Masai Woman Builds Beautiful Off-Grid Homestead in Kenya
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Selina Nkoile is a Masai Woman who has built a beautiful off-grid homestead together with her husband Brian near the Masai Mara in Kenya. A passionate Masai girls' education campaigner and gender rights activist, Selina has created a unique 2.5 acres off-grid homestead where nomadic culture meets regenerative agriculture.
Check out their website here: www.bomanoma.com/
Selina got a YT channel of her own as well, check it out! / @selinankoile
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I have worked with her in Kajiado West. She is result oriented and very passionate about every work she puts her hands on. Very articulate and persuasive grass root mobilizer. She is also a seasoned Voter Educator. She deserves kudos for the transformative agenda she has initiated in her backyard. That makeshift gazebo...thumbs up!.
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We would love to bring her to the world
Agrred,👍 she deserves kudos. 🙏🇨🇦❤️
Sounds like a radical Democrat one of those climate change nut cases
@BROWNSIGAR
Climate change is real Girl!!! do your research please.
What a lovely colourful homestead. Talented lady. I wish her well with her projects.
Thank you Debbie, so glad you liked it!
Can I get her contacts?
@@adijakayaro4778 You can get in touch with her through the website, bomanoma.com
How inspiring!
That's a face of Africa we don't see very much. A beautiful and inspiring face.
Gratitude and love to this happy, clever, sustainable, modern, nature friendly community for showing us the way.
One way among others but for sure one of the best.
Western Media is not here to highlight the positives of any African nation or triumph they didn't have a hand in creating.
...because 90% of Africa is a 3rd world country and imporvished. She's doing this for clicks. Not to mention she's Masai...
Maasai girls are cut between the ages of 12 and 14 to mark their change from girl to woman...which is genital mutilation and is pretty horrific. They cut the clit off so that the only pleasure she can feel is from a man....
What an amazing woman! Her tiny off-grid home looks so inviting and comfortable! Her concern for the environment, support and activities for gender rights and girls' education makes her wonderful role model for girls and women alike to follow in her footsteps.
She's a good role model for all human beings
"tiny" 😂😆😂
woman this woman that. Why don't you drop the woman bullshit. Can I not appreciate what she is doing being a man?
She is living the sustainable dream!! What's with the thumbs down!!?? Bravo to her initiatives and sharing her knowledge with the community.
They hate the fact this Sister is living the way God intended.
Not everyone is a thumbs up for Africans. The world watches YT. Don't them. Haters will be haters.
@@Afrikaislife True true...
Someone needs to say that as much as the place is dry, the vegetation is green. Proud of our Maasai girl from Narok, Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪.
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There is something called different seasons . It can't be dry all the time. If it was dry all the time then the animals would die. Yes, they have dry seasons of course. It's not the desert.
Permaculture design will have allowed them to create the best style of grow area for water retention and irrigation.
Its a method of gardening but also a practical design system too.
I'm saving up to visit Kenya and trying to work out how I can incorporate visiting this farm into my trip!
@@beegnutz Go away.
@@Poeticfloetic Rude!
What an intelligent and insightful woman. So uplifting to see her returning to her village to share her education and perspective with the others -- and exciting that they are open to the learning she has to share! This gives us hope.
Love to support and involve since I 🇰🇪 myself
I love what you are doing.
It gives us a lot of hope.
I am very proud of my community.
Wow I like to visit this place
This is really amazing!
How fitting for a Maasai woman to talk to the world about sustainable, environmentally responsible living!
For centuries Maasai women used to be the builders of dwellings in their communities and the resulting homesteads were so environment-friendly that when they'd break camp and relocate you could easily tell where the manyatta (homesteads) were because the grass was greener, and vegetation more luxuriant at those spots for years, and that was the only footprint they left!
Sadly, no one even remembers that anymore! Good job!
Ashe oleng' Selina!
Unawakilisha.
Tunajuvunia!
This Masai lady is truly amazing!!! What a beautiful garden and village!!!
So many layers to this woman's story. I love the more self-sustaining environment she has created along with the really cool living spaces contained therein.
Environmentally friendly, beneficial to all.
