Whimsical Ginger Rose

Pug Love

2011-05-27T10:36:00.001-04:00

The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude. ~Robert Brault

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened. ~Anatole France

Wordless Wednesday: LOVE

2011-05-25T10:35:00.001-04:00

Nourish Me

2011-05-23T09:51:00.000-04:00

Fresh Organic Strawberries

What I'm Reading

2011-05-22T09:49:00.000-04:00

Going Raw by Judita Wignall

5 years

2011-05-19T09:52:00.001-04:00

Wordless Wednesday: Renewal

2011-05-18T09:49:00.000-04:00

Wordless Wednesday: Garden

2011-04-06T08:17:00.001-04:00

April

2011-04-05T18:17:00.000-04:00


(April Showers)

Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain. ~Langston Hughes

Soul Finds

2011-03-23T08:47:00.007-04:00

Over the weekend I went to my favorite New Age/Spiritual Store in town. Here is what I picked up...

An angel of FAITH

An "Aquarius" bookmark

A little girl angel (for my daughter)

Mary's Tears (the spray is from soaked up tears that fell from a statue of Mary in Sicily).

Nourish Me

2011-03-21T10:44:00.002-04:00

(Homegrown Radish Sprouts)

Spring

2011-03-20T15:32:00.001-04:00

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earth flower blooms in Spring


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Daffodils

by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Super Moon!

2011-03-19T18:32:00.000-04:00

Tonight the moon will be the biggest and brightest that it has been in 20 years.

(I took this picture of the moon early last night)

"Full Moons vary in size because of the oval shape of the Moon's orbit. It is an ellipse with one side (perigee) about 50,000 km closer to Earth than the other (apogee). Nearby perigee moons are about 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than lesser moons that occur on the apogee side of the Moon's orbit."--NASA Science

I have a little obsession with the moon. I just love it and I always follow full moons, new moons, eclipses, etc. Even in High School I would get super geeked out over the moon phases. :) Will you look be looking up at the moon tonight?

Bare

2011-03-18T17:00:00.002-04:00

Warmth on a March Day! Spring is on it's way!

A Prayer in Spring

by Robert Frost

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.

Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid-air stands still.

For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfill.

St. Patrick's Day

2011-03-17T17:00:00.000-04:00

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By Killarney's Lakes and Fells

by Edmund O'Rourke

By Killarney's lakes and fells,
Em'rald isles and winding bays,
Mountain paths, and woodland dells
Memory ever fondly strays;
Bounteous nature loves all lands;
Beauty wanders everywhere
Footprints leaves on many strands,
But her home is surely there.
Angels fold their wings and rest
In that Eden of the west,
Beauty's home, Killarney,
Ever fair--Killarney.

March

2011-03-01T10:56:00.000-05:00

"March is a tomboy with tousled hair, a mischievous smile, mud on her shoes and a laugh in her voice."
- Hal Borland


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"The March wind roars
Like a lion in the sky,
And makes us shiver
As he passes by.

When winds are soft,
And the days are warm and clear,
Just like a gentle lamb,
Then spring is here."
- Author Unknown

Magical Mermaids and Dolphins Say..

2011-02-25T15:28:00.003-05:00

Protection: "You, your loved ones, and your possessions are safe and protected by Heaven!"--Doreen Virtue

What I'm Reading

2011-02-24T10:25:00.003-05:00

Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine by Gabriel Cousens, MD

Melting

2011-02-22T10:09:00.002-05:00

Warm day walk, Feb. 2011

"Be like melting snow -- wash yourself of yourself."
— Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

Rose

2011-02-20T10:08:00.000-05:00

"Earth laughs in flowers." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Every flower is a soul blossoming out to nature." ~Gerard de Nerval

"Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into." ~Henry Ward Beecher

Valentine

2011-02-14T09:22:00.000-05:00

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.-- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Happy Self Love Day!

2011-02-13T16:19:00.001-05:00

http://www.madlyinlovewithme.com/

What are you doing to LOVE YOURSELF on Self Love Day? <3

Message from The Fairies..

2011-02-10T09:32:00.000-05:00

Pregnancy: "The birth of a child brings great blessings to you and the world."--Magical Messages from the Fairies: Doreen Virtue

Nourish Me

2011-02-08T12:38:00.000-05:00

(High Raw, Vegan)

Hummus with carrots, romaine and celery. Sprinkled with curry powder.

