Four years ago darling husband and I joined the Mauy Thai family… we both instantly fell in love with the art, the hard work and the people we met at the gym… After a few years of training we decided to start a family, and like many other parts of my life, this part too needed a shift… (ie: not such a great idea getting kicked in the mid-drift while with child).
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Rhubarb: how we love thee. You are full of the zing of spring, yet you are humble and hearty.
And how underestimated you have been in years past!
From early childhood, my mother always made rhubarb sauce (recipe herein), pie, crisps, cobblers and froze whatever was left over for winter delights.
Farmer’s Markets right now have an abundance of Rhubarb, and likely your neighbor does too.
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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every 6 months - Oscar Wilde
Never have I ever seen a more horrendous sight than the ankles of a man sporting socks with sandals. Crime against fashion I
Sinful socks & sandals!
hear you cry? Yes, but surely it’s a crime against social decorum! I mean, who on earth ever believed that such a bizarre concoction should have the right to create amazing results?
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On Day 13, we packed up and left the spectacular Monument Valley behind.
I recalled from my last trip to Moab, nearly 20 years ago, that it wuzz right sum purdy. The closer we got, the more I began to think that this was one of those times when memory out-strips reality. Y’know, like how everything just seemed bigger when you were a kid.
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After walking, climbing, walking, and waking up early to walk again, we made it to Machu Picchu: the Royal Retreat of the Incan Empire, destroyed by its own people in an effort to leave nothing behind for Pizarro and his pillaging Spaniards in their search for gold. Miraculously, Pizarro never found it. He never saw the beauty of this place.
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The other day I mentioned being super snacky. Lucky for me we have gotten some new snacks in the mail lately.
Bill and I love granola though we tend to snack sparingly on it but this stuff is different.
We asked Kim, the owner and creator, why her granola was different and this is what she said,
“I wanted to create a tasty, healthy, snackable multigrain granola .
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One week after I took these photographs, I finally succeeded to post the photographic documentary about THE SALT MOUNTAIN of Slanic Prahova, Romania. It has been declared natural geological reservation since 1954. It formed by collapsing the ceiling of an old gallery dug for salt mining, long time ago. This caused a land slide that revealed the Salt Mountain, forming a lake and a cave.
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Outdoor enthusiasts have become huge fans of Mora brand knives from Sweden. They are incredibly sharp, extremely durable, and best of all, they are probably the best value you’ll find in knives today! Check out some of the pics below, and of course visit our website to shop for Mora, if you want to try one for yourself!
From the manufacturer:
About the company
With tradition behind us, we look to the future.Knives have been crafted in Östnor for over a century. Once they were made in every home by local craftsmen who passed down their skills from generation to generation.
Today those skills are all under one roof and no matter who you talk to in our factory they can all tell a family story in which knife manufacture plays a central part!
Now, as then, we have the same approach to manufacturing; we use rational methods to transfer the craftsman’s approach across to modern machinery. The only difference lies in our use of the latest technical developments.
An important part of our success is working closely with professionals. Through talking to them we acquire new ideas that we transform into market-leading concepts.
Mora of Sweden was formed in 2005 through the merger of Frosts Knivfabrik and KJ Eriksson. The name reflects the important link between our products, the town of Mora and its Swedish origin. A Morakniv® (Mora knife) is always a knife from Mora of Sweden.The company is still family-owned and manufactures knives and ice-drills which are delivered to all parts of the world.
All products are made in Sweden
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For quite some time now I have been thinking of buying a bicycle. It would make going to ‘medium’ distance places (where it’s a fair distance to walk but really shouldn’t need to take a car) much easier, fun, healthier and friendlier on the environment.
On a trip to Japan last year I came across these bicycles at a very reasonable price, that would fold-up in half for easy storage – perfect for an apartment dweller with limited space.
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So finally got some good pictures of my whole setup, tarp included. Here is the list of my full setup for anyone who wants to know:
MYOG Gathered End Hammock with Stretchy Side Modification and adjustable ridgeline (1.9 Nylon 7.5ft long, 5ft wide) with MYOG Tree Huggers and Whoopie Slings all in a MYOG Bishop Bag – Total weight: 15.2oz…
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