Starting the day with a Loan to Kiva

Good morning! I started my day with a new Kiva.org microloan to fifteen lovely ladies from Paraguay. A nice way to celebrate payday.

We wants it!

Here's a perfectly gorgeous environmentally conscious home which was built for about £3000 (about $4700).





Funny enough, throughout the entire site I can't find one mention of "Hobbit," "Tolkein," or "the Shire" amidst all the talk of permaculture, sustainability, energy consumption, and self-built homes. See his website here and a full gallery of photos here.

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( Cut to spare the uninterested )