Posted on 08/09/2007 8:12:38 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
MIAMI -- This graying hippie makes the nightly, winding climb 18 feet to her cozy bedroom. She wakes to roosters' crows and the scents of dewy soil. Over breakfast, her view is a jungle of towering trees, no hint of concrete civilization.
Shawnee Chasser lives in a treehouse above a secret garden in the middle of Miami. For 15 years, she has lived atop the 1.5-acre nirvana of green trees and farm animals behind a row of houses 10 minutes from downtown.
Neighbors come for potlucks, drum circles and weekly volleyball games. Tenants who rent the extra bedrooms hang out in the open kitchen. It is exactly the peaceful paradise Chasser envisioned when her brother and others built the three-story treehouse months before Hurricane Andrew devastated the area in 1992.
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
No, it looks more like “Meddle”-era David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd). Maybe someone with more time can find a pic.
Sorry for the late reply but I have been off camping for awhile now. I sure don’t understand some of the replies by some of the people on the treehouse. I see no problem with it nor do I hate hippies. I truly don’t understand the mean spirits of some on here...I think its fine if she wants to live in a treehouse. I guess many would call me names for having a trailer in the cedar trees & by a pond...I happen to think its great my child can see nature & I wouldn’t have it any other way. We spent quite a bit of time watching deer & hummingbirds. I envy you for having a treehouse. I would love to have one but my town doesn’t allow them. Have a great night! ~Pandora~
You are making a difference in the life of your child ...not unlike the woman in the article...and life-long remembrances that will influence to the better. Ya done good!
Thanks....I try to get away from my town as much as I can. I live very close to the ocean but we only do the beach in the off season as I can’t stand the traffic anymore. I truly didn’t get to read all the replies on that thread as I was leaving that day. From some of what I saw, I was really disappointed in some people. I guess those are the one would like us all to be cut from the same d@mn mold. Thankfully we aren’t! Very nice to meet you ~Pandy~
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