“Alternative lifestyle”is such a funny phrase.

You live…you take care of business….you take care of your family….you live.

What could be alternative about any of that?

Here’s a portrait of a young family who moved from England to New Zealand….bought a couple of yurts….started doing some farming….and…live.

Now, I suppose that a family of 6 living in a reclaimed house with only one bathroom could be considered “alternative”….but it usually doesn’t feel that way.

For us, sometimes, it would be nice to have another bathroom.

If you live outside of what most people accept as the norm, sometimes you just miss that second bathroom that seems to be a necessity for most of the people.

On that one (one?) time that you’re hopping around outside the door….waiting for the bathroom….hoping that people hurry….HURRY!!!….you know that alternative isn’t always that cool.

Why am I talking about bathrooms? I don’t even have to go to the bathroom right now.

Let tomorrow take care of tomorrow.

Who’s to say what “alternative” really is, anyway?

Alternative when it doesn’t feel like a choice anymore is just coping with a weird situation.

These are really nice yurts in a really nice place.

Here’s a link to the family’s YouTube channel…. http://youtube.com//c/lulastichippyshake

Hey! Where’s their bathroom? They don’t even have a bathroom!!

Hah!! WE’RE RICH!!