in Vernon where I have a good life, a nice home, and many dear friends.
This evening, while visiting Mom, she asked me if I was glad we moved down to this area of our province. I don't know. For so many years I felt I had been taken away from where I was meant to be, and I knew in my heart of hearts that I would have married the boy I knew since I was a little girl, the absolutely gorgeous man I spent some time with when visiting as an adult. I believe that had he not been married to another by that time, we would have gotten together all those years later since the childhood love was still there... for both of us. After that visit I never saw him again, for he was killed in an accident way too young.
I will never know what my life would have been like had we stayed in Smithers, I can only guess at that. I know my life has not always been happy here, but who's life is always happy? Would it have been happier if we had stayed in Smithers?? It has certainly not turned out the way I had hoped, the way I had envisioned it would be. Yet, I suspect it has turned out the way it was meant to be. Am I glad we moved away from Smithers? No!! Am I sorry we moved away from Smithers? No. It is what it is.... period!
I thought I was finished writing this post.... I was going to hit "Publish"... yet I have said nothing in either Smithers post about my Aunt Mable. My mother's sister. She was so much a part of our lives as we were growing up. I so miss my beloved Aunt Mable!! She has been gone many years now and life has never been quite the same without her here. I look forward to the day I see Aunt Mable again...
Tears are rolling down my face now... it is time to end this post.
(Picture from Google Images)
Happy 100th Birthday, Smithers, BC
"In 1913 a new community was in
design. Surveyors working for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad were
laying out the streets that we in Smithers walk and drive upon today!
January 1, 2013 we will begin our centennial celebration."
In 1913, John & Anna Lapadat, formerly of Romania, Oregon, Vancouver, moved to Smithers, BC. John, a brick layer by trade, had been hired to help build the Round House for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, thus the reason for moving to this new town. When the job was done, it was usual for John to pack up his family and move to the next job in the next town, but not this time. This time the Lapadats decided to put down roots in the beautiful Bulkley Valley. This time, they decided to become farmers in the Smithers area.
As the years passed, John & Anna added to their family of 4 that had moved to Smithers. The first child they had in this new home was a boy who was the first white boy, possibly the first white baby, born in Smithers, though a little girl was also born around that time and it is uncertain, at least to my knowledge, which was born first. This baby boy was named George Smithers Lapadat.
In 1923, already having several children, Anna gave birth to another girl, naming this one Annie. This little girl was to grow up and marry a man named Jesse James (Jim) Price. This little girl was to become the mother of 6 children, though sadly only raising 5 of them. This little girl was to see both of her parents and her first born son (second born child) buried in the Smithers Cemetery.
In 1968, Annie & Jim, having sold their farm just west of Smithers, packed up the 4 children still living at home and moved south, to the small community of Mara, BC where they lived for 2 years before moving to Enderby where Jim's ashes are buried in the Enderby Cemetery and Annie, at 89 years young, still lives on her own in a nice little condo.
This post did not start out to be this long.... yet it flowed through the fingers on the keyboard. It could be longer, so you can be grateful, haha. Yes, this is the story of my roots. I still have relatives that live in Smithers, 100 years after our grandparents settled there. Sadly, my uncle, John Lapadat, passed away in January 2001, yet his loving wife Lois and 2 of their 4 children, Ron and Tony are still "Smithereens".
I hope to make it up to Smithers this summer, August 2nd to 10th, for the Centennial Celebration that is planned. Since I have pets, it will depend on me having someone to care for them while I am gone. I don't know anyone there anymore, other than my relatives, yet it would be fun to go back again. Who knows, maybe someone I used to know will also go back, or someone I am supposed to meet will be there. I know that if I am meant to be there, all will come into place and I will go.
In 1913, John & Anna Lapadat, formerly of Romania, Oregon, Vancouver, moved to Smithers, BC. John, a brick layer by trade, had been hired to help build the Round House for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, thus the reason for moving to this new town. When the job was done, it was usual for John to pack up his family and move to the next job in the next town, but not this time. This time the Lapadats decided to put down roots in the beautiful Bulkley Valley. This time, they decided to become farmers in the Smithers area.
As the years passed, John & Anna added to their family of 4 that had moved to Smithers. The first child they had in this new home was a boy who was the first white boy, possibly the first white baby, born in Smithers, though a little girl was also born around that time and it is uncertain, at least to my knowledge, which was born first. This baby boy was named George Smithers Lapadat.
In 1923, already having several children, Anna gave birth to another girl, naming this one Annie. This little girl was to grow up and marry a man named Jesse James (Jim) Price. This little girl was to become the mother of 6 children, though sadly only raising 5 of them. This little girl was to see both of her parents and her first born son (second born child) buried in the Smithers Cemetery.
