GYPSYCHRISTINE

Homemade Beer

I learned how to make alcoholic ginger beer in the Philippines.

Making it here in Cappadocia!

The first batch didn’t turn it because it was winter and cold!

Hopefully the heat now works!!

During this 17 day lockdown throughout all of Turkey...We got bored!

Couldn’t go to hardware to buy tools that broke because it was closed!!

So we hiked and made beer!

We made -

1- Ginger Beer

2-Ginger Pear Beer

3-Apple Cider Beer

What ne...

Synchronicity

Life imitating art.

Or

Art imitating life?

An art work by Amy Brown! I love her art!! She depicts fantastical faeries and mermaids and now Little Red Riding Hood!

A few days after I took these photos, I saw that Amy Brown has a series that looked like me and my puppy Loki!!

Looking Out

My old cave home...a friend let me stay at his father’s old cave home in town.

I loved the view when it was snowing.

The room itself had a queen sized bed, but no windows! I never slept so much in Turkey!! Hard to wake up with no natural light!

I loved this living/sitting room, but it was FREEZING!

I loved the window looking out and ate my meals here.

The Window To The Soul

The Window To The Soul...Ans Beyond Time

My Baby Sambo

Sambo meaning black in Persian has been kidnapped for a month now!

I took her in for a week and she got along great with Loki! Although Loki totally bullied her!

I was giving her to a friend in town and he loved her!

I was still her Mama and would visit and she would remember Mama and be so so happy!!

But when my friend was working - someone climbed over his gate and kidnapped her!!

Hopefully she is well taken care of and I hope to find her one day...SOON!!

Best Room

So the manager and I were friends...

Or so I thought.

He gave me the best room for a very great price!! With a jacuzzi tub and fireplace!!

This was months ago when my first landlord found 1 credit card in the aftermath of my accidental fire in the pigeon cave house!

I made many good friends at the hotel.

But the manager!!!

He took my Australian female friend to go buy furniture and it cost double what it should have been or more!!

That is not friends...

Hotel Nude Shots

I was lucky to be able to shoot at a hotel wit the manager knowing.

Unfortunately, that owner turned out to scam my female friend.

He tried to have sex with me and her st separate nights - we declined of course, but he has told the guy I am seeing we slept together!

It’s such a small town - everyone knows everyone.

Me and the manager did sit in a jacuzzi tub naked together and massages and took nude photos - but NO SEX!!

I hate immature liars!

Homemade Beer

We made ginger beer last week, but most of the stores were closed due to a covid 17 day National lockdown in Turkey.

All hardwares closed.

Hard to get the equipment we needed.

We made ginger beer and it wasn’t really bubbling as it should.

I learned the recipe in the Philosophy from another female cruiser.

Yesterday, Mustafa - the Turkish guy I am dating - made the hose shorter and taped as much air from too as he could and glued stuff.

And BUBBLES!!

Me and You...You and Me

So HAPPY Together!!

Remember the song from The Turtles?? So Happy Together??

It is mine and Loki’s song!!

**Me and Mama! Mama and Me!!

Loki Growing Up So Fast

Loki Zzzzzz!

This was when Loki was still allowed in the sofas!!

Loki Is A Man Dog Now

Oh Loki!! So so naughty!

What can you expect from the Norse God of MISCHIEF??

**Mama!! Loki NO Naughty!! No naughty!! Loki fierce and brave and Loki fearless like Mama!!

Well my baby puppy has grown into a big man dog almost overnight!

I never disciplined him and he was half wild most of the time running with the stray dogs in my old place of residence.

Now when we aren’t watching him 24-7 - he chews on EVERYTHING and anything!

He creates havoc!!

So...

An Illegal Garden

Yes it is a garden!! And yes it it ILLEGAL!!

What is an illegal garden you ask?

It’s a garden and land I do NOT own in the back of my house! I am using it!

We claimed half the illegal land as our neighbors were here first and have the other half!

I LOVE Turkey!!

Outhouse

On the funny, light side.

Me pooping in my downstairs outhouse!!

Yes outhouse!! I do have an indoor toilet downstairs but I never use it.

I have 2 outhouses and will be building bathrooms inside!!

My hair looks crazy this morning!!!

Nudeart

And NO I haven’t stopped taking nudes!

It’s just harder using a better camera and than saving to computer.

iPhones are crazy expensive here. And my storage is always at full capacity!!

But I will be uploading more nudes soon!

Just with renovating and lockdown, I get lazy or I am doing something for the house or planning my next advenure.

Dinner Last Night

Food in Turkey is DELICIOUS!

