What is a shed?

"The word 'shed' is thought to derive from Scaed, which is an Angle-Saxin word meaning shade. Sheds were therefore functional rather than aesthetic structures."
- Gill Heriz, A Woman's Shed

About sheds

"Traditionally, women have taken time for moments of creativity within their demanding everyday lives wherever they could. They have always used small domestic spaces, andd that sometimes included sheds, for their own practical and creative needs. These humble or not so humble sheds have, undoubtedly, been the places for inspiration, for the creation of novels, paintings, and the making of gardens.
Going to the shed is both a physical removal of ourselves to 'another place," and a retreat to a space where our emotional needs are met and we can be ourselves. Our sheds are often the one place we can call our own and where we can do what we like!
In our sheds we create art, we write or make cartoons, and reach out to the world through doing the things we enjoy and which challenge us. We plant seeds, retreat, think, work, make, and mend, and have the tools of our trade around us. We collect curios and turn detrious into art. We gather totems from walks, vacations, and loves, and then artfully enshrine them or carelessly allow them to collect cobwebs on windowsills. We store spades, brushes, memories, and chitting potatoes."
- Gill Heriz, A Woman's Shed

About building blanket forts

"What is it about sheds that is so appealing? Do they remind us of the hiding plsces, of our childhood, when we made dens out of anything and everything, whereever we could, turning bunk beds, pscking cases, ruined walls, and hedges into our own secret places, and lost ourselves in the world of our imagination?
As we sit in our centrally heated houses, amid the trappings of consumerism, do we, as adults, crave the simpler life? Is there a collective primal memory of a more elemental existence that gives us direct contact with the few things we need in order to live? When we enter our sheds, we see a table, a chair, a bench, boxes of tools, seeds, a simple stove, a tea kettle. We can pretend, play, create, be ourselves, and find freedom from the paraphernalia of everyday contemporary life."
-Gill Heriz, A Woman's Shed

Goucho Corners!

It took four years, but today I finished the sides of the goucho couch for my Airstream. When I ripped off the old fabric and foam, I found that the wood of one of them was rotted, so I had to completely rebuild it. This set-back tested my resolve, but am proud to say I did it all myself. The piece of upholstery fabric I used was the first glamping decor decision I made and I'm still in love with it. See the shell pattern? That's the signature for The Silver Conch. Next I'll sew doilies to make washable scarves for the top pieces.

Snow

"It may snow here once every twenty-five years. But, if you head down to the beach on a cold December night, you can easily convince yourself that the white sugar sand is snow! And making angels in the sand won't numb your fingers and toes like snow angels will!"
- A Taste of Perdido Key

Galvez Boat Landing

"One of my favorite things to do is pack a picnic lunch, put in a paddleboat or kayak at the Galvez boat landing, and head to the little island in the middle of the Intracoastal. The water around the island is shallow and a perfect place to play and watch the parade of boaters as they head out to the Gulf through the Intracoastal."
-A Taste of Perdido Key

Innerarity Point

"The land bridge that connects Innerarity Point with Innerarity Island is one of the first places to be cut off by rising water during a storm. It is also one of the best places to sit and watch the sunset."
-A Taste of Perdido Key