Entries by TATIANA

Today it's Midsommar in Sweden, a holiday that dates back to pre Christian times. A pagan holiday if I'm not mistaken, a celebration of summer solstice. I LOVE Midsommar, the whole country is celebrating and it's just beautiful. I'm not in Sweden this year, although I did celebrate Midsommar in Tyresta By last year with my brother and friends. Maybe I can be in Sweden next year and either do the traditional thing at Skansen or take a boat to some island in the archipelago outside Stockholm. Glad Midsommar! I miss Sweden, LOTS! ❤

How old do pics have to be to be considered "old" enough for Throwback Thursday? I'm not sure.....is 10 years plus valid enough? I also read somewhere that the pics need to be from a different era in your life. Really? I'm not sure about that but here are a few older pics of me. The era when I pulled my underwear up higher on the hips, that was the "fashion" then and had thinner eyebrows. Yikes on both the pulled up undies and the thin eyebrows!
Besides that I think I look pretty much the same, (a bit) younger looking in the pics and double the amount of hair. Ahhhhh.......the memories!









Photographers Pepe, Norm Fisher and Dominic Petruzzi.

I totally forgot about this face mask by Caudalie when I was talking about my new products a few days ago. I got it in Vegas and I have used it a few times. I like it and it smells wonderful, very herby. I might use it again tonight, if I stay home. First I am going to take a bath, then put on this mask and follow with a honey mask. That will be nice for my skin. Cleansing and moisturizing. Now what about Caudalie, a skincare line that I have used for years (I use one of their face sprays, the Beauty Elixir) and animal testing? I always thought that Caudalie did not test on animals, it's a bit more complicated than that since they sell their products in China. This is what I gathered about Caudalie and L'Occitane, another skin care line that I use, "China has laws that state that beauty products must undergo animal testing before human use. So while L'Occitane and Caudalie both released statements to The Daily Mail saying that none of their products are ever tested on animals, the bottom line is that if you sell to China, the Chinese government will require those products to undergo animal testing. So companies who sell to China, even if their products are completely cruelty-free up until that point, then become complicit in supporting the continued use of animal testing. Hence the loss of the Leaping Bunny."

I decided to check back on Caudalie before I get any more of their products to see if they have changed anything about their policies on animals testing and China. There are companies that cancelled plans to enter the Chinese market due to the animal testing policies there, one example is Urban Decay. Kudos to Urban Decay!

Another hot day here in Kenai. But towards the evening it started to get a bit cloudy. This is the pic I took at this evening's walk with Chhaya.

During the day all Chhaya has energy for is to lay around. She got a pillow today.

I had my latte and did some shopping.

Kaladi's message to the world.

I took this pic of Chhaya is a sea of dandelions a few weeks ago.

I just ate almost a pound of cherries. It's past 11 pm and I'm in bed. I'm leaning towards no running today......instead I'm going to see what Netflix has to offer.

I went for a midnight run last night. The sky was still red from the last rays of the sun. I felt very alive. Running alone on a dirt path through the forest, feeling the wind in my face with only the trees as company. It's a great feeling. It was so gorgeous out. Trees are amazing, I feel that the trees surrounding my house are wise old entities that are my friends and watch over me. I'm going to spend most of my day outside today again, perhaps another midnight run later.

The heat is here! This is record heat for me, I have not experienced a hotter day since I have been in Alaska. It can actually get hotter than this, Fairbanks gets high temperatures in the summer. Today it was 84° here on Kenai and it sure felt like it!



I spent most of my day today and yesterday outside in the sun, sprawled out on a blanket tanning and reading.



Chhaya was completely lethargic during the day, I made her a shelter.



I ate some strawberries with whipped cream.



Later in the evening, after it cooled down a bit we went for a walk. These pics were taken after 11 pm, as you can see it's still light out. I absolutely LOVE the long days, the light does not bother me. It's actually amazing!





Pretty flowers, these looked like cotton balls. So cute!





I had the best day today and I am so very grateful for my life. Thank You Universe and Mother Nature for everything! ❤