A full documentary should be made.
Watching this brought tears in my eyes. I live in Eastern-Europe, very different history, very different culture, yet, we have the same dreams and hopes for the future. Such a beautiful place and such a beautiful person! I wish you all the best!!
Anna Herber can you help me come to Europe?, am an African
I am a maasai, I am looking for a wife..Anna, get in touch
@@jospaatpooler3026. Go to the embassy for visa! 😳
@@kojoelvis1124 don't you think I need more than this you selfish?
@@jospaatpooler3026 LOL europe will not be accepting economic immigrants going forward. Are you living in another world?
I met this brilliant lady 6 years ago during the AHAIC Conference I must say she is driven, amazing and passionate. Keep soaring higher Selina
That's an extraordinary achievement.
Thanks, Thiongo :)
She done my dream 😍
This has got to be the most positive clip I've seen in my life! I am a German that grew up in South Africa and returned to Germany as an adult. I've seen so much hardship and burgeoning concerning the black Continent that it hurts the heart. And now this genuine positive result of an educated individual that has made such a difference for her community, that it puts me to tears thinking: "I've been part of so many projects in my youth helping to even just equip a rural village with running water by damming up an uphill ravine in a mountainous region (Valley of the thousand hills in Kwazulu Natal), laying a pipe and fitting a couple of taps downhill. We were always awarded with a festive gratuitous ceremony, but I always thought that we didn't really make a difference since that was that. We never gave these villages KNOWLEDGE. This lady brought knowledge to her community. That's the difference! Knowledge is power. I am so utterly moved by this clip and so genuinely happy to for once see someone make a difference - a big difference! Thumbs up in happy tears!!!! All my love for this lady!!!
Thank you so much for your heartfelt comment, so glad this resonated with your own life's story and values!!
@@GrowingSmall it is not African Bush. It's kenya Bush. African is continent not country. I know you are well educated. Because the story you are showing from kenya not the same story happening in other countries within the continent of Africa.
@@GrowingSmall do you watch Jim Nduruchi
Hello It’s Sunday 12th March in London UK. I read your comment with tears. Would you like to rain a sustainable off grid village in Ghana West Africa? I’d love to hear your thoughts on that. Thank you, Anna
Sorry not rain, but help to set up. Thanks
This is a beautiful country and community. Your garden is amazing! You too are very beautiful! Thanks for sharing your life and talent with the garden with us 🇺🇸😊
May the Creator of all things keep her safe, healthy, and strong for a long time..
This is so beautiful and so is she. Why would anyone ever give this a thumbs down. There really are some hateful people in the world.
It's a pretty good ratio though. 21/4900.
They want condors from celebrities
Thumbs down were probably a Mr Gates and cohorts 😂
Asking myself the same
There are always evil trolls out there
I watched this twice! This is how sustainable living is done...adapting to the needs and culture of a community.
I watch it twice too. So impressed
So did I. I want to do the same in the place I am from.
@@alexisagginie4574
Where is that?
@@MrNanah38 I came from Guyana.
Amazed from Bangladesh
Truly inspiring and uplifting! Thanks Selina for showing what one can do in times of trouble and make things so bountiful and beautiful in the process! Thanks!
Lived in America for 22yrs,and this is the life I've been craving for ever since I left Africa. The sense of peace and happiness is irreplaceable.
Africa is great
She's amazing and I love the way she speaks. It is proven that when you educate women, it lifts up the entire community. She is really wonderful.
100%
My daughter in Africa. Thx for sharing!🧡💞✌🏾
@@abdiomarmohamed1103 naga aamus laxyahay
Stole the words right outta my mouth!
Thank you
She - seems really wonderful. Lovely oasis village
Shouting with love and respect from the Bronx, New York City area! Seeing this brings tears of joy to my eyes, I'm so excited for her and her community! May she and her community, continue to flourish with long life and good health! Ashe O!!!
As an African from the Americas, I would love to replicate something like this in the Dominican Republic. Ashe!!!
Thank you so much for your kind words, it's so great that you found the video uplifting.
