The Birds

A few weekends ago I went down to the beach with a bag of bread, my camera and tripod.

The results were plenty of blurry bird pictures but also a few mice ones.  While I was down there, being surrounded by crows, I was reminded of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds".  So I suppose it inspired me to put together a movie poster using some of my photographs.

 My movie poster for The Birds. 

Victoria BC

Because he's the best boyfriend ever, B surprised me with a little weekend trip to Victoria, the capital cityof British Columbia.  Apparently the last time I went there I was a little girl and clearly don't remember the trip at all.  So it's long past due (practically criminal I haven't visited since childhood) for another trip to this beautiful and historic city!  B and I have been itching for a bit of adventure since our Barcelona trip and while we're fairly grounded here because of school and work, we're very much looking forward to doing a little exploring.

I've been checking out what the best sights and attractions are so we can hit the best ones!

I really want to go see the butterfly house, the BC Royal Museum, the Maritime Museum, Craigdarroch Castle

Here's me today. Freezing my buns because my work decided it was a great idea to pain in the middle of winter. So all the doors are wide open, heat is off and we're still suffocating in fumes. Can't wait to get away tomorrow. Really. Cant. Wait!!

Garden in February

A few weeks ago the sun was shining one Saturday afternoon so I decided to go check out one of my favorite places. The Community Garden where I have a small garden plot was nearly vacant except for the birds and bugs.

Not much survived the winter but some sad broccoli, my crazy, overgrown strawberries and the garlic I planted back in October.

It felt so good to just dig around in the dirt, clean out the old and make way for the new. The sun was surprisingly strong and I was more than comfortable in just my hoodie and leggings.

I'm longing for the warm days or Spring and Summer. I can see hints of them here and there but nothing finite just yet. I'll just have to be patient.

Bestie-est

You know you have the best bestie ever when she shows up at your house with the best prezzie ever!

You the BEST Marlies! Love you!

Vegan? Me?

I've decided to finally kick my bad diet habits.  All of them.  All at once.

Two weeks ago I decided to go vegan.  While I was at it I decided to kick a few other nasty, illness causing foods. So I stopped eating all meat, dairy, sugar, processed foods, gluten, salt alcohol and caffeine.  Not an easy task to say the least.  I'm at the end of the first two weeks and I must say, I feel pretty great!  The physical benefits this diet is having on me (so far) are well worth passing up the chocolate, cookies and cheese.  In fact, I'm completely turned OFF of the foods I once loved. After reading a book called the Beauty Detox Solution, I understand our foods are full of toxic sugar, chemical sweeteners, salt, pesticides, hormones and anti-biotics.  I won't go into details but knowing what is REALLY in our foods has affected my eating choices in the last two weeks for the better.  Research it for yourself, you'll likely make some changes to your diet as well.

My outlook on food and how it affects our health is very different.  I see now that it's all so connected. Basically, healthy inside = healthy outside.  I'll continue to put the best quality foods into my body and report on the progress.

the images below are a pretty good representation of what I've been eating.  Looks delicious doesn't it? 

* all the photos were bought from shutterstock