Dairy: 6 Reasons You Should Avoid It at all Costs

Mark Hyman, MD, thinks there are many good reasons NOT to drink milk.


Over the years we have worked toward avoiding milk.
Now everybody thinks of milk as that white liquid that comes out of plastic bottles and is kept in the fridge in the supermarket, right?







Well, there are just so many other ways that the dairy industry has devised to get us to consume milk and this milk does not even look like milk anymore.

First there is yoghurt. There are so many varieties of yoghurt but the all contain milk. Then there is butter, cream, cheese, cheese sticks, Parmesan cheese and all sorts of other varieties. 

Next, chocolate comes to mind. There's lots of milk in milk chocolate. Milk is also included in cakes and omelettes. We have been seduced into eating this food which is meant for baby cows. Oops, didn't you realise that?

Listen to hear what Dr Hyman has to say and it just might improve your health, stop all that sinus trouble and all those sore throats.

 

Healing with Crystal Energy

Crystals Benefit our Health

Crystal energy started me on my road to recovery twenty years ago. I was seriously ill. Doctors and specialists had no answers. After spending years in bed with very poor health I started on a slow recovery with the help of the healing energy of crystals.

The effect of these  crystals had a profound effect, not only on me, but also on my family. As I improved in health, I began to study many forms of healing in natural ways. Naturally, crystals were my first study and became a great love for me. 

I gradually learned many ways to use them for healing and collected a vast array of crystals. 

Amethyst runes

Crystal Elixirs

After learning about Flower Essences, I also found out about Crystal elixirs. These have the energy of the crystal held in water and drops of this crystal infused water is taken by mouth.

Many years of helping others with their health problems followed by doing healing with crystals. 

My daughter also was fascinated by these beautiful rocks and their secret energy. She too learned to use them for healing. 

Crystal Spirit

Today, she imports unusual crystals and sells them at very reasonable prices. She wants to make them accessible to many people. 

Lapis lazuli geometric wand

Clear quartz Angel

  Click on any of the photos to be taken directly to Crystal Spirit Facebook page. 

 Photos and designs by Therese Vahland

Pigs and a Cooking Show

Pigs on the Farm

Pigs are one of the animals I have never had. My husband flatly refused to have them. 

A pig called Stephanie

I have always loved animals and had many varieties over the years. We lived on an eighty acre farm. That's about thirty two hectares in size.

Animals on the Farm

We have had

• goats - angora, dairy (a few varieties) and cashmere
• sheep - carpet wool and a few other varieties along the way
• donkeys 
• mule
• horses
• cows
• chickens - lots of breeds
• ducks - 120 ducklings one year
• geese
• rabbits
• cats
• dogs
• birds - a variety

But we never had pigs.

Stephanie, the pig, features in one of his latest videos.

Cooking Shows on You Tube

One of our sons, Bevan, is a chef and makes videos with great recipes and scrumptious food. 

Why don't you check you his You Tube channel, subscribe and share? He'd love to have you visit.

How to Build a Deck

I came across this video about building a deck. Have a look if you are thinking of building one too.


Now, to be fair, I really must tell you that this young man is my son, and his lovely boys and dogs appear in the video too.


Bevan would love you to have a look at his video, 'Like' it and 'Subscribe' too.


He has lots of videos. He's a chef too, and you will find lots of mouthwatering recipes there too. He makes everything look so easy. Yes, you can have great food too by following his recipes. 

I think building a deck might just take a bit more energy.

Free Artwork by Therese Vahland

 Today I am offering for free, your choice of one of these three original artworks, signed by Therese Vahland, artist. It is valued at $50. All are prints.

 'Twisted  Trees'

 

 'Twisted  Trees', is a gel plate with lino print over the top, printed on Japanese paper.

'Mist'

'Mist' is a mono print. You can never reproduce these. The rainbow colours will ensure it fits in to any colour scheme.

'Red Sunflower'

'Red Sunflower' is also a gel print in Japanese paper.

All you have to do to get your choice of print for free is leave a positive comment below, email me with your details and pay the postage. Only one print will be given away. The others are for sale at $50 each plus postage.

If you wish to buy more than one they will be sent together at no extra cost. 

You will have to get the prints framed to suit your decor.

Payment is by Paypal. If you don't have an account with them you can use a credit card in a secure environment. 

The free print is being offered only until September 30, 2014.

A Picture of Innonence

Whenever I see little babies I think of them as being so innocent. 

They have not had time in this world to become 

• deceitful, 
• sly
• cunning
• jealous or
• greedy

We could all take note of how they act, living for the moment, not living in the past or waiting for the future.

Photography

Babies give us great pleasure to watch and be around. Some are very quick to smile and make great subject for photography.

Today we can do so much with cameras and editing programs. Even Apps can contribute much to our final photographic experience. 

Many apps are free and you can get more variety if you pay. The writing on the photo above was added using Font Candy.

 

You can get apps to turn your photo into soft sepia colours ...

Or into a modern collage. Have fun by extending your photographic experience with apps which you can install in your phone or tablet. 

Photo taken by Therese Vahland

Painting and Printmaking

As an artist who has been painting for over 25 years, I have collected a huge number of paintings, and prints along with many other forms of art. 

I have decided to sell some at very reasonable prices 

hoping that others may enjoy them too.

These are all unframed. 

You have the opportunity to frame them to suit your decor. 

These are all original artworks and are signed.

Here are a couple of soft, pastel coloured paintings. 

These are painted using acrylic paints.

This a a soft acrylic painting of roses.

It is painted in a watercolour effect. 

This one off gel print is in brighter colours but still with a soft effect. 

It is a square print on Japanese paper. 

Both paintings and print are for sale, $55 each plus postage.

Please email me to purchase a piece of artwork 

or for a quote for postage.