Today in USA is “Thanksgiving Day” I wish a wonderful day to everyone!
And on November watercolor prompt list today is “TURKEY” I am joining Charlie at doodlewash for November Adventure!
I loved to paint my turkey here with all his Royalty and colors in all his beauty and “Alive” 🙂 I titled my post as “One Happy Turkey” and he is in between the flowers, sunflower and cranberries, bringing a message of happiness, joy and life to all and sharing this Thanksgiving Day with us out of a plate! I personally won’t eat a turkey today or any meat, there are beautiful and plenty of other wonderful dishes that I will eat to celebrate this day! But this is just me! ❤ I wish everyone a wonderful and great Thanksgiving Day and I am sending love to all!
Today following November watercolor prompt list is “CRANBERRIES” I am joining whenever I can doodlewash for November Adventure!
Today is also celebrated as “Cranberry Relish Day” I didn’t really know about this one until now! No much time to write today but I managed to paint my Cranberries! ❤
Today following November watercolor prompt list is “MUSHROOMS” I am joining whenever I can doodlewash for November Adventure!
I was very happy to paint this one, because I love mushrooms not just to look at their colors and beautiful shapes, there are so many kinds I love to look at some wonderful botanical illustrations. Mushrooms are a very beautiful subject for nature inspired watercolor paintings. My painting has the colors of the Fall Season. I directly painted with the watercolors without previously tracing with pencil, I just painted the shapes straight on the paper. I combined the mushrooms with leaves and acorns. I loved the after washes ink drawing, like in a second layer I created the leaves and the acorns.
Editable mushrooms also are filled with lots of nutrients and are a great source of vitamins and minerals very good for our health in a daily diet. I eat them a lot and mostly raw in a variety of salads and also I love to eat the big Portobello Mushrooms. I used to cook them in many delicious ways, but right now that I follow a raw vegetarian-vegan diet, the big Portobello ones are amazing raw topped with some avocados, chopped tomatoes, hummus and more there are lots of tasty options for a wonderful Mushroom sandwich! ❤
Day 4 : HUNGRY
When Ylia arrived to this world she discovered that humans eat all kind of food, some are good and some are not so good to maintain her superpowerful health, nature offer so much good fresh food, but once in a while when she is hungry she loves to eat some good homemade pizza.
YesterdayAfter – Featured of the Month – September 2016
First Fall Leaves The Old Dogwood Tree
Hello dear friends and new followers, welcome once again to The Featured of the Month, during this year I made a lots of new connections with very inspiring bloggers and creative people. Thanks everyone for the participation to our weekly Meet and Greet Fridays. Because this event that I started in 2015 I had the opportunity to discover and connect with numerous great Blogs. I had the pleasure and honor to Feature many and still is not easy for me to choose only one of you each month. Sorry this month I am a little late but I was able to made my pick for September and finally write this post.
This month we have the opportunity to visit the creative world of Jodi exploring all the beautiful things that she does with her creativity!
Today I am very happy and honored to introduce you mydear friendand Featured of the Month… Jodi McKinney and her beautiful Blog THE CREATIVE LIFE IN BETWEEN Jodi says “I enjoy writing immensely… painting pictures with words… expressing emotions through words… telling stories… sharing my thoughts and my escapades… musing from mars…”
Several months ago I happily connected with Jodi through the Blog of our dear friend Charlie from doodlewash.com. We came across each other blogs because our passion for watercolor painting. I loved to discover her Blog and what she share, she love to craft and sell her creations on Etsy. Jodi has lots of creativity, from painting, to writing, to photography to cooking…and lots more. Her beautiful and positive energy shows in everything she does. I love to be connected with Jodi and I love to read her comments on my Blog. We have many things and passion in common that we love and can relate. And today I am very happy to share her Blog with you!
This is an excerpt of her About Page…
People have been telling me for a while that I should write a blog…. Okay – a few people…. Maybe just a couple…. Oh well – I want to try a blog and one or two people might have encouraged me…. So here I go. I have a very full and blessed life. First and foremost, I am a wife to a wonderful (most of the time) man I met when I was 16 years old, married when I was 19, and still tell I love every day 32 33 years later (you do the math – yep – I’m 51 52 years old! Where did the time go?!) Truly – it is he who puts up with me! I am mom to two of the most amazing young men in the entire world and mother-in-law to the sweetest young lady any mom could wish for her son to find. My full-time job is director of corporate communications for a hospice and home health agency (shameless plug for http://www.celtichealthcare.com :)), where my husband tells me I get paid to talk for a living. Of course I do a few more things… but I am truly blessed to work for an amazing company. (Please also note: the views expressed on this blog are my own and are in no way related to Celtic Healthcare.)
This blog is going to be about all that stuff that is in between that… the things I love to do…. (Continue reading)
I hope that you enjoyed this new Feature of the Month and want to know more about Jodi’s life and adventures please give her Blog a visit!
(Please Jodi grab this Badge and post it somewhere on your Blog linked to this post!) ❤
How to be Featured on YesterdayAfter?
Stay Connected! Participate to the Meet and Greet Fridays weekly event leaving your Blog link, Follow here and on my other social media be active! Inspire!
You never know…maybe next Month I will choose YOU!
Wish you all a wonderful Sunday and a great week!
Congratulations to Jodi McKinney to be the Featured of the Month of September 2016
Hello everyone during the past few months I made beautiful new connections. Thanks to everyone for the participation to our weekly Meet and Greet Fridays I had the opportunity to discover and connect with numerous and inspiring Blogs and it is not easy for me to choose only one each month. Sorry I had to skip the month of July cause I have been very busy with the World Watercolor Month event. But finally I was able to made my pick for the month of August.