Amen.
i have had plans of doing similar in my country, Jamaica, since 2015. i have made many atempts to to leave New York and go back home to fulfill my dreams, but failed to take the plunge. seing what she has done here reminds me that i am a coward.
@@blackbway i understand, there are many forces going against us that we must conquer. We have too many baggage we carry that set us back, she clearly comes from a supportive and very cultured community. We're still trying to detox from this toxic western paradigm that has seeped into our veins. Where are you from in New York?
@@SoLNaTaL555 I live in Elmhurst Queens now.
Proud of our Massai tribe they're pride of East Africa, their culture is intact.
God bless Africa and the whole 🌍(Humans)
Congratulations 🎉 on being a home owner. Your homestead is absolutely beautiful. How wonderful that you decided to do something positive for your community.
Very informative, sustainable, off grid community. I feel bad about the amount of pollution that has caused the climate change and devastating problems. This video is HOPE. Thanks Jennifer USA
That is impressive I have to say. I really like how the water tower was erected with bedrooms. Well done!
Awesome comment! The water tower has such a cool design, the bedroom is awesome and also the top level that gives you a birds eye perspective of the entire place.
@@GrowingSmall If you can please visit Okere City in Uganda, they are also creating a sustainable community. Thank you for highlighting such an important place, really enjoyed 🌿🌎🌱🦋💐🌞
@@GrowingSmall very true. I loved it too ...very inspiring lady & everything beautifully done.
Wonderfull
She is so beautiful and intelligent, so happy she is using what she learned to help her people and also it’s nice to see that it did not change who she is.
You're very right my darling
Bravo. I visited the Maasai in Tanzania several years ago, and was amazed how well they were coping with very limited resources. Selina Nkolle is a living example of this. Bravo.
We can't claim to be living off the grid. But we are using solar electricity from small providers, and in the middle of a big city (Vienna, Austria) we grow a fair amount of our own food on our balconey. My best wishes to everyone else trying to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and other nonrenewable resources, and especially to those who are most affected by climate change, although the least responsible for it: the poor subsistence farmers all around the world. Maasailand is hit by a catastrophic drought, in the already marginal land that they were forced into. If we value life, we must change our lives.
Great project! My heart swelled with joy and pride watching this video. Interestingly enough, I hope and pray this becomes inspirational for people not only throughout Africa but in the West Indies as well. Great way to take our lives back! Love it!
I love this she needs her own youtube channel. I would love to see more of het life and learn from her.
I've suggested this to her! Let's see if she'll do it at some point. If so, I'll announce it here with a pinned post.
Please join us on TH-cam too
I’m in love with this woman and this place. My Africa is full of potential…thank you for being such a guiding light. Sustainable living, self reliance….no handouts, no aid.
Just beautiful beautiful and clean Trinidad & Tobago
Am proud of you
I am planning a vacation over her place
Its DISASTER place
I was here on 28th September. Absolutely beautiful. Exactly as you see it and more is coming. Selina is very calm and humble and beautiful.
Loads of work they have put in. It's my new getaway!!
Couldn't agree more! So glad your experience is alive in these images as well. Tons of work already done indeed!
I honestly would have loved a much more in depth tour of this garden and hearing more.
Ditto for the video with Caleb's farm. He strikes me as having a wealth of knowledge to impart.
It's beautiful.
@@GrowingSmall excellent highlighting a different perspective of Masai land. I farm in Narok Ewaso Nyiro and would love to visit her. Can you kindly share her contacts
Share her email address or the instructions on how to book.
I love what she is doing and what she is aiming at achieving. I can’t wait to visit the place next time I travel to Kenya.
Beautiful!! Inspired to getting out of the city and into homesteading. I’m certain it is not easy but certainly rewarding.
This kind of homestead built in such a short time, that must be really to motivating for the local people to see it bring results right away. Great work, just sharing seeds and saplings can help a lot, even if they don't copy all of it! I admire Selina Nkoile's drive.
I like the Idea that she return the energy back to her community after the family spent their energy for her Education. ,Most of us young people we run to the city and keep on faking life and wast time. After I realize that I went back to my village I am a #Forest Farmer.. My farm contain,Trees ,Fruits,Coffee, Vanilla,Banana,Herbs and Green vegetable,
I am a Vanilla expert, we also use Art, & music to inspire youth to get back to farming... (Art,Music and Farming).
