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Diagonals

WOW today’s prompt from Susannah Conway’s August Break 2013 was a bit tough for me….Diagonal! hmmm…browsing through my pictures, this one above is what I came up with – a shot from Thailand, near the border into Myanmar – in the “Golden Triangle”. Kinda works, right? How about this one…notice the angle of the streets centerline: […] Read more…

Close-Up

Ready for Day 5 of Susannah Conway’s August Break? Today, our prompt is “Close-Up” and I just happen to have these photos of a little squirrel eating some snacks out on our back deck. He’s a hungry little guy – in need of a manicure!  He’s really enjoying that piece of tortilla…and, suprisingly, he’s not being bothered […] Read more…

Love

Here we are at Day 4 of Susannah Conway’s August Break 2013 and the word for the day is LOVE! AND who doesn’t know how much I LOVE this little French wonder boy?!?! I have so many goofy names for him it would be hard to fit them all in here…but the all-time favorite (and one […] Read more…

Yellow

You’ve probably guessed by now…Susannah Conway’s August Break day 3 prompt is Yellow is also my mother’s favorite color! AND a sure sign of summertime is the availability of fresh summer yellow corn! Happy Summer!       Read more…

Circles

Here we are with Day 2 of  Susannah Conway’s August Break 2013! Today’s theme “Circles” fits perfectly with these photos I recently took of Pops in his Scout Patch jacket. How cute is he in this jacket his mom made for him when he was a young scout? She sewed all the patches on herself! He […] Read more…

Breakfast – Earnest Eats

Okay, so I just happened to get lucky here…day 1 of The August Break just happens to be “BREAKFAST” AND I just happen to have a review ready for my new absolutely favorite of all times Hot & Fit breakfast cereals EARNEST EATS! First of all, when I was asked if I wanted to try this […] Read more…

August Break

Sooooooo…I’m sure you’ve noticed I’ve been a tad bit of a blog slacker lately. Trust me, this is not due to having nothing to say! It’s truly due to having no time to write!! Since it is Summertime, I guess this can be expected. (excuses, excuses, I know) To try to keep things hopping and […] Read more…

Skagway Alaska

Skagway – “Gateway to the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898” – was the second port we visited on our Alaskan Cruise. Definitely known as Gold Rush territory. Many people came here hoping to strike it rich after gold was found on August 17th, 1896. Now, the gold wasn’t discovered in Skagway, but some 600 miles […] Read more…

Juneau Alaska

As many of you know, if you follow me on Facebook, Pops and I went on an Alaskan cruise this past June (over his 65th birthday). Pops had never been on a cruise before and I had been on a short one to the Bahamas with my mom a few years ago. That trip followed […] Read more…

Happy Friday

Here’s to wishing everyone a very Happy Friday and a  joyous weekend. I’m sharing this “Friday” photo to join in on Kim Klassen’s Friday Finds. If you aren’t familiar with Kim Klassen and love taking photographs, then visiting her site will be an amazing treat for you!! Her vision is simply beautiful and her ability […] Read more…

Giveaway – Easy Canvas Prints

Well, hello there!! Yes, I know it’s been a little bit since I’ve posted – in case you didn’t know, I was off on a vacation to Alaska (more coming on the trip soon!) As a welcome back – and because I’ve missed all of you – I’d like to offer a giveaway from Easy […] Read more…

Wheat Germ

Wheat Germ….we’ve all heard of it, right? We kinda know it’s something that’s good for us – well, at least I kinda did. Then, I was sent a coupon for a container of Kretschmer Wheat Germ and found out that wheat germ is awesome and like the Original SUPERFOOD. Technically speaking, wheat germ is the […] Read more…

Giveaway – SunFeather Soaps

WOW, it’s been quite a while since I’ve had a giveaway here on Lita’s World! So….it MUST be time! The wonderful people of SunFeather  (http://www.sunfeather.com) soaps have offered 3 soap gift packs to my lovely readers. How WONDERFUL is that?! Here’s some information on their handcrafted soap line: The Company was established in 1979 Their soaps […] Read more…

Vegan Vegetable Enchiladas

On an absolute whim, I decided I would make some Vegan Vegetable Enchiladas. I had tortillas, lots of vegetables and time – so what did I have to lose…well, except that I’d never made them before and an enchilada sauce seemed intimidating to me! The sauce was truly the part of the dish that has […] Read more…

Vegan Love for Vegan Cuts

Have you heard of the Vegan Cuts site yet? If not, you have no idea what you’re missing!!! Vegan Cuts is super fun vegan shopping site featuring vegan food items, vegan body care and even vegan fashion! Just a couple of weeks ago, they sent me a Vegan Snack Box from their monthly box subscription service […] Read more…

Final Morning in NYC – Uniquely Abled

On our final morning in the “Big Apple”, we were fortunate to meet this amazingly talented group of performers called the “Uniquely Abled”. The lead of this group, David, has loved Nia since the “Fame” days (haven’t we all), and was able to get in contact with her after seeing she would be in the […] Read more…

Even More NYC Adventures

Another day and more fun in NYC… This day, we began our tour around the city by visiting ground zero (the 911 Memorial) – therefore, this day began with a lot of tears from yours truly. I would sincerely recommend you have tickets when visiting – and it is incredibly easy to get them. You […] Read more…

More NYC Adventures

On our first day’s excursion into the city, a group of us headed off to visit the Himalayan exhibit at the Rubin museum while others headed towards Chelsea. My friend, Mickie, had recommended the Rubin to me knowing we had loved all the art we saw on our tour of Thailand. The museum did not […] Read more…

New York Adventures

Last week, we went on a whirlwind trip to New York City to see our friend Sam’s documentary “Hawaiian – The Legend of Eddie Aikau” playing in the Tribeca Film Festival. I haven’t been to New York City it about 16 years – I can’t even believe it’s been that long!! So along with seeing […] Read more…

Having Hope through the Unthinkable

What a week! I truly cannot come up with any words, for this blog or for myself, that help me understand the tragedy of the bombing that happened during the Boston Marathon. I know many unthinkable things happen every day all over the world. At times, I feel the pain of all the needless losses […] Read more…

Nasoya & Veggie Dip

I’m pretty confident that if you’ve been living a vegan/vegetarian lifestyle, you’ve seen Nasoya products where you buy groceries – and you’ve probably eaten their tofu, too. To help me celebrate an “Eggless Easter” this year, the lovely people at Nasoya sent me sample bottles of their vegan Nayonaise spreads. I received both the regular, egg […] Read more…

Happy Easter

AND a very BIG Welcome to Springtime! Much Love, Peace and Happiness to you All,   Read more…

Veggie Grill

Today, I’d like to share one of our current, and luckily local, favorite vegan restaurants the VeggieGrill! As of right now, they have locations in Southern and Northern California, Oregon and Washington – so basically a West Coast sort of place. We simply LOVE this place! All menu items are vegan – 100% plant-based. AND […] Read more…

Life is Good!

Yes, Life is GOOD – and very, very busy (both at home and at work)!! For fun, this past weekend, we went down to the little central California town of Cayucos to see a movie showing of our friend Sam’s latest documentary. What documentary you may ask? Well, this one: Sam’s latest documentary tells the […] Read more…

Daylight

As I’m working on photos from our latest trip to Death Valley to share, I came by this recent video posting of my friend Nia’s son Christopher performing a cover of Maroon 5’s “Daylight”. In a word, it’s FABULOUS! Chris is simply incredibly talented and I truly seem to love hearing him perform! I wanted […] Read more…