{"id":2914,"date":"2015-05-25T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2015-06-01T17:07:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T00:07:23","slug":"the-cosmic-shed-henderson-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/the-cosmic-shed-henderson-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cosmic Shed &#8211; Henderson, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2921\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0464.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2921\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2921\" alt=\"The Cosmic Shed in East Texas. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0464-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0464-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0464-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0464.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cosmic Shed in East Texas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all are getting a real dose of East Texas, with a capital T,\u201d said our host Cindy partway through our stay at the Cosmic shed. Since arriving at the Cosmic Shed, Ally and I had met backwoods rednecks, experienced a bunch of the culture, had a run-in with a local Constable, eaten deep fried catfish caught that day, and I had had an extreme allergic reaction to a sting from a red wasp. What was meant to be a day or two stay had ended up being a week before we knew it. Part of it was a need to relax after a hectic couple weeks trying to prepare for the road, part of it was because we enjoyed the folks we were meeting, and part of it was The Cosmic Shed itself, and the woman who care takes it, Cindy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2920\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2920\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2920\" alt=\"Some of the salvaged sculptures. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0453-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0453-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0453-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0453.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the salvaged sculptures.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CosmicShed\" target=\"_blank\">The Cosmic Shed<\/a> was built in the 1960s by a man named Fred Rogers, who shape-shifted his way through life from being a systems analyst for the Pentagon to a maker of trash art. The grounds around the Shed are scattered with salvaged art, made from old appliances, machinery, and other do-dads. \u201cTrash Sculpture \u2013 An Art Form Appropriate for Our Time\u201d reads one sign. The Shed itself is a large four-story pyramid, reminiscent of both a tipi and a fire lookout tower. It is clad with salvaged corrugated metal of rust tones and various colors of blue automotive paint.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2925\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0491.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2925\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2925\" alt=\"The stairs up to the fourth floor. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0491-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0491-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0491-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0491.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2925\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stairs up to the fourth floor.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Inside the Shed, considered both an art gallery and a museum, a guest will find artwork from many artists, along with old tools, old wasp nests, and anything else deemed museum worthy. The first floor grasps your interest with the eclectic nature of items and artwork displayed. The second floor makes you feel at home amongst the madness, and allows you to interact via the Ping-Pong table, foosball table, and balcony. The awkward stairs up to the third floor up through a hatch in the floor, make you feel like you\u2019re entering a secret hide-away. And indeed, the third floor has few windows, and the walls of the pyramid shape start to taper in, making it feel like an old attic in which you might make a secret fort. Protruding from the center of the third floor is a system of large cross-braces, which form a nest of stairs leading up towards the light beaming down from the fourth floor. Going up these small stairs, one finds themselves in a room of glass. The trees have grown up in the past 50 years, making it feel more like a tree fort than a fire tower.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2917\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0437.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2917\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2917\" alt=\"Cindy makes bubble with the kids. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0437-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0437-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0437-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0437.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cindy makes bubble with the kids.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When Ally and I first arrived, Cindy, who was Fred\u2019s partner, told us she wanted for us to hear the story of Fred\u2019s death from her. When Fred was diagnosed in the early 90s with cancer, he said that he wasn\u2019t afraid of dying, but he didn\u2019t want to suffer. And when the suffering started, he built a funeral pyre, lit a fuse, and took his own life with a .357, while simultaneously cremating himself in front of one of his own sculptures. When talking about it later, a local police officer said, \u201cYup, that was Fred.\u201d People knew him as a person who knew himself well enough to live (and therefore die) in the confidence of his own beliefs. The power of the place that Fred built, and the profoundness of his death almost brought me to tears, and gave me complete respect, as well as a sense of connection to The Cosmic Shed and the man who built it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2932\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1448.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2932\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2932\" alt=\"The second floor. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1448-1024x233.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1448-1024x233.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1448-300x68.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1448.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The second floor.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However beautiful, inspiring, and interesting the Cosmic Shed is, because it is in the heart of conservative East Texas, it isn\u2019t always seen as proper or socially acceptable. Over the years the place has been shot at, been the source of many un-Christian rumors, and Cindy has even been accused of being a witch by a fellow whose daughter got candy from her on Halloween. The last case was settled when the fellow\u2019s friend who was with him recognized Cindy and they ended the confrontation with a picnic amongst the sculptures. I speak about these things, not to bring any pity, but rather to show the extremes of culture present here in east Texas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2940\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0401.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2940\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2940\" alt=\"Our Sunday tea party. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0401-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0401-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0401-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Sunday tea party.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The first full day there, we had arranged to serve tea to many long-time \u201cShedders,\u201d many of whom come most Sundays when the Shed is open, as well as many new-comers and folks who hadn\u2019t been in years or decades. It was a lovely day of tea, meeting new folks, and sharing space with a whole new culture. Ally and I connected with several folks \u2013 Jonathan, who was a traveler at heart and was glad to meet some like minded folks in his neck of the woods; Jody, who was a craftsman and loved talking about building things with me; Dee, who is the mother of my friend John in west Texas and loves these kinds of things; Dee\u2019s grandsons, John and Andrew, who I had fun beating at Ping-Pong and talking stories with; Glen, who hadn\u2019t been to the Cosmic Shed in 40 years, but came out because the tea bus was there; and so many more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2916\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0423.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2916\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2916\" alt=\"Andrew, Guisepi's eyebrow, and Cindy. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0423-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0423-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0423-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0423.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew, Guisepi&#8217;s eyebrow, and Cindy.