Where is part 2? 😅 I was so drawn I didn't notice it ending. It's encouraging to know that she did all that in a year, I'm still struggling with my urban homestead 🤭
No part 2 is planned unfortunately. So glad the video kept you engaged all the way to the end! Many many hands helped in making this homestead grow to where it is today :)
Me too, the ending was unexpected
Me too! Rather abrupt ending.
I didn't want it to end. Fantastic lady
Mee too😍
She is phenomenal! Congratulations! This is so beautiful to see.Thank You and Deep Bow!💯❣
This is so wonderful! I traveled to Kenya to the Mara village and was made an honorary member. It was such an honor! I absolutely love the Masai women, they are extra ordinary and do so much! My wife, had she been born in Africa would no doubt be a Masai woman as she has the same qualities! So very exciting to see this!
SOOOOO IMPRESSIVE- would love to provide support if needed to get more families following this path!
Hey come to my community in Kenya! Pleeeaase!
Am also masai in europe ..coming home asap ..what a beautiful project !the wisdom .the ease ..to say the least ..who will help me relocate home?🤗
same
That desire, May God see it come true🙏🏽
Willy mckinty I would like to get in touch with you.
Thank you.
I loved your opening sentence: ''Hello I'm a Masai woman''.
Hello Selina lovely video. You have an amazing off -grid homestead. I particularly liked your tower rooms. Beautiful.
I like All Masi Because when the lion's they Saw Masi has Scabe!!!.As Soon as Possible!!.thanks.
I visited Masai Manyatta many years ago and I can honestly say I never expected a Masai woman to take on this way of life. It’s a fantastic project taken on by a very capable woman that hopefully will give the Masai another way to take care of themselves growing their food.
I think she had help from Brian a white American.🤔
Sky i think you shouldn’t assume anything and enjoy the video
@@1908oceanworld Spot on!
@@1908oceanworld Brian is first name, what is his surname?
An intelligent and lovely lady that combine knowledge from the outside world and knowledge from her traditional culture to create an amazing homestead
damn that place is beautiful.. its almost unbelevable how incredible everything there is... the garden, and plants.. the buildings, everything's so perfect and awesome.. reminds me of my grandparents house on the farm in colombia south america
Masai people and their culture is amazing! Grounded and peaceful, living in concert with nature.
It's always nice to see young people being so forward thinking with an eye on where we need to be, not where marketers tell us we need to be.
Great comment. Thanks.
It`s rare to find such an exquisite mind, when everyone is thinking about how to make money, you stayed true to the course which is conservation. May God Bless you
That water tower with a Room is dope.
My favourite feature on her home
Such a bright idea..
Instant crush on all of it!!! The place, the plants, the works, the ideas, the community and the wonderful lady, of course... ;-)
This is the future of planet earth! I am thrilled beyond words to see this happening in so many places on our buautiful planet. I live very close the the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi USA🇺🇸 I have turned the entire small town back yard into a dense food forest with many of the same plants I see in your food forest. This system is regenerative, and is the only way I can see humans being able to go forward and survive. Blessings to you for all your great work. May these efforts spread and multiply for your community and many communities across all lands 🙏🙏🙏
This was so pleasing to watch... I'd love to go visit and meditate on the roof of the tower... the view at sunrise across that landscape must be amazing.
1000 Blessings to this woman. I hope she has a long, fulfilling and loving life.
P.s. I like how she blended traditional and modern clothing
What a beautiful homestead, garden, lady and don’t you just love her outfits!
Thank you!
All women, no matter what ethnic and race they belong to, have two things in common: they care deeply about their family's and their community's wellbeing.
Just so amazing that this video resonates with so many of you! If you feel like joining on a longer tour of Selina's homestead, head over to my Patreon page where I just uploaded the UNCUT version of this video. It'll show more details and also allow you to get to know Selina a bit better! I really appreciate your support as I'd like to make many more of these kind of videos more to inspire people to choose sustainable ways of living! www.patreon.com/GrowingSmall
Maravilhoso trabalho! E não ter que pagar contas de água, luz, aluguel ou taxas pela terra é realmente libertador. E ter acesso a terras cultiváveis para prover o próprio alimento ou ao menos parte dele.