This month we will have the opportunity to travel around the world of Maria and read all about it !
Today I am very pleased and honored to introduce you mynew friendand Featured of the Month and featured is…Maria Jansson and her beautiful Blog
“I am passionate about; exploring the back roads, being fit, healthy food, hiking, camping, horses, wide open spaces, road trips, the joy of hearing my daughters laugh, and ending each day in peace. My grandmother gave me my first camera when I was five years old, and I’ve been taking photos ever since.
See you soon!” Maria
Love for Horses
I connected recently with Maria I came across her Blogs because my passion for photography. I loved her beautiful Photography and after visiting and following her Blog we stayed connected, we have many things in common that we can relate and love. Maria is a lovely new friend for me here on the Bloghosphere. I am very happy I was able to connect. I love to read her comments to my posts and see her stopping by. She has a great love for nature, horses and photograph them beautifully! And I am happy to share her Blog with you!
This is an excerpt of her About Page…
“My grandmother gave me my first camera when I was 5 years old. The photos on this blog represent the beauty I experience, in my not so ordinary life! It would be my greatest joy if they could serve as a source of inspiration for you!
Horses have been my passion even longer than photography, and for a while I had an Equine Photography business. I decided to travel some side roads in life, and to temporary let go of full time photography. I grew up in a small mountain village in Sweden, and I have traveled extensively in Europe, and the US. I believe in the law of attraction, in kindness, and a humble attitude to life. I have a BA in Natural Science, and Early Childhood Education. I’m genuinely interested in a sustainable lifestyle. While not working full time as a photographer I’ve been learning valuable skills connected to my goal of having a homestead on a few acres. Lately my fingers have been starting to itch to make photography a full-time business again. Right now I am learning more about the business side of photography, and collecting all the equipment I need to start out in the best possible way, when I’m ready”... (Continue reading here)
I hope that you enjoyed this new Feature of the Month and to know more about Maria life and adventures please visit her Blog!
(Please Maria grab this Badge and post it somewhere on your Blog linked to this post!) ❤
How to be Featured on YesterdayAfter?
Stay Connected! Participate to the Meet and Greet Fridays weekly event leaving your Blog link, Follow here and on my other social media be active! Inspire!
You never know…maybe next Month I will choose YOU!
Wish you all a wonderful rest of the weekend and a great week!
Congratulations to Maria Jansson Photography to be the Featured of the Month of August 2016
this is not one of my usual post but is about “Health” and “Natural Remedies” I feel that this is something I like to share with all of you, especially right now that is Winter Season it’s easy to get sick, weather change, cold temperatures, snow, rain, cold wind, humidity and so on…we need to be wise and protected because cold and flu is easy to catch and is not fun.
I have to say that I am a strong believer of the power of Nature not just in my Art but in everything I do and I use natural homemade remedies. I have seen great results most of the time.
What I am going to share is the recipe I used to cure my “Cold” when I got sick around New Years Eve.
My symptoms were a cold associated with sore throat, cough, loss of voice, muscle aches.
This special and precious natural mixture did wander for me and is known as the “Turmeric Golden Honey” is claimed to be one of the strongest natural antibiotic. When you take these two ingredients together it strengthens your “Immune System” and is as well a great anti inflammatory.
The mixture is composed of Turmeric and Raw organic Honey. Turmeric is a root part of the Ginger family cultivated in India and Asia, when dry is a powder having an intense yellow color used as spice for cooking, can be found in every food market, actually is really good and add a unique and exotic taste to your food giving you lots of great health benefits. (I suggest you to Google health benefits of Turmeric).
The Turmeric yellow color is very pigmented and maybe you remember one of my previous post where I explain how I experimented Watercolor painting with Turmeric .
Now let’s get the “Turmeric Golden Honey” recipe:
Ingredients are:
3.5 oz. (100 grams) of Raw Organic Honey. (I use organic raw wildflower honey)
1 tbsp. of Turmeric powder.
Preparation of the mixture:
Add 1 tbsp. of Turmeric in 3.5 oz. (100 grams) of raw organic honey, mix very well with a wooden spoon and place the Golden Honey mixture in a glass jar.
If you want to make more double the dose and store it at room temperature.
How to Use:
Take upon the first symptoms of colds and flu:
Day 1 – Take ½ tsp. every hour during the day.
Day 2 – Take ½ tsp. every two hours during the day.
Day 3 – Take ½ tsp. three times a day.
The Golden Honey mixture should stay in the mouth until dissolved.
The cold usually passes after three days, in mild cases, but sometimes takes longer for the body to recover.
I took this for one week and kept taking ½ tsp. once a day for few more days when I was feeling better until the cold was gone just to keep my immune system strong. Thanks to this homemade mix you can be able to prevent cold without taking any drugs and prescriptions and use it as alternative.
Use it also to boost the Immune System Take ½ tsp once every couple of days as needed.
I remind you strongly that if you suffer of any medical condition and taking any medications please consult your doctor before trying this natural alternative as it may have adverse effects on some individuals.
Please note: some information contained on this website are not meant to be a substitute for any medical advice, treatment or diagnosis by a physician or other health care provider. You should never ignore advice from a medical professional or delay obtaining medical advice because of any information you may have read on this Blog. YesterdayAfter.com
I wish you all to stay healthy
If you try this recipe let me know how did work on you 😉
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