Children

2011-02-05T15:58:00.000-05:00

Behold, children are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them! ~ Psalm 127:3-5

Heart

2011-02-03T11:57:00.002-05:00

"Love for yourself means love for all, love for animals, love for everything, for you are all one."--Swami Vivekananda

Twenty-Seven

2011-02-01T08:40:00.002-05:00

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Nourish Me

2011-01-31T08:36:00.002-05:00

(raw, vegan)

Kale Stems, Romaine, Apple, Lemon Juice

What I'm Reading

2011-01-28T12:20:00.001-05:00

Crazy Sexy Diet: Kris Carr

Mother Nature: SNOW

2011-01-26T12:34:00.000-05:00

The Snow that never drifts -- by Emily Dickinson

The Snow that never drifts --
The transient, fragrant snow
That comes a single time a Year
Is softly driving now --

So thorough in the Tree
At night beneath the star
That it was February's Foot
Experience would swear --

Like Winter as a Face
We stern and former knew
Repaired of all but Loneliness
By Nature's Alibit --

Were every storm so spice
The Value could not be --
We buy with contrast -- Pang is good
As near as memory --

Miracle Detectives

2011-01-23T12:17:00.000-05:00


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Miracle Detectives is a new show on Oprah's OWN network. (From the website): "Each week, the Miracle Detectives travel the globe searching for answers to mysterious incidents that transcend logic. Do miracles really exist? Or is there a logical explanation to the seemingly inexplicable? Two investigators; one a believer, the other a scientist will travel the globe to uncover answers to mysterious incidents that transcend logic in Miracle Detectives, a new one hour documentary series for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.

Randall Sullivan is an author and journalist who, while travelling as a war correspondent in Bosnia, saw an inexplicable vision during a violent thunder and lightning storm. He is convinced it was a miracle. Now he travels the globe investigating other miracles, along with Indre Viskontas, a gifted scientist with a Ph.D. in neuroscience, who approaches the supernatural with a skeptical point of view."

I really like this show, I am more of a believer then a skeptic, so I do get a little mad when they try to prove that what happened was not in fact a miracle. No matter what, I am still a believer, as I have seen miracles in my own life. Have you ever witnessed a miracle? Please share! :)

My favorite quote

2011-01-18T15:00:00.000-05:00

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly."

Nourish Me

2011-01-13T14:01:00.000-05:00


(raw, vegan)

Brad's Raw Chips with Guacamole

1-11-11

2011-01-11T12:19:00.000-05:00

make a wish..

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All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.
-Peter Pan

Blessings

2011-01-07T09:47:00.000-05:00

All I am thankful for this week:

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My beautiful daughter who is going to be baptized on Sunday.
My wonderful husband who helps me out in every way possible.
My charming pup, Ginger, who makes me laugh and is the best friend I could ask for.
Learning more everyday and always educating myself.

Family and Friends and all the love they give me and my new family.

What are your blessings this week?

What I'm Reading

2011-01-05T09:44:00.001-05:00

Healing With The Angels by Doreen Virtue, PH.D

Magical Mermaids and Dolphins Say..

2011-01-04T08:56:00.000-05:00

Worthiness: "Know that you deserve to receive good in all ways."--Doreen Virtue PH.D.

2011

2011-01-03T14:12:00.000-05:00

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Hello Earth Angels, Happy 2011! I have such a magical feeling about the year ahead! So many intentions, I can just feel this is going to be a great one.

I saw a few bloggers mention that they don't make resolutions, but rather "intentions" and I really like this idea. So here are my "2011 Intentions":

1. Lose the rest of my baby weight. I know, superficial, but it is part of my super health plan.

2. Be present in my life and my daughters life. I don't want to miss a moment!

3. Stay calm and carry on, live as stress free as possible. Stop letting the little things bother me. No more negativity.

4. Yoga, journal and pray more. Keep my spiritual light going strong!

5. Spend more time outdoors and get back in touch with nature.

Message from The Fairies..

2010-12-31T09:54:00.001-05:00

Affirmations: To lift up your thoughts and energy and to attract what you desire, use positive affirmations.-Doreen Virtue, Magical Fairies Oracle Cards.

