Fireplace Shelter

This fireplace shelter looks so cozy it almost makes me want to live in a cold place. Built on a playground in Trondheim, Norway, it serves as an enclosed space for school children enclosed to enjoy fire, storytelling and playing.

Terrariums & Planters by Score + Solder

Words can't express my love for these terrariums and planters from Score + Solder, inspired by the forms of crystals. Desert plants are a love of mine, and combining them with crystals is more than I can resist.

Botanic Gardens therapy

When I'm feeling down, the Botanic Gardens always cheer me up.

With so many beautiful plants and flowers in one place, birds chirping and ducks quacking, how can you not be happy?

The Kaipara Harbor

Nearly finished, with only the fence remaining.

During our last two days at Naturally Alpacas, we transformed a small patch of grass and dirt into a large vegetable garden for Christine. It was hard, satisfying work leveling the ground, building the frames and moving the dirt and gravel into place.  I want one for myself someday!

Auckland Botanic Gardens

The weather was perfect this Saturday, so Sam and I hit up the Botanic Gardens.  The orchid show on site was a happy surprise and led to me taking more flower pictures than I should have.  I can't help but be inspired by their alien shapes, succulent texture and vivid colors!  Below is a small sampling of the photos I took, with more on my flickr page here.

Los Angeles stopover

We made it to Auckland!

Saying goodbye to Sebastian was hard, but I think he's loving his new home with my grandparents. He was pretty confused at the end, when our apartment was emptying out and he was running out of hidey holes.