Up a very steep hill to the very top–and you’ll find a Shangri-la worth the climb.  It is the  adobe and palapa home of mosaic and mixed-media artist Mazinka Rutherford.  Her art is such an integral part of her house that the entire environment is like a mixed-media assemblage.  Here are some of its ingredients:

(To see the photos in an enlarged format, click on first photo, then click on each arrow to proceed through the gallery.)

All of the art pictured is by her creation.  One of the homes on the site is for rent.  The adobe was hand built by Anaxazi’s competent hand with Mazinka as helper.  She did the gorgeous tilework in the bathroom floor that is pictured above.  He also built the adobe/bamboo/palapa treehouse that I stayed in five years ago that is the setting for this video. The woman pictured is, of course, Mazinka.