...is a writer and photographer who likes the well-made, the ingenious, and the shiny. Since she likes more material things than any one person can reasonably consume, she's done what those with a computer and an obsession do these days: start a blog. Shoppista enjoys Earl Grey tea with milk and sugar, trade paperbacks over hard covers, lomo photography, and the em dash. Occasionally, she refers to herself in the third person.
I had never heard of Mason Bees before I found this darling little house for them, but they sound very nice, and like the Mason Bee, I am attracted to all the cute cubbyholes on this thing. From Northwest Nature Shop.