In 1968, Annie & Jim, having sold their farm just west of Smithers, packed up the 4 children still living at home and moved south, to the small community of Mara, BC where they lived for 2 years before moving to Enderby where Jim's ashes are buried in the Enderby Cemetery and Annie, at 89 years young, still lives on her own in a nice little condo.
This post did not start out to be this long.... yet it flowed through the fingers on the keyboard. It could be longer, so you can be grateful, haha. Yes, this is the story of my roots. I still have relatives that live in Smithers, 100 years after our grandparents settled there. Sadly, my uncle, John Lapadat, passed away in January 2001, yet his loving wife Lois and 2 of their 4 children, Ron and Tony are still "Smithereens".
I hope to make it up to Smithers this summer, August 2nd to 10th, for the Centennial Celebration that is planned. Since I have pets, it will depend on me having someone to care for them while I am gone. I don't know anyone there anymore, other than my relatives, yet it would be fun to go back again. Who knows, maybe someone I used to know will also go back, or someone I am supposed to meet will be there. I know that if I am meant to be there, all will come into place and I will go.
The Sleeping Beauty atop the Kathlyn Glacier on the Hudson Bay Mountain, over looking the town of Smithers, and surrounding area, including the farm I was raised on.
Railway Station.
My Dad worked here, for the Canadian National Railroad,
so this building holds a lot of memories for me.
(Photos from Google Images)
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Cleaning My Home
In my last post, I said I am working at cleaning out all the old "stuff" from my home, working at making it a place to be proud to have company visit me again like it once was. I have been doing things like going through what I have stored in my back rooms, giving much of it away over Freecycle or taking lots to thrift shops where I donate it and they sell it, using the proceeds for good causes.
Recently I discovered a local buy, sell, trade, give site on Facebook and am sad to say I have been buying way too much off of there. It is a great site, and what I have bought is all good, all things I will use, yet my mission is not to buy more, but to get rid of more. I plan to sell lots of things through this site, I just have to start digging things out, taking photos of what I want to sell, and posting the photos, description and asking price on the site. Some of the things I know I have that need to go include, but are not limited to: drinking glasses I bought at a gas station decades ago, trimmed with 24K gold, never used and taking up space in my cupboards. I am not sure what to ask for these collector glasses, what they might be worth.... winter jackets for women that no longer fit me as put away in a back closet.... jeans that are now too large for me must go.... a surround sound system with speakers that still work great though the volume level is not working right.... lots of ornaments and collectables. I know there are many other things as well. Now to make the time to do the work!!!
Recently I discovered a local buy, sell, trade, give site on Facebook and am sad to say I have been buying way too much off of there. It is a great site, and what I have bought is all good, all things I will use, yet my mission is not to buy more, but to get rid of more. I plan to sell lots of things through this site, I just have to start digging things out, taking photos of what I want to sell, and posting the photos, description and asking price on the site. Some of the things I know I have that need to go include, but are not limited to: drinking glasses I bought at a gas station decades ago, trimmed with 24K gold, never used and taking up space in my cupboards. I am not sure what to ask for these collector glasses, what they might be worth.... winter jackets for women that no longer fit me as put away in a back closet.... jeans that are now too large for me must go.... a surround sound system with speakers that still work great though the volume level is not working right.... lots of ornaments and collectables. I know there are many other things as well. Now to make the time to do the work!!!
I Choose.....
I am working at changing my house keeping habits and at releasing much old 'stuff' from my home. I am doing what I can to clean up this mess I have been living it, I want my home to be something to be proud of again like it once was. I used to enjoy having friends over, now I live in CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) and I want to be able to have people over again.
I release the old and I welcome the new!!!
I do this in Peace, Ease, Harmony, Love & Joy!!
Hang My TV
Today I saw a term on the internet that I didn't know the meaning of. It said, "flat mounts for your home".
"What in the world is that?" was my response. "Is it something for setting up a mobile home, or for leveling an RV?"
Now, I don't always feel the need to find the meaning of every word or phrase or term I see or hear, but there are days I do feel that need. I guess this was one of those days, because I decided to check it out. It turns out that I am glad I did as it is something I actually have been wanting to learn more about. I have a 51" flat screen TV that I have sitting on a small table, taking up room in my over stuffed living room, so I have been thinking I would like to get, or at least look into getting, one of those things you use to hang the TV on the wall. Well, this is one of those things. Now I know, now I get to learn more about how to do it, what to use, and what it all will cost me. Good thing I followed my instincts to check this out.
I am grateful for the internet and for the information I find on here.
I am grateful I am learning to follow my instincts.
"What in the world is that?" was my response. "Is it something for setting up a mobile home, or for leveling an RV?"
