Don’t you think it’d be nice to live somewhere called Skye? I do. This little beauty is located at the north west edge of Skye, Western Isles. I really love this house. Of course the oddball shaping is nice, but what I like best is the color contrast. It’s surprisingly stark but overall soothing. Yes, that makes no sense; my brain is just thinking thoughts as I type.

Then you flip around to the other side of this beautiful house and guess what…

It’s a whole different look – not so stark, a great green roof, and almost a pretty rural farmhouse …read more

Don’t you hate it when people say things like, “OMG!!!” Obnoxious, no? I think so too. However, this house warrants a major OMG!!!

I guess this is a few years old, but it’s still sooooo worth seeing. It’s an art creation – a farmhouse turned human sized dollhouse. Amazing. I love dollhouses, especially odd ones, so this is completely spectacular. I just can’t believe I never saw it before.
This Life-Size Dollhouse by Heather Benning was posted at Ohdeedoh. Not only can you see more of this incredible biggie sized dollhouse at Ohdeedoh, but you can see their nice collection of all …read more

This is sort of a late anniversary present. I pretty much stalk Humboldt real estate, hoping I’ll find something perfect enough to motivate me to move back. Yesterday, I found something for Marye instead.
Marye, long time Offbeat supporter and friend, just hit her one year anniversary at Baking Delights. All I can afford to get her is some link love. Although, if money was no object, I’d get her this little ditty in Humboldt county. Ferndale to be specific. Ferndale rocks because the entire town is on the historic registry and it’s beautiful. When I lived in Humboldt, I liked …read more

~ By Marye Audet
A few years ago our property and that of 100 or so of our neighbors flooded. Many of the houses that flooded were not in a flood plain but because of a rapid increase in building around us the water run-off was more than the creek could handle and at 2 in the morning I was in flood water up to my armpits in my front yard with sheep and goats in my laundry room, chickens on the front porch, and my husband and I leading horses to the higher ground by the road.
We were very …read more