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How I deal with Stress

As I said before, everyone has their own ways to cope.

Early this morning I grabbed my camera and off I went. Straight to a garden center. It was not open, but I said I could still take some pictures. I found all kinds of beautiful flowers and trees, vegetables. For about one hour I didn’t think about anything but the fresh air while enjoying the colorful garden.

Up the road
Different type of mulch
A place to enjoy nature
Chamomile
Mixed Hydrangea
Cherry tree
Garlic
Garlic buds

and you what do you under pressure?

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Kids day out

On a very hot day, the kids and I decided to take a walk along the river nearby.

Standing in the middle of the river

Taking advantage that the waters were low, we decided to jump our way over to the bigger rock in the middle of the river.

Jumping her way out
Taking a break

Climbing up the stone wall

They love climbing this wall which is about a foot and a half tall, from the river bank to the street where we left their bikes.

Do you have fun memories as a child gone by a river?

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Summer

On every other road you travel in Vermont, there’s something beautiful to see.

I think my most favorite sight of all, are the homes. People who live out in the country side have many unique homes that sit on their pretty acres of land.

What about you? What do you like seeing when you’re driving on the country roads?

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Natural Light

When it comes to lighting I believe that natural light is the best for photos.

Today, it was quite cloudy, which painted everything in a much more muted setting. This allowed for some really interesting shots. Here, I had my husband and son help me play around with some sticks and stones. The focus here was to really get close enough to see the different textures on all three objects. It felt like a ‘happy accident’, but my son managed to take an interesting shot of my hand near my husband’s. He called it a ‘pretty parallel’.

Another idea I had was to somehow combine some of these objects, and the mini trees you see here were the result of that. So as you can see, natural lighting can provide you with some unexpected opportunities!

wood, stones and beads
Hands
Tree branch
Garbera African Daisy

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Breakfast

Breakfast is the first meal of the day. Everyone has a different choice on breakfast, but this morning was special for my family, it was fathers day. So I made pancakes, sausage and made sure there were plenty of fruits and a special syrup made by my friends. Oh by the way if you want to taste the syrup you should contact them here: http://sweetstonemaple.com/

What is your breakfast preference?

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Watching the sunset

at Lake Champlain…

Why do I love seeing the sunset at the end of a long day? I love feeling its warmth as I watch it set into the horizon, and to capture beautiful moments either in my mind, or on my camera. Moments like these remind me why I’m alive: To witness nature’s beauty. It’s almost like losing myself in a living painting by John Singer Sargent… What do you think about when you sit there and watch the golden horizon of a setting sun? What do you feel? Peace? Love? Melancholy?

Outdoor walking

Go outside and get some fresh air’ is something we parents tell our kids all the time. Studies do show that taking a walk to the outdoors is very beneficial for our health. Exposure to nature is a great way to clear our heads and get a mental boost.

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A little bit of walk through nature goes long ways. If you walk 15 to 30 minutes per day every day not only will help clear our minds but it will help with your health. Specially for our elderly people, keeping their chronic deceases in check.

Do you have a device that counts steps?

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Garden

When it comes to gardening, there are so many designs you can choose from.

For instance consider a vertical herbs garden if you don’t have space to plant.

Herbs garden

Here is DYI for your garden ideas. We found some pretty old drawers. It looked like it could be recycled into something else. What a better way than to use it as a garden box. With a half yard of soil from the near by garden center, filled the drawers shell and planted some tomatoes.

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Jalapeno peppers

Now the drawers were filled up with new soil, for hot peppers, potatoes and red beans.

Do you have any garden ideas to share?

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Stress Free

Beautiful day for a walk
A lot of people do different things to deal with stress. The kids and I went out for a ride and we ended up on this road. It was calm, you could only hear the sound of the wind playing with the tree branches.
Pine tree
A lady on the run

The best exercise to let go of the daily stress, run walk and listen to your favorite music.

What do you to manage stress?