Photo a Day May: Skyline

This is the view from my back porch. The weather today was disappointing, to say the least. It was cold, rainy, and there were so many dark clouds that it looked like it was dusk all day long. You can usually see windmills lining the top of the mountains, but because of all the fog we had, you can’t see them here.

Worst day for a skyline picture, for sure.

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Ditch the Disposable Water Bottles for Good

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of hydrosbottle. All opinions are 100% mine.

A few months ago I watched the documentary Tapped, a film that examines how the entire bottled water industry works and discloses the major role it has played in the depletion of our environment, the increase of pollution and our reliance on oil. It also spotlights the industry’s less-than-ethical business practices and how these practices have affected the health of countless people. I think we can all say we know at least the basics of why it is important to think green and to be less wasteful in our every day lives, we have been seeing the statistics and hearing about the harm waste causes for years now. Reading this information and being told that we …

Rachel Pally’s Margarita Dress Benefits Surfrider Foundation

It is always really great to see people and businesses giving back to the environment and doing good things for the Earth in their work. That is exactly what Rachel Pally is doing with the sale of her Margarita dress. This dress is one of those garments you look at and immediately think of all the places you want to wear it this summer. It is a surf blue-colored, fitted dress made of jersey material and spandex.

I should probably state that you will most likely only fall in love with this dress in a realistic sense if you have the body for an incredibly fitted dress made of jersey. I do not, but I sure do love looking at this dress anyway. Adorned with wavy ruffles along the shoulder and front and …