Grapes,Grapes,and more Grapes

Our grape harvest was so plentiful this year thanks to my husband's brilliant idea to build a pyramid for the grapevines to grow on. The juice is very delightful! We are also making some of the grapes into raisins by drying them in the sun.

Here are a few photos of our grape harvest. I hope that you enjoy them!

Bloated and Tired

I was doing very well with just consuming fruit until I decided to indulge in foods that I know do a disservice to the functioning of my body. Cooked food for me is addictive and raw food is not. Fruit is especially non-addictive to me. I have been stressing out about so many things about my life and when I stress out I eat cooked comforting foods. When I participate in this behaviour everything around me becomes dull and and tired. I am making a commitment to myself to only consume fruits or drink water and fresh fruit juice for the next 10 days starting tommorrow. I say starting tommorrow because I have already participating in comfort food hell. For the rest of the day I am consuming only lemon or lime water and hope to ease my bloating.

I am quite encouraged by the books that I have been reading by Arnold Ehret, Mucusless Diet, and Rational Fasting and intend on buying more inspiring fasting and fruitarian literature to help me through this very important journey of my life.

I truly want to feel more alive and not just coasting through my days. I am really ready to treat my body as my temple and to find more constructive ways to deal with all of the stresses of daily life.

My art is coming along well. I am still creating constantly. Here are just a few pieces I have completed.

Warm Regards,

Trina

Arnold Ehret

I have read Arnold Ehret's Mucusless Diet and now I am reading Rational Fasting. The information he provides in his books makes me wonder why I did not decide long ago to embark upon the the fruitarian path. I am coming life in my mind,body and soul through a simple act such as taking the time to really enjoy the most beautiful foods on earth. I have not been completely fruitarian. I do add garlic,greens,and yerba mate tea. I may soon be ready to get rid of the garlic because I notice how foul it makes me smell and that I tend to overdo it without being conscious of it. I really am taking to heart the teachings of Arnold Ehret and know that this information would not have presented it self to me if it was not time for me to expand my mind and try something that could be very helpful for my body,mind, and soul. I have been wanting to do more yoga lately and I feel that my body is truly getting stronger and stronger. I am wanting to try fasting as soon as tomorrow. I am going to take it one step at a time. Today I spent time out in my backyard planting lots of watermelon and canteloupe. I am so hoping for it all to grow well. I just want to be able to eat as much organic produce as possible

Today I decided to only partake of bananas because I noticed that mixing fruits complicates my system. I have also added yoga to my daily routine. I am excited about the watermelon and cantaloupe seeds me and my son have planted. We already have sprouts coming up. Yay!!!

I have been working on so much art. Some may find it scary but I am getting over my fear of judgement. Here is a painting and a doll that I have been working on. One is suppose to be a mermaid two-sided and the other painting are demons in a catacomb.

I hope that you enjoy it!

Love to you and yours,

Trina

Yummy Fruit Smoothie

Today and all of today I will be enjoying a gloriously yummy fruit smoothie. I juiced 3 large grapefruits from my grapefruit tree, 2 bananas, and a 2 cups of strawberries. I swear it is the yummiest smoothie I have ever had. I made so much of it that I will be enjoying it all day. When I prepare yummy meals like this it makes me know that I will have no problems staying on all fruit! I do not have a working digital camera handy otherwise I would show my grapefruit tree and photo of my deelicious fruit smoothie. I was going to try and fast on water but I went for a long walk to my grocery store so I wanted to have enough energy.

Fruit is food for the soul

I have decided to embark on a journey of only partaking in fruit today and see where it takes me. I have a pineapple, several strawberries,lots of oranges,a mango, some bananas. I am convinced that the fruit diet is perfect for my body,mind and soul because years ago while experiencing difficulty with my digestive system(ie. heartburn,acid reflux,constipation) I partook of only apples for about 2 months. I felt totally cleansed and rejuvenated but others were worried about me because I lost so much weight. I don't think it was that bad because when I started eating that way I weighed 160lbs and went down to 120lbs. And I am only 5ft. 5in. So I started eating cooked vegan food again to not make people worried or stressed out about what they should fix for me if I come over to visit. Then I went to work at a health food store and met a lot of raw foodists. I even met Gabriel Cousens one night at Whole Foods Market. I had just purchased two of his books about a month ago but wasn't sure if I was going to stick to it. I know that seeing him was a sign to keep going on the raw path.
There seem to be more and more fruitarians pop up here and there. I think that they have always been there but I just have not noticed them because I was not at that phase of my life where I was ready to embark on such an adventure. It feels a bit lonely but I know that it is my path to spiritual enlightenment. I will post photos soon once I have my good camera.