My X Apartment

  I was looking through my photo hoard this morning and happened to find some photos of my Houston beige box x-apartment. Prime example of how just because your apartment has no soul your decorating can make up for it. COLOR, COLOR, COLOR!!! Oh, and MORE IS ALWAYS MORE!

99%  Thrifted or Found. Dogs included haha.

During my Latin folky phase.

My treehouse-esque balcony.

It made you feel like you weren't in the middle of a city 5 million people large.

A mini tropical oasis.

My mood boards and collection of Virgin Marys are always a constant in my decorating.

Cherchez La Femme ...

Waderlust Bucket List

   One of the many things to do on my bucket list is to do a cross country trip in some type of caravan/trailer type thing. Starting in New Orleans through Texas and the deserts and finally California to the Redwood forest, camping all the way in my very own Gypsy Caravan. I figure I'll have to buy something practical and jazz it up to my liking.

I may end up with just a groovy van.

I could make a pop-up trailer look like this...kinda.

Some Thelma and Louise type scenery would be cool.

My Mamma says the desert will surprise me with how colorful it is...

I'm a coastal person, I can't wait to see the Californian coast...

I've been all up and down the East Coast, Gulf Coast, Central  America even. But not California yet.

I can just imagine, cozy nights reading and listening to music in new and different places...

The Redwood forest is a big one for me, Julia Butterfly Hill blew my mind in the 90's with her accounts
of  protesting the logging of these magnificent trees.

What an incredible back drop this would be...the desert seems so wild to me, and free. 

The more I write, the more antsy I'm getting to start setting my plan in motion...
Such is the way of a gypsy I suppose. I just arrived in one place and I'm already thinking about the next...

Jungle Shower

   I always have been enamored with the idea of outdoor bathing. Shower, bathtub, river, lake, whatever- just as long as it is surrounded by lush foliage, shards of sunlight on my skin and the sound of birds in the trees around me. Where I grew up in Canada we often camped ( and sometimes lived) in VERY isolated places. Sometimes, in the Summer you had no choice but to bathe in the lake or nearest babbling brook. It had a very lasting impression on me, the serenity, spirituality and purity of bathing with nature under the open sky.
  The only problem is... this is not a year round possibility. Although I do live MUCH further South these days, it's getting chillier. So the plan is to create the " Outdoor Bathing " experience inside. I have a huge window above my bathtub/ shower that gets tons of sun. If you get the timing right your shower is like being in the jungle with the sun shining right through the shower's sprays. It's the best!  All I need is to add some shelves and fill them with trailing plants and natural elements like shells and polished river stones. Here are some inspirational pictures to get the mood going... And of course when my "Jungle Shower" is complete I will post photos.

   When the weather heats back up mind you, I plan on either an outdoor shower or bathtub in my secret garden. Luckily my yard is very private (save for the lizards, butterflies and birds) Hot bath by candlelight under the stars anyone? Yes pleeeeassse.

Betsyville

   As promised here are the pictures of Betsy Johnson's amazing Mexican Villa. The only images I was able to find aren't the best of quality but you should get the idea.