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After the tea party slowed down, Ally and I went for a walk and discussed the culture we had entered. When some of the first folks arrived that day, immediately plastic shot \u201cglasses\u201d were brought out, with Fireball, cigarettes, and eventually some KFC. I was a little confused by all this, as the Shed seemed to be a somewhat liberal place with open-minded people. Even though so many of the folks there are liberal, and might be called \u201chippies\u201d by east Texas standard, I realized that they were all folks who still operated within the confines of east Texas culture. Even when one wants to live better, open their mind, be healthier, and live in community, there are many things that get in the way in a cultural sense, but that overlaps into the physical reality as well. What I mean by this is that you can\u2019t really buy much in the way of healthy food, or socialize\/build community without booze, or get away from the throwaway consumer framework. There just seems to be too few options in this part of Texas. Ally and I decided that we love the people out here even more for it, as they do what they can within the framework that exists.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2918\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0446.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2918\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2918\" alt=\"Having a small fire in Edna amongst the art. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0446-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0446-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0446-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0446.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Having a small fire in Edna amongst the art.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Over the following week, we spent time organizing more of the bus, making and eating good food, going on walks down the road, playing with Cindy\u2019s dogs, and just really getting to know Cindy. She is a total sweetheart, and one of the best hosts we could have asked for. She made sure we were comfortable and fed, offered us great stories, and we talked and talked. And it\u2019s not just us that she does this for. Cindy shows this same kindness to anyone who comes down the road to the Cosmic Shed \u2013 whether it\u2019s the usual \u201cShedders,\u201d the twice-yearly motorcycle campout folks, or people like us. \u00a0And for people like us, it was easy to recognize a fellow community-builder. Thank you, Cindy!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2919\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0452.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2919\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2919\" alt=\"The Cosmic Commode \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0452-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0452-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0452-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0452.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cosmic Commode<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One day as Cindy was at work, a police car drove by the property really slow. \u201cHow much do you want to bet he\u2019s going to come back?\u201d I asked Ally. She thinks I think we\u2019re going to get hassled more than we do. I just think that it\u2019s best to be prepared. A couple hours later the police car pulled into the driveway. It was Constable Jimmy Skinner. \u201cWe got a call from one of the neighbors about a strange vehicle over here. Can I see some ID?\u201d Hmmm, he\u2019s on private property, with no specific crime to be concerned about, just an odd vehicle. \u201cIf I\u2019ve done something wrong, I\u2019d be happy to give you my ID.\u201d Of course I hadn\u2019t done anything wrong. I gave him Cindy\u2019s number, but he couldn\u2019t reach her because she was working. The whole thing felt odd. When I told a local later about the neighbor calling the cops, he said, \u201cThat\u2019s a good neighbor.\u201d This mindset that things shouldn\u2019t change, that people shouldn\u2019t make new friends, or have different people come over, that different is bad \u2013 this whole notion is what I don\u2019t like. This is what Cindy is up against with the Cosmic Shed, why she\u2019s been called a witch, and why Fred was said to have killed himself because he was a devil-worshipper. When people are closed to differences, closed to new things, closed to change, that\u2019s when people do ugly things, and that\u2019s when community is un-built.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2926\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0498.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2926\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2926\" alt=\"Even Buddha gets cold sometimes. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0498-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even Buddha gets cold sometimes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here\u2019s where I tell you that it\u2019s not all that bad. Cindy rarely faces this kind of discrimination, but over the years enough has happened for it to be commented on. I actually hesitated to write about some of this, because I don\u2019t want a few instances of intolerance to interfere with what is otherwise a beautiful picture of a community hub for people who need it in east Texas. If you happen to be near there on a Sunday, I highly recommend a visit.<\/p>\n<p>When all was said and done, Ally, Edna, and I came out of the experience recharged. We had learned how to clean a catfish, made new friends, experienced a magical gem of east Texas, and felt utterly refreshed. As we were leaving, Cindy told us that we had recharged the Cosmic Shed batteries too.<\/p>\n<p>Next stop\u2026 Hot Springs, Arkansas!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2934\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1455.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2934\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2934\" alt=\"The wondrous Cosmic Shed\" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1455-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1455-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1455-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1455.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wondrous Cosmic Shed<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2933\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2933\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2933\" alt=\"Agreed!\" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1453-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1453-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1453-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1453-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1453.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agreed!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2931\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1444.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2931\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2931\" alt=\"Yup.\" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1444-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1444-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1444-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1444.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yup.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2930\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2930\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2930\" alt=\"Gathering fresh drinking water at the Frankston Spring for serving tea at The Cosmic Shed. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1427-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1427-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1427-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1427-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_1427.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gathering fresh drinking water at the Frankston Spring for serving tea at The Cosmic Shed.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2929\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0527.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2929\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2929\" alt=\"The second floor. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0527-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0527-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0527-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0527.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The second floor.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2928\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0520.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2928\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2928\" alt=\"Where are we? \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0520-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0520-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0520-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0520.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Where are we?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2927\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2927\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2927\" alt=\"The fourth floor lookout. \" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0501-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0501-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0501-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0501.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fourth floor lookout.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2924\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0490.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2924\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2924\" alt=\"Free Books!\" src=\"http:\/\/freeteaparty.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0490-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" 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