Amazing! I'm Kenyan so this is literally in my back yard. Makes me feel like paying them a visit. Very inspirational!
@christine n, good too see you here, it brought a smile to my face when I saw your name, this video is so amazing, this is what I always wanted to do was live in the villages when I get to the land away from the hustle and bustle of the city life especially in the mountains in those lodges, I have been looking over the internet at these places making a scrap book of the lodges and getting great ideas, oh my I just can't wait to get there I'm so excited 😊
NO SOLAR POWER IN AFRICA.
Beautiful. I love the farm and everything she has done with it. I love how she talks about not having utility bills or rent, which motivates people on every continent. I also love her clothes but most of all she is a beautiful inspiration keeping traditions alive while blending with modern life.
Such a wonderful surrounding and wonderful lady!
I have recently discovered this channel and absolutely adore it!
So much to learn and know here.. and most of all, to feel joy of watching such way of life, watching people so happy and content and so one with nature.. it's my getaway to watch these programmes from busy city life..
Thank you, super happy to hear that you've found my small channel and that it has given you new insights - that's exactly what I'm trying to achieve, getting people excited about different ways of living, showing alternatives.
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Thank you for sharing and I love your vision. Happy to learn about food and community.
Inspiring and beautiful...both the land and the Sistah. I would love to build something like this in the United States for minorities to live safer and healthier.
Oh my goodness! I love it. I am originally from Trinidad now living in the US and I can see where some of our foods came from like cassava, pigeon peas etc. this is such a blessing to live how God originally intended for us to be.🙏🏽❤️
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I'd rather live with these Masai any day than live in the US.
Halleluyah
@@misst.e.a.187 I can agree 💯
I've lived in Kenya for a few years now, I'm only finding out about so many of these people and places through your videos. Thank you for supporting and encouraging them❤️❤️
You shine so brightly! How beautiful is your system in design and execution. You are at the leading edge of humanity’s future, once again in harmony.
Amazing! I definitely want to visit Kenya 🇰🇪 soon and if possible, visit this place. Much love and admiration from Ghana 🇬🇭.
Beautiful to see what you have achieved and inspire other people to learn. This is one of the faces of Africa the world needs to see.
Selina hope and pray for you to own your own channel where you will help your community with the learning you get because you seem to be a girl who can upgrade your community and TH-cam will pay you, God will increase you as you train them. All the best as you take another step of your own channel
Absolutely wonderful. This makes me feel so happy, just watching it. Thank you ❤️
Love my country kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
Yay!
Living off-grid is my dream I'm proud of her and proud to claim her as a fellow Kenyan.
You can see in her eyes that she has a vision for this place, good Luck Selina
This is absolutely beautiful and amazing. What an inspiration. I love this.
Thank you so much! So glad you're inspired by Selina's story and the amazing homestead they've built!
@@GrowingSmall We have a homestead and post videos and I am so intrigued with how many people follow you! Well done! Maybe we will be like that someday!
Just amazing . Indeed it can be done ✔ this is a great demonstration rural kenya communities can thrive
Absolutely!
Wonderful wonderful keep keeping things African .... you are the future!
Awesome 😊
I respect her and her vision so much.👏🏽 May she and her community continue to prosper. This was great to see. Thank you for posting.
This is simply incredible and so very African in every way. I wish someone would do a longer video about her and her homesteading life. Better yet a series.
Is there a part two for this? It felt very short.
No part 2 planned for now, so sorry! Hopefully one day I'll visit again and shoot a follow up video. What would you like to see in depth?
Amazing woman love your work ethics and intelligent use of land and space. An inspiration. Would like to visit this property. Can some one share directions
Check out the website www.bomanoma.com/
This is so beautiful. Propagating new ways of living with nature, well done 👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️🇧🇷
This is amazing! I bet that tower is a nice place to get away from the mosquitoes in the evening! Their whole community will benefit from this! I hope more farms like this are able to be built in their community!
