Duncan and Emma's Salt Spring Island Adventure!
Well, Owl be damned… This was at 5.30pm!! I got back to the house and noticed a strange shape in the Peach Tree! He let me get to within 6-8 feet of him (gradually) to take this photo. After I went in to get the dog (to take him for a walk!) he flew into…
So, firstly, I should tell you that we have molto molto blackberries here. Both local and invasive types busy taking over our land! So we planned to pick a lot of the blackberries this year (slows down the seed from spreading if we eat them!). The deer of course help eat the blackberries too –…
Snakes Alive! So, this is our little chap (well he's about 2ft long actually) who lives in the (what will be a) flowerbed just outside the house. We call him Pliskin (after Snake Pliskin in Escape from New York). Dexter has tried to snaffle him a few times and Starsky has also had a go. But…
Tree Frog Invasion! OK, so it was only one. But it was very exciting – the first Western Pacific Tree Frog I have SEEN this year! Somehow, it made it into our bathroom… Perhaps he needed a wash. See how sticky it's little feet are is it climbs the wall! We heard lots of the…
Why is it that so many of us feel naked without make-up?
Yes, it's partly because we're deluged with images of airbrushed perfection.
But it's mainly because we all buy into the fact that we don't look good enough 'as we are'.
I started wearing make-up regularly when I was 15. I had bad hair, bad clothes and milk-bottle glasses. I knew I didn't have much going for me in the looks department at the time and make-up gave me a little more confidence. Although I still remember a fellow bus traveller also aged 15 who asked me, "Why do you bother wearing make-up when you wear glasses?". That hurt – but it didn't stop me!
So, what's the relevance to Salt Spring? Well, I must admit I've been gradually wearing less and less make-up over the last few years. First I started only wearing mascara on my top eyelashes. Then I stopped wearing eyeliner. Then the no make-up… Step 1 was wearing no make-up in the house. Step 2 was occasionally 'popping' to the shops with no make-up on. This is no joke, I was a make-up addict and going cold-turkey was not an option. And then I moved to Salt Spring.
And as a make-up wearer you are definitely in the MINORITY here on Salt Spring. Women of ALL AGES regularly go make-up less.