Wild Florida: Manatees and Alligators
Road Trip into the Florida Wild: manatees, alligators, herons, owls and lizards!
Lavender Lemonade
Lavender Lemonade Scroll down for recipe… Drinking homemade, organic, lavender lemonade is a wholistic, healing nectar. It’s good for the body, the mind and spirit. I’ve been drinking lavender lemonade for the past few days and it is delicious and … Read More
Rise Up! The World Is Yours to Explore
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Rise Up! The World Is Yours to Explore Tabitha (my middle daughter) graduates from high school this month (KSS, Kelowna Secondary School ). She is also fondly known as Tabs, Tabby Cat, Tabsaroni and Sparkle Plenty (and a few more, but … Read More
A Visit With Hemingway, Florida Keys
A Visit with Hemingway, Florida Keys The Key West that Hemingway knew, nearly one hundred years ago, was truly a paradise. I imagine Key West as it once was, with streets lined with charming homes and royal palms, a few shops, … Read More
Moss Halls of Hoh Rainforest
Moss Halls of Hoh Rainforest I found Valhalla in this ancient, zoetic paradise. I can’t even…the beauty of Hoh Rainforest, Olympic Peninsula, Washington is beyond words, but I hope my photographs capture how it feels to walk over the roots, and … Read More
Snow Beguiled
posted in: Canada, Creative, Fitness, Mindfulness
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Snow Beguiled – excerpt from the poem Beguiled by Mix Hart, 2018 Snow is a huge part of my life. I know it well. Living on a Canadian mountain top does that to a person. Snow has given me beautiful … Read More
At Home in Bora Bora
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At Home In Bora Bora View from our living room: Bora Bora lagoon is fantasy beautiful any time of day or night . Bora Bora, Mix Hart /17 I held off blogging about the time we spent at our unique … Read More
Trip to Other Earth, North Island, New Zealand
New Zealand, Trip to Other Earth North Island, New Zealand I am saying goodbye to 2017 with a post from our family trip in May to the North Island of New Zealand. I’ve condensed my family’s trip to New Zealand … Read More
Queensland Rainforests: Lamington National Park
Queensland Ancient Rainforests: Lamington National Park Lamington Rainforest, Mix Hart, 2017 I’ve saved the best for last! Lamginton rainforest hike is perhaps my favourite Queensland rainforest hike. The scale of the trees, intensity of the twisty vines and lush ferns, is … Read More
Kootenay Lake: Smoke and Mirrors
Kootenay Lake: Smoke and Mirrors A new forest fire, early in its fury, is reflected in Kootenay Lake, BC, August, 2017 This has been the summer of seeking asylum from the intense smoke and forest fires that have blanketed the … Read More
Dog Days on the Slocan River
Slocan Dog Days,Mix Hart 2017 The Slocan River is a glacial fed river that meanders through the pastoral, sparsely populated Slocan Valley. Slocan Dog Days,Mix Hart 2017 Slocan Dog Days,Mix Hart 2017 A saunter along the Slocan River, and a … Read More
Keeping Active with Freiberg’s
Keeping Active with Freiberg’s I’ve decided to post about my recent sports injury to prevent other athletes from doing unnecessary damage to their feet and also, to clear up any misconceptions about why I haven’t been able to run and do other high … Read More
Queensland Ancient Rainforests: Springbrook
Springbrook National Park, Queensland, Australia UNESCO, Gondwana World Heritage Site I first experienced Springbrook Rainforests while touring the historic Government House in Brisbane. A painting by Australian artist, William Robinson, captured my imagination and I decided that I had to … Read More
Queensland Rainforests: D’Aguilar National Park
D’Aguilar National Park, Queensland, Australia The rainforests of Queensland are the largest subtropical rainforests on earth. D’Aguilar National Forest is only a 30 minute drive from Brisbane and yet the forest is an entirely different, wild-jungle world of tropical vines, … Read More
A Love Poem From My Daughter
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A Poem From My Daughter My youngest daughter, Pippi, presented me with this poem the other day. She wrote it during her much-loved, quiet, alone time during the day. She is usually very creative during these relaxing solo times in … Read More