Tiki Backyard in Yorba Linda - Neighbors Protest - General Tiki

B Bahookahuna Member Eye of Erna-Erna Backyard Bali Hai, CA Joined: Apr 06, 2007 Posts: 35	B Bahookahuna Posted posted on Wed, Apr 11, 2007 1:42 PM PalapaDweller, I'm tikifying/junglefying my own backyard on (it looks like) 1/1000th your parents' budget. Thank them for me for turning some features of what I can only dream into a reality! I speak mainly of their "great house" (the all-purveying palapa), their palm-studded island (genius; have they named it?), and their waterfall grotto (the heavens opened and hula-skirt-clad angels sang) -- Disneyland Hotel-inspired, perhaps? (That is a waterfall, correct? If you ever give in to the clamors and take another picture, one with the waterfall flowing, from behind it [a Disneyland Jungle Cruise "backside of water" joke comes to mind], from inside the grotto, at night, would be most welcome.) Love the pirate skull-and-crossbones at the grotto entrance; adds a tough of adventure, and also seems apropos as this wonderful backyard aims its cannons at the ramparts of cookie-cutter conformism. Amazing to me that a community just minutes from the Enchanted Tiki Room, Oceanic Arts, the Pacific, and other such things, should fail to appreciate landscaping that so naturally belongs in our almost-tropical climate with such a rich history of tiki, fun, and individualism. In the world of the recent past, and hopefully that of the not-too-distant future, neighboring properties with such a view would see their values rise, not drop.

PalapaDweller, I'm tikifying/junglefying my own backyard on (it looks like) 1/1000th your parents' budget. Thank them for me for turning some features of what I can only dream into a reality! I speak mainly of their "great house" (the all-purveying palapa), their palm-studded island (genius; have they named it?), and their waterfall grotto (the heavens opened and hula-skirt-clad angels sang) -- Disneyland Hotel-inspired, perhaps? (That is a waterfall, correct? If you ever give in to the clamors and take another picture, one with the waterfall flowing, from behind it [a Disneyland Jungle Cruise "backside of water" joke comes to mind], from inside the grotto, at night, would be most welcome.) Love the pirate skull-and-crossbones at the grotto entrance; adds a tough of adventure, and also seems apropos as this wonderful backyard aims its cannons at the ramparts of cookie-cutter conformism. Amazing to me that a community just minutes from the Enchanted Tiki Room, Oceanic Arts, the Pacific, and other such things, should fail to appreciate landscaping that so naturally belongs in our almost-tropical climate with such a rich history of tiki, fun, and individualism. In the world of the recent past, and hopefully that of the not-too-distant future, neighboring properties with such a view would see their values rise, not drop.

Post #298415 by Bahookahuna on Wed, Apr 11, 2007 1:42 PM