Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts

Monday, 17 June 2013

Simplicity is a Stone Throw away!

How does being busy
day in
and
day out
make you feel?
Happy, fulfilled, 
preoccupied,
frazzled, 
exhausted,
lethargic....

Oh...
I'm talking about myself again...

I'm liking the simple approach,


Skipping rocks
and
Rainbow socks
What makes you happy?

H.M.K.

Saturday, 18 May 2013

No New Clothes!

I have found another very interesting blog on up cycling clothes called New Dress a Day



"No new clothes:
When Marisa Lynch lost her job last year, she went looking for a project and found it: 365 days. 365 pieces of clothing. $365. She started her blog, New Dress A Day, and began transforming frightening thrift-store finds into envy-worthy fashions for just a dollar a day.
 
For the entire year Lynch didn’t do any traditional clothes shopping, which means none of her items contributed to the loss of energy or raw materials required to produce new garments. Although her 365-day project is over, Lynch is still giving second life to old muumuus and prom dresses, and this year she’s accepting donations from her readers and making over their worse fashion finds.
 
Lynch recently even appeared on "E!" where stars from the Oscar-winning film “The Fighter” modeled gowns that she had created from old bridesmaid dresses..."


Sounds like an awesome project, and something I might take a spin on once I am done school!
 I try to buy as much used clothing as possible but, 
the garments still started out new. 
Which means the items did contribute to the loss of energy or raw materials required to produce new garments at 
one point in time, 
unless they were hand woven and sewn....
Which is how it all use to be done,
Imagine that!

H.M.K.




Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Unplug from the World for a Weekend

When was the last time you weren't within reach of a WiFi connection?
And no,
Not, "Well just yesterday I couldn't get the password for the free WiFi at ____  to work"
When was the last time some one that didn't know where you were going could reach you without a search party?
And no,
Not one of those people that goes out of park boundaries for whatever reason and gets lost and can't call for help.
And no,
Not, "I forgot my phone at ____ and no one could reach me"
or
"I didn't charge my phone so it died on me."

When did you purposely put yourself out of reach of all things wired?

Purposely and physically removed yourself
from the ever expanding web of 
poor communication 
that seems to cling to you like a spider web;
Even once you think you've disconnected from that last sticky strand, 
you can still feel it trailing off of you 
in hopes that you'll hang around 
so it can suck off of you a little more....

Yes I feel more creeped out by technology than spiders...
Never mind politicians

I manage to make an escape and unplug as often as possible, 
even if it's just for part of a day.
Getting out into nature without so much as a watch ticking in your ear is the most relaxing feeling in the world.

Some girls have spa days...
I have nature get-aways with my honey-bear-man!
(I'll be on dish duty for that pet name hehe)

Getting far away and cooking over a fire, 
no one expecting me to be clean or have makeup on,
Ahhhhhhhh, back to basics,
L-O-V-E  IT!!

Oh and for those of you who do like the spa treatment....
Halfway River Hot Springs

Befriend the right people and you can find a little bit of luxury lost deep in the woods.

Carry out what you carry in
Do your part to keep it pristine,
and if you couldn't find it, 
it simply wasn't meant to be found this time.
Half of the adventure is getting there!

H.M.K.