The Active Mind

Happy Tuesday friends! Linking up with Elizabeth's Blog T Stands For Tuesday. 

The above photo was sent from hubby from work. The Sunrise is beautiful!

Drinking coffee at the moment and trying to finish this book. I bought the blanket from winners and i love it. It is warm and soft and has pumpkins all over it. Super cute.  

I love pumpkins! 🎃

This is a farm we visited last weekend and it has a chip truck and the fries are delicious! 

I  look forward to visiting in the Fall to get some pumpkins. 
🎃

Halloween things are at the mall already. 

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My sis-in-law lent me some vintage books and I think I will not be able to read them all but maybe I will read one and return them to her in October. 

Remember these back in the day?

let me know in the comments which one should I read?

I made this trail mix and I did not like the rolo bites but everything else was yummy. 

I think it is missing caramel popcorn. 

Friend Mail from my good friend Joy. 

Thank you Joy!

Bought a fun colouring book from the Dollar tree. 

Or it might of been the dollar store not sure. lol

I've been enjoying little things here and there and I hope you have too. 

Films and Movies I've been enjoying

Netflix 

ATYPICAL

The Middle

Season 1 & 2 Stranger Things

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

I will Find You

Blackwater Lane 

Have a lovely rest of the week and thank you so much!

Echoes of Yesteryear

Happy Friday! Time is going by so fast.

 I am sharing past portraits with you today. 

I feel it is important to reflect on past artwork and also to find gratitude within ourselves and appreciate our creativity.

Sometimes creativity can be thoughts and creative reflections of our past artwork, 

this process helps me find more inspiration and direction for my next pieces. 

Linking up today with Friday Face Off hosted by the lovely Nicole and Art For Fun Friday hosted by the lovely Gillena. 

Thank you so much!

 

Thank you all for your comments and kindness. Have a lovely weekend!

Turn Chaos Into Calm with Planners and Journals

 

The amount of information and chaos that happens in my brain needs a calm outlet. My outlet is to document and let everything out into the pages of a  Leuchtturm1917.  I love to journal daily, plan, write lists and more. 

I have been a brand ambassador for  Leuchtturm1917  for five years and I am so grateful to work with them. I have used Leuchtturm1917 journals and sketchbooks for over five years and really love the quality of them. A journal needs to be strong and not fall apart because I stick a lot of things in it like memories, photos, receipts and more. I really love how you can choose a notebook colour, lines or dots and size of the notebook. 

I really love to create monthly pages and write dates to remember and bucket lists. 

Yes Love a lot of stickers too. Inside and out my book. The more the better. 

I've been using the "some lines a day" journal and I have two more years to go with this. Love it so much. I reflect back on what I did this day last year and it is amazing to read. Very grateful for each moment that I have documented. 

Overall I love using my Leuchtturm1917 notebooks. I find writing things down really helps me plan better and declutter my brain.

I love the quality of the notebooks, planners and sketchbooks. 

Writing and documenting definitely helps turn my chaos into calmness!

Thank you all for reading my blog post. I appreciate it!

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Books I Am Determined to Finish in 2026

 

 

These are a few books that I started and haven't finished. I would love to finish these this year. 

I usually read one book a month but I am going to push through and see if I can finish these books. 

I will be setting time out of the day to read instead of scroll. 

Wish me luck and will update you when each book is finished. 

Happy reading!

Thank you and have a productive day!

Maria