Now, I don't always feel the need to find the meaning of every word or phrase or term I see or hear, but there are days I do feel that need. I guess this was one of those days, because I decided to check it out. It turns out that I am glad I did as it is something I actually have been wanting to learn more about. I have a 51" flat screen TV that I have sitting on a small table, taking up room in my over stuffed living room, so I have been thinking I would like to get, or at least look into getting, one of those things you use to hang the TV on the wall. Well, this is one of those things. Now I know, now I get to learn more about how to do it, what to use, and what it all will cost me. Good thing I followed my instincts to check this out.
I am grateful for the internet and for the information I find on here.
I am grateful I am learning to follow my instincts.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Winter Wonderland
To ME!!!
So many wonderful people sent me birthday wishes on Facebook, most of them people I have never met, yet they love me. I also got good wishes from all my siblings this year, very unusual!! Of my 4 nieces, 4 nephews, 4 great nieces & 5 great nephews, I got 1 birthday greeting from 1 niece!! I was supposed to go to Mom's for a visit and to go out together for dinner, but the snow was coming down so hard and the roads were so bad that I decided not to go. The 25 minute drive on slippery, dangerous highways that the police are recommending we don't go out on.... well, it's just not worth the risk. A birthday can be celebrated any day!!
On January 5th, I got myself this fancy new computer. Okay, so it's a 'smart phone', but it is like a computer, and comes with a lot to learn!!! Obviously I will have to spend time with someone many years younger than I am and get lessons!! Borrow a friend's child or something, lol. Today, I ran some errands in town, including getting renewing my expiring driver's license, and looking for a case for my phone. I didn't want to buy the case at the store where I got the phone as I feel they overcharge for things there and I wish I had gone elsewhere to get the phone. An Otter Box case is $50 and just the plane gel case is $30 then another $10 for a screen protector so you may as well pay the $50 for the much better protection for your phone, and the Otter Box includes the screen saver. I checked out a few dollar stores to see what they had and found Iphone cases, but no Samsung. Then I was grocery shopping at Great Canadian Superstore and decided to see if they had phone accessories since they have so many other things there. I found that they now have a Telus booth in the store, something new, and sure enough they have cases for Samsung. The other store was also a Telus store... yet this one has Otter Box cases for $40 and I forget what the gel cases are. The gal who I was talking to said she could likely give me the Otter Box at a discounted price... she checked the computer and said $30. I said SOLD!!! So I got myself a good case to protect my new phone (worth $650 but I got it free with a new 3 year contract) for $20 plus taxes less than I would have gotten it, so paid $34.20 instead of $57, just by shopping around!!
I am grateful for my new phone.
I am grateful for my new phone case.
I am grateful my neighbor came with his tractor and plowed snow from my driveway.
I am grateful for the kindness and generosity of so many people in our world.
I am grateful I have a 4 Wheel Drive truck that is so dependable and a joy to drive.
I am grateful I have new winter tires on my truck.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
2013 Is Coming
Here we are with Christmas behind us once again.... until next year. And
with Christmas over, we are about to cross from 2012 to 2013 with
nothing but the barest moment between them. One second it is this year
and the next second it is that. Such a smooth transition that you can't
not even feel it.... not even if you try. The slip of a second.... like
the blink of an eye. Yes, the year is so close to over and the new year
will begin. Having come from a time in the 1900s this 2013 seems most
strange. Most odd that we would be here and I only barely past the
middle of the years I likely will spend here. Yet, here I sit
reminiscing and 'waxing poetic' while friends are out having a good time
celebrating the last Saturday night of 2012. I hope all have a good
time wherever they are and wherever they may live... I just hope that by
morning none of them need the services of a top San Diego law firm,
not to mention of a hospital or morgue. I wish people all over the
globe Peace, Love, Perfect Health, Prosperity and all in all, Joy.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Save Our Planet: Homes Made of Bottles
I love the idea of building homes and other buildings using what some would call garbage. Some places old car and truck tires are used to build the walls, or in some cases, bales of hay, tin drink cans, even plastic or glass bottles, to name just some things. There are actually many different ways of doing this sort of thing. I have read on the internet about Earthships which are built of tires, bales, bottles, etc. and are fully self contained with their own power supplies, water filtering systems, and such like that. Sadly, here where I live one would not be able to get a building permit to build homes like this.... or at least this has been the rule, but it may be changing now. I was doing some surfing the net a night or two ago and was surprised to find some links to building Earthships not only in Canada, but also in British Columbia!! Still, so far as I know the community I live in still doesn't allow this kind of building. I hope I am wrong, or that things are changing and we will soon be cleared to build homes by recycling things that would otherwise end up in land fill locations and other 'dead stuff' storage places.
