my cat is kind of quirky and kind of ridiculous…
ridiculously cute, i mean…
she’s always getting into things… just like her mama. 😉 Continue reading
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{product review : hilary’s eat well veggie bites – and my first giveaway!}
19 Nov
hey friends! a while back i wrote about hilary’s eat well veggie burgers… they have quickly become a staple in my tiny home. i love the burgers, but i must admit that after trying the bites, they are definitely my favourite. i like “bite-sized” things anyway and hilary’s doesn’t disappoint.
you can read all about the company in my last blogpost – here. hilary’s eat well foods is a transparent company that is locally-owned and operated and they are also part of the non-gmo project – those are two of my favourite things about them. i’m such a fan and supporter and since i’ve collaborated with hilary’s eat well, i now have the fun opportunity of offering a giveaway!
all you have to do is go to hilary’s eat well facebook page and “like” them. then comment below telling me you did so, and i’ll enter your name in the drawing! Continue reading
{meatless monday : get your greens, even in winter!}
18 Novgreen is good!
we all know how much i love kale. i’ve also been known to eat copious amounts of swiss chard. and i never turn away spinach, especially in a smoothie… and sometimes, nothing satisfies like a gigantic bowl of fresh-chopped salad mix…
i know we are heading into winter, but don’t forget to eat a lot of colour during this season!
a simple salad is a fantastic and delicious way to get raw, dense nutrients into your system. while i do find myself “craving” salad a little less during the winter months, i recognize how important it is to eat a salad as often as possible. in the summer i have one every day, but in the colder months, i typically want warm food {like most of us.} salads are a great way to absorb nutrients through healthy fats {add avocado, for example} and to get extra fiber in your diet. Continue reading
{harry & carrie – the spider and ladybug : bringing messages of protection, renewal, and gentle strength}
16 Novi have lots of animal energy surrounding me… i mean, we all do… we just have to pay attention and keep our hearts open. i believe it’s one of the ways the universe speaks to us – through animal energy. i’m one to notice patterns, almost obsessively, and therefore i can usually recognize when there is a message trying to reach me.
i saw dragonflies quite often during my meditations when i lived in denver. dragonfly’s message is about transformation and seeing through life’s illusions… which was so fitting for what i was experiencing at the time.
lately i’ve been seeing lots of spiders. i’ve always had spiders around me… which used to totally freak me out. *quiver* who likes spiders?! anyway – over the years i kept seeing them and i found myself actually photographing them quite a bit. i’m fascinated by their intricate webs and their stillness. and spider’s message is one of creativity – to weave our own web of destiny… and to be patient during the process 🙂
harry the spider
{foto friday – radical romanesco}
15 Novnot quite broccoli, not quite cabbage, not quite cauliflower… romanesco is in a category all its own.
i’ve written a few times about romanesco… it’s one of my favourite things ever. you can probably still find romanesco at some supermarkets and specialty produce departments…
when i found this super awesome-looking and wonderfully-coloured one, i nabbed it up just so i could have a foto-session with it. i just find their fractal-nature so fascinating!!! “roman” and i had a lot of fun with the camera… i talk to my food – so what! and i hadn’t really seen one like this before – with the variation in colour. i am of the mentality that anything with natural colour is good for you… and the more, the better.
i just like to saute my romanesco in some yummy EVOO or butter and eat it up! it’s also really good just raw in a salad. the flavour is amazing, and i don’t know what it is about eating a “fractal”, but it just makes me happy.
{travel tuesday – “gotham city”}
12 Novi miss new york.
and according to wikipedia – this is the approximate location of batman’s hideout… give or take a few blocks… we were practically next door neighbours! {as all of us superheros are ;)}
{deciphering abstract fotos – volume one}
11 Novcan you guess what this is a fotograph of?! when i saw it, i just HAD to run and get my camera and capture these images…
the only manipulating i did to these fotos was in post-production, and the only thing i did was add contrast… and if someone can figure out what i actually fotographed, i will be so completely shocked. i think it will also be fun to see what kind of responses i can get!
😀
below is a close-up….
please comment!
pssssttt, hey – have fun! now, today, tomorrow, this week, next week, all month, the rest of this year… 2014… and beyond! 😀
{the bi-annual cattle round-up}
11 Novi had never seen anything like this and i was so happy to get immersed right in the middle of it!
remember last friday i wrote about the coolest cattle?! well, as i was fotographing them that day, i inadvertently got stuck behind the twice-a-year cattle round-up that takes place here in town. i was pretty much cracking-up the entire time and also felt so privileged to have witnessed this event, camera-in-hand.
it was the day of the eclipse, too… and the sunset was unbelievable!