We had kofte - minced beef in little patties with a lot of parsley going stale.

Cauliflower in garlic yogurt sauce and bread!

Turkish people eat ALOT of bread like Europeans. Bread bread bread!

And white wine!!

I AM blessed!!

Good food and wine is always important to the quality of my life!!

My other ghetto patio

I have two areas to sit in outside.

This one is covered with an ugly steel metal sheet. Very ghetto but effective in shading the sun.

We hang out here most of the time and NOt in the house!! Hahah

Once a gypsy hobo - always a gypsy hobo who just wants to be out in the elements enjoying the sun and sky and air!

When I type “we” - I am now dating a Turkish friend who I met in late November when I got to Cappadocia. I contacted him on couchsurfing hangouts as I use ha...

Old Antik House

I am now renovating an old antik house in The Old Town of Avanos.

Avanos is known for its artists and art around Cappadocia and Turkey with ceramics and pottery that are so detailed and so artistic.

I will be opening an art gallery and studio to showcase local artists and their talent.

I will be opening a SECRET NUDE art studio of my various nude pieces around the world.

Turkey isn’t ready for a public exhibition so only fans outside the country will really get to se...

Happy...Crazy...Free

I finally have some stability and security to my traveling gypsy hobo lifestyle.

Who knew after 13 or more of traveling that I would OWN my own home!

In Cappadocia, Turkey!!

My Mama before she died was worried sick about what would happen to me. She was happy for my traveling, but all Asians work for retirement.

One day when she thought I wasn’t home, she was crying to my dad, “What will happen to Christine when we are gone? She doesn’t have a house and no husban...

My Gypsy Home

A dream comes true

My Ghetto Terrace/Patio

Yesterday the sun came out after days of cold and lots of Spring showers! In our in our we carried the furniture back in to shield from rain.

After a few weeks, we took out the beautiful pillows again and I covered the single beds I bought with a thick heavy material.

Even though it’s my open roof - terrace - patio and made of such ugly construction - it’s beautiful when it’s decorated.

We love to sit out here to enjoy the sun and sunsets and have dinner if it’s not ...

Going With The Flow

I am learning to go with the flow - moment to moment!!

And not resisting as much!!

Going with the flow down river is so much easier than struggling up river!!

My Baby Loki

After rescuing 6 stray puppies - 3 light ones from a different Mama and 3 dark ones and Mama Light Puppy who followed her pups, but refused to breast feed them.

Last December, I got a message on Instagram from an acquaintance who knew I had a big house and asked if I could take in 3 puppies.

It was raining and of course I said yes.

The same night after bringing in the dark ones, with 2 almost dying because of cold and rain. I resuscitated one and named him Jesus.

Jesu...

Mother’s Day Dinner

In rememberance of my Mama!

I really believe her heavenly guidance and determination helped me purchase my retirement home!

She always wanted me to have a home to go to when I was done with traveling.

Safety and security!

I finally have it!! I couldn’t imagine this dream happening last November when Paul and I broke up.

I was scared and anxious of my future...

And thus, a whole new chapter of my life opened up...

Blooms and More Flowers

Everything is so much cheaper in Turkey!!

The standard of living here is very high! My dad still thinks I am living in substandard conditions and in poverty!!

He says I am the poorest of poor to my relatives!!

But my life has been blessed with adventure and travel and good people.

That is all that matters to me!! Love and happy memories and spreading joy and kindness to other people!

Flowers

My Mama always loved flowers all over the house!! Orchids, Roses...

When I bought my house, I wanted to celebrate her memory with orchids.

Unfortunately, someone stole keys to house and took all the old furniture AND the orchids I bought for my Mama! IbwS so angry!!

Now I bought 3 more Orchids for my Mama to adorn my new house!!

Thanks to EVERYONE here who has supported me with your generous donations throughout the years!! Hugs

The Scarlett Woman

Remember in American Literature? The Scarlet Woman? She had to wear a huge S on her cape because she had a baby out of wedlock? The whole story is about the hypocrisy of society. Turns out the father was The Priest in town and he let her bare the shame of wearing that S with their daughter Pearl.

Cappadocia

My Road Dogs

Found an old Instagram account and some photos!

My two hard drives burned so I don’t have old photos st the moment to share so any I get I am very happy!!

The good old days when I was young!! In San Diego where we resettled after Texas when we first came to the US!

I am with my older brother and my cousin playing sand.

The innocence of youth!!

Are YOU SEEKING Truth?

The Seeker and The Destroyer

Very excited to show you a very talented photographer in Cappadocia I have worked with a few times!

He has such artistic imagination!!