Another space to dream about. More images at iiiinspired.  All of my dream spaces (for example) are primarily filled with plants and light.

(via here / original photos from Elle Korea)

I know that I’m by no means the first to discover it, but I watched the Criterion copy of Obayashi’s 1977 cult classic horror movie House several weeks ago, and took some screengrabs which I forgot about. This movie is hard to describe- it is funny, suggestive, cheesy, campy, surreal, a little creepy, and beautiful in many ways. It combines optical printing with animation, live action, stop motion, and so many editing gems I can’t even describe here. It seems self-aware but is so over-the-top crazy. House is not really horror (if you, like me, are leery of horror flicks) and is worth a watch for it’s sheer artistic value and absurdity. With characters named Gorgeous, Fantasy, Prof, Mac, Melody, and Kung Fu, how can you go wrong?

If you’re not convinced by the screengrabs, then I have two words for you: WITCH CAT.

Romano Gabriel was folk artist in Eureka, CA who once said Eureka was “a bad place for flowers” and crafted a fantastical wooden garden out of fruit and vegetable crates over the span of thirty years.   I only just found out about him, and look forward to seeing the garden some day. His devotion to the creation of this garden (that is now recognized as a substantial, inspiring folk art project) reminds me a bit of Salvation Mountain.

(photos via here + quote via here)

So I admittedly hate the way I look in most earrings, but this photo on Face Hunter the other day made me want to reconsider my accessories.  How rad are these?!

Lincoln Heights- Mexican restaurant

Glendale- Backdoor of Piano Shop

I really need to start a new Flickr account.  Los Angeles can be so beautiful sometimes.

In the span of a couple months my crescent Opuntia (which I posted about in February) has gone from this:

To this:

This is pretty much my ideal work/think/create space.  I look at this picture and begin to drool a little…

(via Old Chum)

I just came across this post which took me to this post, which then totally took me down memory lane.  I grew up in Northern California and my dad was a pilot, so I grew up flying with my dad in small airplanes.  We’d fly to almost anywhere that had an airstrip, especially if there was cool, kid-friendly stuff within walking distance from the airport.  The Nut Tree in Vacaville was one- there was a little airstrip literally steps away.

It’s one destination I remember going on more than one occasion and loving- from these photos you can see why! Granted these photos were taken about twenty years before I went there, but honestly it hadn’t changed too much by the 80’s. These photos reflect my memories of the place. There was a restaurant, toy shop, sweets shop, a train, and the feeling like you were at playground for kids and grown-ups.  Sad that the original is not around anymore… people didn’t know what they were missing.

Thanks to Cathy for the reminder of this childhood favorite. Seriously, check out these photos to see exactly how awesome this place was.  I appreciate the modernism so much more now than I did then.

(via the ever fabulous Tell You Today)