Nourish Me

2010-12-29T08:23:00.000-05:00

(raw, vegan)

Green Smoothie: Spinach, Frozen Bananas, Maca, and Sunwarrior Raw Vegan Protein Powder

Fairy Tale

2010-12-27T08:47:00.000-05:00

Fairies are invisible and inaudible like angels. But their magic sparkles in nature. ~Lynn Holland

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Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T08:17:00.017-05:00

Merry Christmas!

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Have a safe, happy and healthy holiday!

All My Love, Lauren

Through the Years

2010-12-24T08:08:00.002-05:00

Christmas Ornaments Through The Years..

Ginger's Ornament: 2006

Our first Christmas as a couple: 2001

Christmas: 2007

Our first Christmas Married: 2006

Our Baby's first Christmas: 2010

Our first Christmas in our home: 2008

Happy Holiday's!

Nourish Me

2010-12-23T08:43:00.000-05:00

(raw, vegan)
2 Bananas Sliced and filled with Almond Butter

The Unicorns Say..

2010-12-22T08:39:00.012-05:00

Talk About Your Feelings: Tell a friend how you feel. -Doreen Virtue, Magical Unicorn Oracle Cards

Winter Solstice

2010-12-21T08:33:00.020-05:00

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"Have you ever noticed a tree standing naked against the sky,
How beautiful it is?
All its branches are outlined, and in its nakedness
There is a poem, there is a song.
Every leaf is gone and it is waiting for the spring.
When the spring comes, it again fills the tree with
The music of many leaves,
Which in due season fall and are blown away.
And this is the way of life."
- Krishnamurti

Fitness Fun

2010-12-16T08:11:00.054-05:00

Yoga

"Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible." ~Bob Harper

"Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open"- B.K.S. Iyengar


"Yoga is the study of balance, and balance is the aim of all living creatures: it is our home."-Rolf Gates

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Balancing Act

Teach Your Children Well

Nourish Me

2010-12-15T08:24:00.000-05:00

(High Raw, Vegan)

Raw Garlic Sauerkraut with Avocado and Marinated Olives

Tea Ritual

2010-12-13T10:00:00.000-05:00

The Beauty of Tea Rituals: Savoring Ceremony

Letting Go

by Louise Hay

To "let go" does not mean to stop caring,
it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To "let go" is not to cut myself off,
it’s the realization I can’t control another.
To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow
learning from natural consequences.
To "let go" is to admit powerlessness,
which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another,
it is to make the most of myself.
To "let go" is not to care for, but to care about.
To "let go" is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To "let go" is not to judge, but to allow another to be a
human being.
To "let go" is not to be in the middle arranging all the
outcomes,
but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
To "let go" is not to be protective, it is to permit another
to face reality.
To "let go" is not to deny, but to accept.
To "let go" is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead
to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires,
but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.
To "let go" is not to regret the past, but to grow and live
for the future.
To "let go" is to fear less and love more.

Website Spotlight: Earth Empress

2010-12-09T09:15:00.000-05:00

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Today I want to highlight one of my new favorite spots on the web: EarthEmpress.com. This website reaches the inner Goddess in me and I just adore all the pictures, recipes, tips and soul touching articles. Shakaya Leone is a beautiful Goddess who shares her wisdom in the most articulate way. I always leave the site feeling refreshed and proud to be a women. Thank you Earth Empress for sharing your gorgeous light with the world!

December

2010-12-08T08:35:00.021-05:00

"All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I went for a walk
On a winter's day
I'd be safe and warm
If I was in L.A.
California dreamin'
On such a winter's day."
- Mammas and Pappas, California Dreamin

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
James M. Barrie

"In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter,
Long ago."
- Christmas Carol

Journal Ritual

2010-12-07T09:34:00.000-05:00


*My Newest Journal: Butterflies, Gems and Roses. All of my favorite things.*

"Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul."--Wayne Dyer

Don’t Hide It, Write It: Give your feelings a voice by journaling.

Love List: Gratitude Journaling

Ending Your Day With Journaling

Nourish Me

2010-12-06T10:05:00.000-05:00


"Food is a love note from God."

