Live Oaks + Lenses

I am not entirely sure what my blog is about yet, most likely my favorites things, or least favorite things. It took me long enough to decide to write a blog, then even longer to decide where to blog. I can guarantee there will be photographs, hopefully mostly mine and a great deal of those photographs will be of trees.

I'm a 22 year old almost landscape architect with a passion for photography and the colour green. I make a habit of trying to survive the always harsh Manitoba winters by staying indoors and baking or daydreaming of all the other places I'd like to be.

When our grandchildren ask us where we were when the voiceless and the vulnerable of our era needed leaders of compassion and purpose, I hope we can say that we showed up, and that we showed up on time.

Gary Haugen (via lebellecoeur)

I hope so too.

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thisthinisinprogress:

alexkpace:

I’ve been wanting to make homemade granola bars for a long time. It’s nice to know exactly what’s in your food, especially with something that you eat for energy and a healthy snack.

I’ve been intimidated up to this point by the large amount of ingredients people put in them. I just wanted a basic granola bar: simple to make and inexpensive.

If you want to make them… 

What you’ll need:

1 1/2 cups of rolled oats

1 cup chopped almonds (or other nuts)

1 cup dried cranberries (or other dried fruit)

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup honey

What you’ll need to do:

Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients. Spread into a well-greased pan. Bake for 10-20 minutes, depending on your crunch preference (the longer it cooks, the crunchier it gets). Let the granola cool before you cut it, or it will fall apart. 

Just made these, and they are AWESOMEEEEE! Small note- if you are using raw honey make sure you heat it up first like 20/30 seconds so that you can pour it over your dry ingredients. And I also didn’t grease my pan I lined it with aluminum foil so I just lifted them out to cool then cut. 

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meggielynne:

Take the road less traveled.

meggielynne:

Take the road less traveled.

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