Heading Out With a Touch of Warmth

One of the greatest parts of my relationship with Michael has been the many secrets and never ending hidden beauties of Florida he has shared with me. Helping me distance myself from my parents' recent yankee past ;) a true Florida boy.

Tomorrow I board a plane to Croatia. For a well deserved break from reality. Though reality has been kind to me lately and I leave with a touch of Florida beauty fresh on my mind.

PS with the new blog layout you can click on first picture to scroll through all pictures full size

Travel

I found these sweet videos on Cup of Jo and instantly fell in love. Please enjoy

Work trip to Savannah

The lucky thing about my new job is that since I cover a National retail chain I have had some great experiences working in ideal locations this past year. Here are a few from my downtime in Savannah this week: ( iphone pics as i forgot my Nikon)

The line for Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House

Family style meal complete with food coma after the best friend chicken, biscuits and okra I have had in years.

Wormsloe Historic Site:

All in all it's never a bad trip when you have a nice place to explore after your work duties are done for the day.

POTD?

Not sure this qualifies as POTD posts any longer but here we go:

Summer Rain

A boring video summing up Florida summer storms in August. Not bad with a porch and a pooch

Goji Berry Lemonade

Goji Ginger Lemonade
Serves 1
Ingredients:
2 Tbsp. goji berries
1 ½ cups water
1 tsp. ginger root, freshly grated
½ lemon, juiced
raw honey to taste (optional)

Directions:
1. Soak goji berries in water for at least one hour to soften.
2. Pour goji berries and soak water into a blender with remaining ingredients, blend on high until completely mixed.
3. Strain and pour into a glass with plenty of ice and lemon slices.

Recipe found here with health benefits explained. I have made this lemonade several times over since Friday and it is great. I recommend you buy some goji berries and get started.

When I first started this blog I had a much different idea for what it would be. I was torn between just sharing things I loved/hated on in a brutally honest tone and a food blog of sorts. In reality my blog turned out to be neither of those things. I hardly write anything on here and mostly use this as a place to share my photos and Florida style adventures. I guess with all things it just takes time to evolve and discover the real aim/voice.

I read a ton of food blogs and have been on a kick lately to put better things in my body. I love several newly found sites which I have added to the Blog list on my side bar. I feel good mentally and physically and while I never take horrible care of myself I do have a tendency to waver back and forth between caring and not taking the time to care. I am a very active person and I just feel better when I am eating well. For me this is a personal belief and should not come off as preachy at all. There are endless resources out there for how to take care of yourself and I believe the only way to be successful is for it to be a lifestyle and not a "diet" or temporary plan. I also believe anything in moderation is ok but some people lack a true grasp of what moderation is. Quality of life is much more important than quantity of life.

Fozzie

This is Fozzie...I fell in love with her this weekend while she was staying at my house. If anyone is looking to adopt the sweetest girl who only wants to cuddle and love on you please contact Pet Rescue by Judy.

POTD Lost Track of numbers

I have mentioned this before but to any newcomers, I can be a flake. Now that I have made a general statement about myself I do not need to apologize for losing track of the days or not posting every day...right?!

POTD 6 and 7

The sun gets high in the sky early these days and I am a slow mover in the morning time. It isn't even 9:30 and we have full staggering sunlight on my block. These pictures would be nicer lighting had they been taken 2 hours earlier, but not much gets me out walking the dog at 7am.

POTD Day 5

Steep metro escalator

POTD Day 4

Cold Brewed Iced Coffee with Vanilla Almond Milk

Was in DC this weekend for a wedding. Great wedding horrible 114 degree heat! Backlogged...practiced using natural light and my tripod.

POTD Day 3

POTD

Technically these are for yesterday. I should have picked a better 30 days to do this challenge but that's enough excuses for now.

Hiatus

My camera has been out of commission due to dust/spit on the sensor (heh my bad)

I have finally cleaned it and have challenged myself to post a photo a day for 30 days.

Here is my photo for Day 1: Ripe Mango

Summer fun

Summer in Florida there is only one place you can survive: the water. Lucky for us there are plenty of places to find water in the Sunshine State. Here are some pictures from our little reprieve from the heat.