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My name is Sprout. I use my tumblr to share DIY creations and indulge in the pleasure of sharing resources and mementos with others. Thank you for being here with me! [[ read more ]] >>Links
Homemade Light Table for seedlings.
Id use organic orange peels, otherwise, the peels have pesticides in them.
Homesteading / DIY: Quick Orange Peel Vinegar Cleaner
Orange peels, vinegar in a quart jar, let sit for 10 days or so…strain out the liquid and use as an all-purpose cleaner. Easy, cheap, natural, smells good!
http://harvesthomefarm.blogspot.com/2012/03/quick-orange-peel-vinegar-cleaner.html
I recently came to terms with the reality that the house I currently own with my ex is not affordable enough for me to keep. It has made me a wage slave and kept me from being able to focus my energy into areas of my life that I would like to nurture and see grow.
This news was a bit overwhelming to process at first. Selling a house is a huge undertaking, as is all the life transition that comes along with that. There are a lot of unknowns and a lot of endings. This house is a community house that I share with six roommates; I recognize that they will be affected by the sale. I’m not happy with that reality, but I know i cannot sacrifice myself so that we can continue to live together under this roof. People will find new homes and our relationships are allowed to continue beyond the framework of these walls.
To help me stay sane today as I was feeling attacked by my ultimate reality, I spent time thinking and visualizing my approach to surfing the waves of my own financial instability. I thought about what I would need to focus on day to day and week to week to get through this transition and gain more financial security and freedom. I also made a list of all the minimum things I need to work on to get the house in better shape for a buyer.
These images show the mind map of what I need to focus on during my transition. It includes elements of self care, as well as all the “other responsibilities” i have to continue keeping up with while this transition is taking place. The hand drawing was used as a starting point for the computer generated image that is more detailed and legible.
I was talking to Christi and Connie about my proactive approach to dealing with some major life transition. Christi grabbed the nikon and snuck a photo while I was chatting.
Photo Edited on PicMonkey, used the cinerama and yester-year filters. i’m absolutely loving the vintage filter movement that has become popular from the instagram users.
Wren’s Words and Art
I met Wren at a volunteer training session for the Crossroads Infoshop. I remember that she responded to our chaos theory operation in a graceful way. I remember her sweeping the floors and working on book displays and the silence that surrounded her actions, because she didn’t talk much.
Wren has been living at intentional living communities for the past few years. She has a blog about living in community that provides a glimpse into what community life is about. But my favorite blog is Wren’s Words and Art, a blog with poetry, artwork, and more personal updates about what’s going on with her inner life.
Here are a few poems I really enjoyed about the power that the inner world has in shaping our outer reality:
I Face by Darkness: Dec 24, 2011
I face my darkness
light, dark, light, dark
my darkness holds me and pulls me down
it seems I am on a long path to healing
and the only way out is through the darkness
Untitled: February 13, 2012
I’m alive,
and I want to be excited,
but I’m tired.
where do I start
to make use of my space in this world?
to become something bigger?
to stop weighing the world down?
I think it starts with rising early in the morning,
moving my body,
breathing,
drinking water,
being with myself,
and then from the love that grows there
creating an extension to everyone and everything else.
Untitled: June 25, 2011
every moment we are alive we are creating the world we want to live in.
we can blame our sadness on other people,
we can blame our anger on the noise,
but where does it lead us?
we can stop, and breathe, and listen to our bodies,
and see what is happening,
and whatever we want to happen,
we can make it happen from inside ourselves.
we are free.
we are free.
we are free.
From the Good Things to Do and Try Blog
Lentil Cookies
1 cup cooked lentils, pureed/mashed (1/2 cup dry lentils to 3-4 cups water)
1/2 cup butter
1/2 organic unsweetened applesauce
1 egg
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup organic oats
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup ground organic flax seed
1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
1 cup slivered almonds
1 cup raw pumpkin seeds
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 tsp cinnamon
- To cook lentils, add the lentils to boiling water and simmer for about 45min. You want them soft and if there is too much liquid at the end, just pass through a sieve. Mash or puree the cooked lentils (does not have to be totally smooth). Cool.
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Once cooled, add butter, applesauce, egg, sugar, and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
- Add all remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Spoon batter on to parchment lined cookie sheets. Leaving about 1″ between cookies. Depending on the size, you can make between 20-22 medium to large cookies.
- Bake for 15-20min. Cool on a cookie sheet. Once cooled, they should be quite moist and soft.
Sketches and notes of the dialogue that hit home with me personally, during the Troost Village meeting on Thursday May 18th.
A lot of the discussion was centered around the division within the self and the division between self and others.
The discussion helped me understand better an internal process I have been going through of experiencing alienation within self that caused me to alienate myself from others. This alienation came from a seed of judgement and resistance of self acceptance and acceptance of others. This also from a desire to be something perfect. To be something perfectly valuable and lovable.
this might become useful if I were to try painting with water colors.
It’s How-to Tuesday!
Today at corey marie ♥ com: 12 easy DIY Watercolor Techniques to create interesting textures for art journals and other projects, too! These all involve things you probably already have around the house! Check ‘em out!
(via moderngirlblitz)
