" a grand adventure is about to begin."
- winnie the pooh
14.7.15
lindsay and adam // MATERNITY PHOTOGRAPHY // fort st. john, bc
" a grand adventure is about to begin."
13.7.15
SELF SUNDAY'S // wild flowers and saskatoon berries // HAPPY & HEALTHY
this afternoon we packed up the bebe and went berry picking with lee and shannon in rose prairie. since we've had such a dry hot summer so far, all the saskatoon berries are ripe extra early and there are so many of them! it's amazing the amounts of berries you can find in the wild - for free! - especially in comparison to paying sometimes as much as eight or nine bucks for a little container. not only price, but health wise too.
these wild berries are naturally organic and filled with antioxidants. known as a super fruit, they are an excellent source of fibre, manganese, magnesium and vitamin e!
i just love bringing sawyer out into the country and letting him run wild and free. i think it's so important that children explore nature as often as possible and from a young age too. i just can't imagine sawyer becoming one of those kids that only ever wants to sit inside in front of a screen. that would be so sad! i always want to encourage him to get dirty and have a wild and crazy imagination. i want to take him on as many adventures as i can think of. they're all so new to him and everything is so exciting! and for me, it becomes this beautiful and enjoyable, almost meditative experience in nature. it's an instant stress reliever, and there's something so satisfying about gathering your own food from the wild, it just feels good and it's so incredibly fresh!
not only am i a gatherer of food, but i also have an obsession with collecting things from the wild. i love coming home with a bouquet or two of wild flowers to place around the house and add a little pop of colour! in my opinion, fresh cut flowers - even the wild ones - always brighten up and bring an energy into the room like no other decor can.
SELF sunday's is a post series devoted to healthy lifestyle, mind body nourishment, and self development, composed of words written without limitations and paired with my sunday morning coffee
10.7.15
FRIDAY'S FINEST // my favourite cactus and desert inspired items
i'm very excited to launch another blog series today, and i call it friday's finest
i'm finally putting to good use all the time spent on my ipad browsing my fav online shops and am bringing you a weekly collection of my favourite items.
in today's post, i'm very pleased to report that i recently partnered with the always amazing
modcloth.com and am proud to advertise their banner on my sidebar. i'm never disappointed with their products, their dresses are amazing and flattering, reviews are informative, the home decor is so fun, and they always have the best gifts and random little goodies.
so without further adieu, (adieu, to yuh and yuh and yuh! sound of music? anybody?)
i'd love to share with you some fantastic items, my wish list for sawyer's room makeover i'm working on - cactus and desert inspired!
how perfect is this tapestry for a little boys room
this is beyond perfect, i used a totally similar pattern for his affirmation wall art (more on this to come!)
and a few things found on another favourite shop, urban outfitters . . .
nothing says desert like a cow skull. love the brass!
i love filling sawyer's room with little plants and he loves to help take care of them
such a sweet and simple wall hanging, s for sawyer
. . .
do you shop on modcloth? what are your favourite buys?
what about other favourite online shops you can't live without?
have a beautiful weekend!
what about other favourite online shops you can't live without?
have a beautiful weekend!
8.7.15
wanderlust wednesday 008
did you catch the last post? or would you like to start from the beginning?
i don't know if you or anyone you've ever known has gotten that skin infection called tine versicolor? it actually looks similar to vitiligo but is just a fungal infection caused by a type of yeast that naturally lives on our skin. anyways, you can get it when you live in a hot climate, or sweat a lot, or if you have oily skin or a weakened immune system you can be prone to it. and so poor cait got it on her shoulders and chest while we were on our trip and she ended up being advised by a doctor to smother her skin in dandruff shampoo and leave it on over night. well, she ended up doing it and the poor girl woke up with chemical burns!! isn't that the craziest thing you've ever heard? damn kook doctor!
