week of books, part one

this week, everyday, i am going to share some books. 

these are ones that i go back to often- for inspiration, for ideas, for beauty, for fun. 

most will be garden-related, but today's book is more about structures than plants, but it has so many good ideas and images in it that it will get your brain jumpstarted for any project you may face.

it is called shelter. 

first published in 1973, it has historical images, photos, plans, diagrams, instructions, and words that share how to build everything from bucky balls to tents, to onion domes to adobe and beyond. there are images from every continent, all different types of people & communities, images taken indoors, outdoors, things made of wood, stone, thatch,bamboo, how to build a windmill, and a shout-ou the watts towers- you name it.

it is great.