مشا الله الناس للناس 👉👍👀🔔🏘️👉👌💐🇪🇬🧿،،👩⚖️🌵🌴🌳🌲🏞️⛰️🍂🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌵🌴🌳🌲🌵🌵🌵🌴🌴🌳🌳🌲🌲🏞️⛰️
Amazing, great work Selina and family! May many community members be inspired by your sustainable living, food production and care for the environment.
Thank you so much Stephen.
Congratulations on an inspirational achievement, long may it continue.
Watching from Aotearoa New Zealand 🌻🌷🌻
This is one of the best "recommended" videos to ever hit my newsfeed
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#WahineToa rising 💗💗💗
I'm so glad! New Zealand is one of the countries I'd really like to visit one day, hopefully also shoot some videos of great gardens, farms, homesteads, people. 💚
@@GrowingSmall Nau Mai, Haere Mai (Welcome 🌻🌷🌻)
Excellent Congratulations 👸🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😁💯🙏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤❤
Ma shaa Allah alhamdulilah❤️
What an amazing intelligent woman🥰❤️
Respect for what she did❤️✊🏼🙏🏼
I wish you All the best Lady🙏🏼❤️🥰
I truly admire this woman and I am inspired to do the same
So glad to hear his, glad you're feeling inspired!
Go for it!
@@misst.e.a.187 I will
Selina Nkoile and Brian have shown us how beautiful permaculture can be;)
Beautiful example of permaculture in action!
What an uplifting story. I just hope this wonderful lady will teach her people some of what she has learned and teach them how to build their own beautiful homes. Blessing to the masi people!
her people know how to build even storyhouses but theyare normads , manyattas are used for a short period.. for long stays we have big towns but we just love manyattas ..
I love the Maasai people, I am a Somali Cushite from Djibouti 🇩🇯 and Somalia 🇸🇴, the Maasai people carry 50 percent Cushite Somali related dna, while Somalis also carry 40 percent ancient proto-Nilotic DNA, the Maasai are more related to Cushite Somalis than they are to Bantu tribes like kikuyu
Long live my Maasai relatives and Nilo-Cushites/Nilo-Hamites
A beautiful and useful concept made real! Just amazing. The presenter’s enthusiasm is apparent and I’m excited for her to have a developing area like that! A model the rest of the world could emulate!
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing this paradise that you have created. We should all grow as many plants as possible and work with our landscape. Please make more videos if you can.
What an inspiring force of hope, God bless you Sister
Wow I wish all of us were like this woman by going back and develop or communities well done young woman
Well done to You African Queen just love how you are all about the community and feeding them from the land would love to see more about you and your community please create a You Tube Channel for her as an Extra Income !!
This is awesome. This place is beautiful and has everything to uplift her community. She is truly an activist.
As a nature-lover and a HUGE advocate of renewable energy, I am in Love!!!! I would love to go there... If not, make a duplicate here in the USA.
Awesome, plan a trip :) If not, just start your own project - we need more of these great initiatives!
Thank you for this amazing content, I'm so happy I bumped into this channel. I wish you growth and prosperity, you are going a blessed path!💗
BRAVO, the most optimistic thing i saw in a long time. Minorities like this one are the worlds reference point. They should not intergrate themselves to the rest of the world, but rather their knowledge. They lived on that land and by that land for thousand of years and with a little bit of education, they can bring land management and appreciation to a whole new level. The most important thing though is to save themselveles, their identity, their way of living, their knowledge, couse nobody else is gona do it for them.
She integrated herself. Saw pictures and there were white people helping out in the project. Probably even married to a white guy.
How is a black woman on the continent of Africa a minority?
#decolonizeyourmind
She's not a minority. Indigenous is far more accurate.
@@1908oceanworld it's fitting that white people should help wherever they can. It brings balance to all the destruction. Helping doesn't make it a white idea though so credit where it's due.
Hello my dear sister Thank you for your lovely content... very informative and interesting culture.
How can we support your channel?
Thank you Blessings 🙌
Absolutely amazing 4 something minute video. I love what they have done with the water irrigation system and the spare room and watch tower. Loved it. Thank you.
Peace