Squaw Valley

California, USA
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS ON MY LAST POSTS!THESE LAST DAYS I CARRIED ON ARRANGING THE FLAT. MANY THINGS I LIKE ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE IN BULGARIA. AFTER SEARCHING EVERYWHERE FOR THE KIND OF CURTAIN ROD I NEEDED (SLIM WOOD NOT VARNISHED), I FINALY USED SIMPLE TOOLS HANDLES. THEN, FOR THE LIGHTINGS, AFTER TRYING IN ABOUT 15 DIFFERENT PLACES, I FOUND A LITTLE SHOP (THE ONLY ONE PROBABLY) THAT WAS SELLING LIGHT PINK BULBS. I SAID "WOW! GIVE ME TWO PLEASE!"... "SORRY! WE HAVE ONLY ONE!". IN A WAY I LIKE THAT "DIFFICULTY", SCARCITY GIVES MORE VALUE TO THINGS AND IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO ENJOY SIMPLE THINGS WE OFTEN DON'T NOTICE SUCH AS A BULB, A BEAUTIFUL ELECTRIC WIRE (I BROUGHT MINE FROM FRANCE) OR A SHADE THAT WAITED 4 SUMMERS TO BE FIXED. NOTICE THE CUTE BOTTLE OF FRESH ORGANIC BULGARIAN MILK... I WAS FIRST GOING NOT TO BUY IT BECAUSE IT'S FOUR TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN A BASIC MILK, BUT THEN I THOUGHT I MUST GIVE A LITTLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY. I WAS ALSO HAPPY TO BUY MEDICINAL PLANTS A MAN WAS SELLING IN THE STREET, BUT FOR HOW LONG?(PLASTIC BAGS BUT I RECYCLE THEM! ;) ) ...ALL PHOTOS BY CLARISSE DEMORY.