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| LUSHious Outhouse found on Quadra Island, BC situated on Dogfish Bay | |||
The LUSHious Outhouse in British Columbia Photo contributed by David B. Used by permission |
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Even the tax assessor commented on the Elvis picture! The yellow bucket contains the alder sawdust. Photo contributed by David B. Used by permission |
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The view looking NE to the beach and the Coast Mtns. All items added to the outhouse have to be juried by the owner! Photo contributed by David B. Used by permission |
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Padded seat no less! The wooden box keeps the mice out of the TP. The worry beads are from Greece. The boards are yellow and red cedar. Photo contributed by David B. Used by permission |
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Looking N. if you were sitting on the seat. The large bone is from a walrus. The smaller, above the window, from a sea lion washed up on the beach. If you're curious google "oosik". Yes, that's Hemingway. Photo contributed by David B. Used by permission |
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Here is another great addition to The Outhouses of America Tour. I'll let the contributor's text provide you with a great description of the Outhouse and all it's ammenities! The photos were all taken in March 2010. "I built this LUSHious outhouse; probably 20 years ago. We have a 3 Ac piece of land on Quadra Island, BC situated on Dogfish Bay. After building the road down, I had a hole excavated for our outhouse. I didn't have any plans other than to utilize the view of the surroundings; hence the other name "A loo with a view". The housing of the eclectic memorabilia was also part of the idea. The only repairs I have done were last summer when I replaced the foundation with concrete blocks. I also scooped out the composted material for the first time. The secret to this was that I have always had a sign in the 'house that says "When you have poop, please throw in a scoop". The scoop is alder tree sawdust. We have lots of it as this is also our wood supply for the beach house stove. I wasn't looking forward to being on my hands and knees digging out through a small opening in the back. However it was amazing; no smell and very earthy looking material. I took out five 23litre (5 gal) buckets. The only things still recognizable were the non-biodegradable wet wipes. So this admonition has now been added to the original sign. And in another 20 years I won't care! The LUSH sign is from a company our kids are involved in. The white filigree is from Anguilla, BWI, the carving from Irian Jaya; now Papua. The porthole comes from a boat wrecked on the beach. The larger lantern found on the beach was used as the rear light from a log flat boom. The roof is concrete tile. [The 2nd picture from the top] Even the tax assessor commented on the Elvis picture! The yellow bucket contains the alder sawdust. The [3rd picture from the top is a] view looking NE to the beach and the Coast Mtns. All items added to the outhouse have to be juried by the owner! [The 4th picture from the top] Padded seat no less! The wooden box keeps the mice out of the TP. The worry beads are from Greece. The boards are yellow and red cedar. [The 5th picture from the top] Looking North if you were sitting on the seat. The large bone is from a walrus. The smaller, above the window, from a sea lion washed up on the beach. If you're curious google "oosik". Yes, that's Hemingway." Curator's Comment: The "bones" shown above are rather interesting. About 30 years ago, I lived in Sioux Falls, SD. There was an old hardware store there that had a huge collections of mounted animals from all over the world. The owner must have been an avid big game hunter. He had a walrus and the bone was sitting along side it in the case. He took great pride explaining to me what it was. You will probably be surprised too if you take the time to look it up!!! Also, I travelled to Greece in the late 70's and also picked up some worry beads. The locals carry them around all the time. I don't know where those beads went though. I'm not worried about it though. | |
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