January 17th: Jump

She's gonna do it ... :)

Peace & much amor xo

January 15th: Old

This candlestick thinger.

Peace and much love xo

January 14th: New

It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me. 7:44am

Peace and love xo

January 13th: Lucky Number

My lucky number is also edible!

Peace and chocolate xo

January 12th: Bright

Just because this picture brightens my soul...

Peace and Poplars xo

January 11th: "I See..."

Today was a good day.  I got to spend time with the trees, and I see lots of 'em!

Peace, love, and pinecones xo

January 10th: 'Hello'

'Salve', when speaking to one person...'salvete' when speaking to 2 or more.  I think. Grumble. It's hello in Latin :P

 

Peace and Pickles! xo

January 9th: A Pattern

One of my absolute favourite teas. Good for colds as well.

Peace & Much Love.

January 8th: What You're Reading Right Now

I can't just have one book on the go, now can I??

1. A Pocket Guide To Herbs.  Purchased at a used bookstore in Fergus I believe. A really great book that would be even BETTER if I had an accompanying mortar and pestle :)
2. Trees of The World.  A little disappointed with this book, as there is no 'key', so if I don't know what a tree is I can look at the key and it will use deduction to determine the species (i.e. are there needles or leaves.  If needles go to question 2 if leaves go to question 3) You get the idea.  I guess if its a book on all the worlds trees I can see the author justifying not putting a key in.
3. 642 Things To Draw.  Haven't started this one yet, but as you can see I love challenges (like this photo one!)  All I know is, the first thing to draw is a rolling pin.
4. The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies.  HIGLY RECOMMENDED TO ANYONE!! This book is great. Any disease, illness, booboo, it tells you a remedy for them all using 5000 year old ancient medicine. Although most of the remedies involve Indian spices which can be purchased from an Indian grocery store, I'm sure, some of the remedies work SO well.  For example. In October my doggy died and after a full two days of non-stop tears, I had the worst sinus headache under my eyes.  This book said: Mix 1/2 tsp of ginger with a little water to form a paste.  Rub paste on sinuses on your face.  Wait ten minutes then wash off.  So I made it. And let me tell you. As soon as that ginger hits your face...whew man aliiiive it burns.  So I grit my teeth through this awful sunburn feeling inducing stuff, when after 5 minutes my headache/sinus pain is TOTALLY gone. I was so impressed. I did look rather burnt for a few minutes after.  They have different types of simple pastes to make for different kinds of headache, such as stress, migraine, temples, blah di blah. Anyway. Good read.
5. Home Herbal.  Haven't really gotten too into this but it has some really cool recipes to try and how to care for growing herbs at home (duh).
6. A Slice Of Organic Life.  Cool book. Really enjoy the layout of this book and the random titles from page to page. One page will be about caring for goats, another will be about how to make blueberry muffins.

Also, kitty. Trixie the kitty.

Peace and kitties.

January 7th: Landscape

SW.

Peace and love.

January 5th: Something Square

Ok, so I have been teaching myself to crochet over the weekend...finally after many choice words and throwing yarn across the living room, I have kinda sorta got the hang of this craft? Sport? haha. Anyway. Something square:

Peace & Parsnips :D

January 3rd: Yourself

Peace & love xo

January 2nd: Something Yellow

Hmmm something yellow....how about some yarn I am using to crochet a blanket for my sister :)

Peace and love xo

January 1st: The Sky

First picture of the challenge! I stayed up really late looking for a good challenge online and FINALLY found one I liked.  Snowing. Dark. Tired. Not a good pic but I have OCD and am NOT waiting another year to start it haha :)

 

 

Peace and love xo

2015 & 365 Day Photo Challenge!

2015 is looking to be a promising year for photography, and having a new DSLR camera is all the better!  So I have decided to undertake this 365 day photo challenge.  Pretty straightforward; there is a list of things to take a picture of for every day of the year.  I am planning on travelling to Scotland for a month in April and also a full USA road trip with my sister in August.  All pictures will be available here, mostly, as I am trying to use Facebook less and less in hopes of getting rid of it altogether...It has gotten too fake and braggy for me.  So then this blog happened. If you want to look at my pictures, adventures, or daily doings, then here they are :) So glad there is no 'like' button on here! So here it is, a tale of my adventures to come, photo challenges, and daily randomness. Enjoy. Peace and love. xo