i know they’re “just cows”, but i love them. and what i want to know is…
how the heck did they round up all these cows without me noticing? one can’t get off this road, so-to-speak, and i had just turned around to head back down the hill when i saw this… Continue reading
{foto friday : the coolest cattle}
8 Nov
i almost didn’t share these fotos… simply because i felt like what i witnessed was so sacred and so divine… i really felt the connection and bond to these creatures as i was fotographing them a couple weeks ago… there was something very special about my moments behind the camera with this herd of cattle. i even get a little teary-eyed thinking of it now.
hundreds of these animals live not to far up the road from me, on a gorgeous ranch. most of these are dairy cows, however a few of them are angus cows.
now, i’m not necessarily a vegetarian {though i’ve had my stints}, but i limit my intake of meat in general, and only once in a great while do i eat red meat. but when i do, i am so very particular about where it comes from and how the animal was treated while raised. i am too educated not to make wise decisions about what i eat. {watch food, inc. or any other number of food documentaries and see what i mean} i feel like it’s my responsibility in a way… and i was so happy to know that i could find and purchase grass-fed meats locally here in my new town.
what made me feel really good about seeing the angus cows on this farm, was knowing what a happy life they had. they weren’t shoved into a cattle-lot and stepping over each other just to eat. they were out grazing… on the most beautiful pasture, surrounded by mount sopris, bein’ all cool…
just hanging out, like this :
{dia de los muertos!}
2 Novi walked the “day of the dead” parade in my new town and got some fun fotos of some pretty stellar costumes and such.
i didn’t know much about dia de los muertos until just last week. and now that i do – i gotta say – i’m kind of hooked 😀 i really want to prepare better and dress up next year. it just looked so fun!
and i’m for celebrating diversity and culture! i miss those two things about NYC the most. i just appreciate the differences we have, and i love learning about new cultures, or even existing cultures, but really getting immersed in the celebration! everyone here is so welcoming and wonderful. i met some amazing people and i just had a great time!
{preface : this one is foto-heavy!}
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dia de los muertos!
it began with this guy…
walking the parade… Continue reading
{foto friday – oh hey, november!}
1 Novi am seriously so glad it’s a new month. and it’s my birthday month. 🙂
some words i want to focus on today and all throughout november :
abundance, gratitude, enchantment, acceptance, allowance, bliss, harmony, playfulness, laughter, freedom, peace, wisdom, patience, magic.
have a wonderful weekend!!
{whatever wednesday – cute little sacredly-geometrical cabbage}
30 Octartsy-fartsy cute little fibonacci cabbage
i always buy the “unusual” looking produce, just ask anyone i used to work with. usually it’s so i can fotograph it 😉
i found this tiny little cabbage one day and nabbed it up. it was about the size of a softball, maybe smaller… so cute.
yep, pretty tiny and cute. Continue reading
{stunning red chard}
29 Oct
do you like chard?! i love it!! red, rainbow, white – any colour will do 🙂
it is so beautiful, don’t you agree?
i’m fascinated with the texture!
the colour throughout reminds me of veins… and greens are good for your blood, so how cool is that! Continue reading
{meatless mondays – roasted spaghetti squash with fresh parmigiano reggiano}
28 Oct
it’s a meatless monday recipe!
spaghetti squash {and all squash} is totally in peak season right now… and it’s one of my absolute favs! i typically make it just like a pasta and serve it primavera-style with a fresh red sauce… but this time, i wanted to use up my freshly-cut parmigiano reggiano… there is just nothing like it.
simple stuff :
– olive oil, grass-fed butter, lemon, parmigiano reggiano… Continue reading
{reflections of love}
27 Oct“your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ~rumi
i love love love this quote!
as i was looking for a foto to post today, i thought about reflections… and how as individuals, we are all reflections – of each other. any time you like something in another person, you are really liking or honouring something within yourself – a quality you possess, albeit possibly dormant. and likewise, if there is something you do NOT like within another, it is often something you really don’t like within yourself… think about it.
so i say – let’s just try to focus on the things we love about ourselves and each other – since we are basically mirrors anyway, why not work to be the most benevolent mirror ever – so that when someone is in your presence, the only thing that will be reflected back to them…
…is LOVE.
🙂
{animal energy}
26 Octanimals {and all of nature} can teach us so much about awareness. they can teach us about patience, presence, process, and perfect magic.
animals behave from instinct, not from thought. i find it comforting when an animal crosses my path. i feel their energy offers us much insight into a greater cosmic awareness.
so, here are a few friends i made recently :
this was the “little caterpillar that could” – i watched him patiently inch across the street just in time before a big truck came rolling through…
this dog followed me all the way into town one day… and right after i took this foto, i looked up and a huge raven flew over my head. {talk about magic!}
lots of cattle surround these hills and they have so much room to play! Continue reading
{foto friday – “reindeer games”}
25 Octi love living with nature.
i spotted this group of deer just up the road, when i took shelby out for her first cruise after getting a new timing belt… i am blessed to have witnessed this, and to have had my camera handy.
i know they’re not “reindeer” but, the title seemed fitting 😉
these two brawled it out for a few minutes…
*bash bash*
*click click* Continue reading
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