I recently built an outdoor shower on the side of our house here in Florida.
Not only was I proud of the work I put into the thing, and the finished product being functional (it’s plumbed with both hot & cold water & drains well) as well as pleasing to the eye (the corrugated metal siding I used for walls looks nice), I am entirely besotted with the notion of the outdoor shower.
What is it about showering under the open sky? On cold mornings, the steam billows into the tree limbs above, like clouds of smoke from a fire. I can look at the lake while I lather-up, can listen to the birds, can feel the breeze.
Since I finished the thing a couple months ago I think I’ve only taken two showers indoors. It is seriously such a better start to my day.
Also written on this day...
- moving - 2010
- fleeting youth - 2007
- i guess it's better than malaria - 2005