october 24th 2009
in the morning we all got ready for the "under 350 or under water" action day for climate control. i had applied to photograph the event back home and found my application was accepted shortly before leaving, so i was excited to be a volunteer photographer. something like 170ish countries were all involved all around the world with around 7000 events. ours went really great, held at the jingli water gardens, we made a human tide line on the bridge that runs over top of trower road, representing the sea level we may face if the ice caps continue to melt due to our failing ozone layer being about 350 ppm. i think it's around 390 ppm now. anyway, laster that afternoon we went fishing with scott and i caught a barramundi fish!! but i felt bad so i threw it back. then later that night we went out for a bit, checked out darwin night life after supper. cait and i shared a fishbowl drink, we tried to get into the strippers but no luck, ryan wasn't within dress code. how dare he wear sandals when it's plus 30 out at night, like really.
october 25, 2009
we checked out the mall after sleeping in until eleven. took a look around, found out that men's haircuts are more expensive on sundays. later we ripped home and hung out in the head and ac. ryan and cait swam in the spa and i worked on some photos. then we got an eske together, some beet + wine and headed to the beach to watch the sunset. this time esther came too. cait and i headed off in search of food at the market after we got a spot on the beach. came back with some squid, rice and calamari. had some drinks, then did some walking around the market. it was so good, i found danny an awesome shark tooth necklace that he can take on and off, haha. then watched a sweet drum and didge band. i bought a set of poi before we left and then we all did some practicing back home in the yard!
october 26, 2009
a very productive day indeed! went and got oil for the car, a new tire, cait some hoop making materials, ry got a haircut and i went to the walk in to ask about my numb toes., apparently it could have something to do with my chronic back pain, but not much they can do about it unless i was to get a CT scan. then we got our swimming shit together and went down to the beach. it was pretty nice down there, with a nice big net to keep the jelly fish out haha. laid on the grass and texted dan, worked on my tan, then we ripped back home and made sure we weren't watching the kids, but we weren't (we'd do that the next day!) that night i read module 6 of my photography course and ry and cait watched some "how i met you're mother". also, cait smurf suited up to try and get rid of her sun fungus with selsun blue! we'll see if it works!
4.7.15
VISION BOARDS // how to make them BEAUTIFUL and AFFECTIVE // self sunday's
my biggest problem with my vision board, is that it had no vision. it was just a bunch of pictures and magazine clippings that i thought were pretty or looked nice and complemented the other photos.
after reading the book The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)
by hal elrond, and discovering during the chapter on visualization, that i needed to get a clearer picture of exactly what i wanted in my life, and put THAT up on that board, not just what looked nice on the wall.now i needed to find photos that would represent my dream life. i started flipping through all the magazines in my house, then i flipped through the ones in my moms, and i did find a few good cut outs, but nothing really specific, and specific was essentials to using the board affectively.
so how can i find photos specific to my unique plans for my life, while still maintaining a nice flow to the board and staying visually appealing on the wall?.. pinterest.
i got to searching through my pinterest boards and browsing the keywords for what i wanted our house to look like or where i hope for it to be placed geographically. i collected some photos of a green house and a big veggie patch, with mountains in the background of course. and then after saving a bunch onto my camera roll (i'm doing this from my iPad by the way) i then imported them into a photo collage creating app (i used picaboo) and once again saved them onto my camera roll.
then when i went to have some photos printed for a client, i uploaded these photo collages to the set as well and had them printed in 8x6s. once i had them home i cut them up and placed them up on to my vision board - after giving the board a clean sweep and taking down a bunch of random clutter.
the result is a perfect (getting there!) picture of what i hope my life to look like! there's still more to add, but it's a fantastic start. so now when i do my miracle mornings at 5:00am, i can sit in my comfy office chair, relax and visualize for 10 or 15 minutes, enjoy my tea and stare at the photos displayed on the board, and just day dream myself into them.
SELF sunday's is a post series devoted to healthy lifestyle, mind body nourishment, and self development, composed of words written without limitations and paired with my sunday morning coffee.
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