The "Inspiration Green" website shows us many photos of homes and greenhouses built with plastic bottles. Well worth the visit!!
Just think about this.... take some of these plastic bottles that were once used for water, soda pop, or fruit juice. Rescue them from streams, streets, garbage dumps, and werever else they may end up. Where I live we have recycle programs, so when we purchase the drinks we pay extra for the bottles and then when we take the bottles back to the 'recycle depot', we are given a refund. This can add up to a tidy sum of money if you have many of these bottles to return. However, I know that not everywhere has these recycle programs. For example, I occasionally go to Washington state in the USA and the first time I was there, for the Omak Stampede and World Famous Suicide Race, I was shocked at how many bottles and cans were left laying on the ground all around the stampede grounds, carnival rides, vendor booths, etc. It turns out that WA has no recycle program in place for these items, so people just throw them into trash cans that are near by, or onto the ground. When I think of how they could be used to build homes for the homeless..... wow.
I love the colors of the glass bottles used to build this wall:
I found it interesting to see that on this wall different sizes and shapes of glass bottles were used:
On this wall, check out the way they do the corners of the wall:
These 2 photos were taken from inside buildings, showing how the light comes in through the glass bottles:
This building has inside and outside walls done in bottles, so far as I can tell by this photo:
You can even make a free standing wall like this in your yard/garden. I love the art work in this wall:
Entire homes built from bottles that may otherwise have been taken to garbage dumps:
Look at all the detail in this man's home! Different colors of bottles, or painted after the walls were finished? I think the latter, but I leave it up to you to decide what you think. Taking a close look I see they were all plastic bottles, likely from soda pop:
If you aren't partial to the look of bottles for your home, you can always cover them up:
Though personally, I think they can be made to look rather attractive:
A Monastery:
A Greenhouse:
And even chandeliers built recycling empty bottles:
Here are some ideas for other things that can be built with empty bottles:
A cistern to collect and hold water:
A church:
Ummm, okay, I don't know what this is exactly, but I think it a very interesting work of art:
No doubt it is a lot of work to make these buildings, yet these photos show that it can be a family or community shared project, maybe even a wonderful social experience, and might even be rather fun for some:
Even a crab can see that an old bottle makes a good home:
At the end of the day, when you are hot, tired and thirsty, you can always go to the local bar for a nice cold drink:
The "Inspiration Green" website shows us many photos of homes and greenhouses built with plastic bottles. Well worth the visit!!
Just think about this.... take some of these plastic bottles that were once used for water, soda pop, or fruit juice. Rescue them from streams, streets, garbage dumps, and werever else they may end up. Where I live we have recycle programs, so when we purchase the drinks we pay extra for the bottles and then when we take the bottles back to the 'recycle depot', we are given a refund. This can add up to a tidy sum of money if you have many of these bottles to return. However, I know that not everywhere has these recycle programs. For example, I occasionally go to Washington state in the USA and the first time I was there, for the Omak Stampede and World Famous Suicide Race, I was shocked at how many bottles and cans were left laying on the ground all around the stampede grounds, carnival rides, vendor booths, etc. It turns out that WA has no recycle program in place for these items, so people just throw them into trash cans that are near by, or onto the ground. When I think of how they could be used to build homes for the homeless..... wow.
I love the colors of the glass bottles used to build this wall:
I found it interesting to see that on this wall different sizes and shapes of glass bottles were used:
On this wall, check out the way they do the corners of the wall:
These 2 photos were taken from inside buildings, showing how the light comes in through the glass bottles:
This building has inside and outside walls done in bottles, so far as I can tell by this photo:
You can even make a free standing wall like this in your yard/garden. I love the art work in this wall:
Entire homes built from bottles that may otherwise have been taken to garbage dumps:
Look at all the detail in this man's home! Different colors of bottles, or painted after the walls were finished? I think the latter, but I leave it up to you to decide what you think. Taking a close look I see they were all plastic bottles, likely from soda pop:
If you aren't partial to the look of bottles for your home, you can always cover them up:
Though personally, I think they can be made to look rather attractive:
A Monastery:
A Greenhouse:
And even chandeliers built recycling empty bottles:
Here are some ideas for other things that can be built with empty bottles:
A cistern to collect and hold water:
A church:
Ummm, okay, I don't know what this is exactly, but I think it a very interesting work of art:
No doubt it is a lot of work to make these buildings, yet these photos show that it can be a family or community shared project, maybe even a wonderful social experience, and might even be rather fun for some:
Even a crab can see that an old bottle makes a good home:
At the end of the day, when you are hot, tired and thirsty, you can always go to the local bar for a nice cold drink:
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