--Gabriel Cousens, MD

What I'm Reading

2010-12-03T08:45:00.000-05:00

Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self

by Sandra Ingerman

Peace

2010-12-02T10:09:00.000-05:00

"Man is a universe within himself"--Bob Marley

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."--John Lennon

Good Morning STARSHINE..

2010-12-01T08:45:00.000-05:00

The Earth Says Hello..

I am your moon and your moonlight too
I am your flower garden and your water too
I have come all this way, eager for you
Without shoes or shawl
I want you to laugh
To kill all your worries
To love you
To nourish you.
Rumi

You twinkle above us, we twinkle below..

Nourish Me

2010-11-29T09:47:00.000-05:00

(raw,vegan,organic)

Goji Berries, Black and White Dried Mulberries and Pumpkin Seeds

Power Animal

2010-11-26T14:32:00.001-05:00

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"Through the rhythm and patterns of sound Whale teaches us to hear our inner voices, to be in touch with our personal truths, and thus to know the wisdom and feel the heartbeat of the universe."

Recently I learned about Power Animals. Similar to a guardian angel, the Power Animal is said to heal, protect and guard. I wanted to discover what my Power Animal was so I simply asked the universe to show me. In not even an hour, I saw 3 different images of a whale. Then the next day I turned on the television only to see a commercial with whales featured. I knew deep down that the whale was my power animal. The universe is funny like that, ask and you shall receive.

My Power Animal: The Whale:

Record keeper for all eternity
All knowledge associated with voice
Psychic and telepathic abilities
All aspects of the sea
Beauty of movement

Power Animals

Working with Animal Spirits
Animal Symbolism

Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-11-25T08:28:00.000-05:00

What are you thankful for this year?

(all photos taken by me over the past couple of years)

My baby girl
My husband
My support system of friends and family
My pug, Ginger
Being healthy
The Sun, The Moon and The Stars
Love
Fresh Air
Movement
Nourishment
Happiness

Angels

2010-11-24T10:53:00.000-05:00

Earth Angel: You are a lightworker who has come to Earth to teach about love. -Doreen Virtue, Angel Therapy

""Angels can fly because they carry no burdens.." ~Eileen Elias Freeman

Love List

2010-11-23T09:26:00.003-05:00

Inspired by the loveliest Goddess herself, Kris Carr. I decided to post my "Love List" of all my favorite things of the present moment.

Journals, especially sparkly ones with butterflies!

Tiny Buddhas

Cranberries, in any way, shape or form!

Oracle Cards, anything by Doreen Virtue (I hope to get her Mermaid cards for Christmas!).

What is currently on your love list?

Nourish Me

2010-11-22T10:30:00.000-05:00


*Cranberry Sunrise (raw, vegan)*

1/2 cup fresh or frozen organic cranberries

1 frozen banana

1 orange peeled

1 cup almond milk

1 tablespoon maca powder

1 scoop of Vanilla Sunwarrior Raw Vegan protein powder (optional)

1 handful of fresh organic spinach

1 dash of cinnamon

Blend all ingredients until smooth: IN-JOY!

Full Moon

2010-11-21T09:56:00.005-05:00

Tonight is a full moon. A BLUE FULL MOON.

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"When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator"
Mahatma Gandhi

Just in case my bundle comes in the next week, I have a few blog posts lined up already. Please enjoy, while I enjoy my precious joy.

I took these pictures on Saturday night.

Almost full.

What I'm Reading

2010-11-19T19:29:00.000-05:00


Pathways To Peace

by Sri Swami Satchdananada

Autumn

2010-11-18T21:22:00.000-05:00

Magical Messages from the Fairies: Connect with Nature: You're rejuvenated and inspired by spending time outdoors.--Doreen Virtue

"Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf is a flower"--Albert Camus

"Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all."-- W. Somerset Maugham

"There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!" --Percy Bysshe Shelley

Om Shanti..

Following my Light

2010-11-18T15:22:00.000-05:00

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Hello Goddesses!

I was recently inspired to start another blog. I know, with my first child (a daughter) coming any day now, I am sure this sounds like a crazy idea. I wanted a place to post my thoughts, quotes, nature pictures, whimsical life, pure raw foods, love, unicorns, fairies, angels, etc. This will probably be more of a silent blog. Just a magical place for me to escape.

I will discuss the title of my blog in the near future. Until then, in-joy!