Bournemouth by the sea

These days I spend most of the year studying and living in Bournemouth, England. You may remember, last year I lived in Poole, but this year I’ve moved to Bournemouth so that I could be walking...

Trust

If you follow my Facebook or Twitter page, you’ll probably have noticed that I tend to post a lot of inspiring and positive articles, images and quotes. Just like the intention of this blog, I post...

When life feels like too much to handle, how do you deal?

“I know God won’t give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish he didn’t trust me so much.” – Mother Teresa Lately I’ve been feeling overwhelmed and stressed. I feel as though I have to cram too...

Gorgeous blooms: a flower timelapse

Flowers are absolutely amazing. They are one of the most beautiful things in the world and one of the best gifts from the Earth to us. I am in awe every time I watch this video, I can almost smell...

TinyBuddha: daily inspiration & encouragement

I’ve come a long way since I started my blog over two years ago. Something that came into my life around the time of Four Leaf Clover that has helped immensely on my journey is Tiny Buddha. I can’t...

Release Morgan back into the wild

On the 23rd of June 2010, a young orca named Morgan was found swimming near the Netherlands with deteriorating health. The Dolfinarium Harderwijk got a permit to bring Morgan to a healthy state and...

It’s been a long time coming since I’ve seen your face

It’s been months and I don’t even know where to begin. Thank you to all of those who stuck around and welcome to all newcomers. So much has happened in my life since I last posted and I hope to...

Think about it.

It seems that, no matter how many times we hear/read messages like this, they don’t stick. So here’s another reminder presented in a very clever way. There is not much to add to this post beyond...

Ban the tiger trade in China

Thanks to a retweet I saw the other day, a petition from Tiger Time was brought to my attention and now I share it with you. Please sign this petition to help put an end to the tiger trade in...

Let us fight

Wow! This video has popped up a few times on my Facebook newsfeed and I finally watched it today. I’ve somehow never watched The Great Dictator, which is the movie that this speech is from and was...

New year, new you: love now

I hope your new year has started off marvelously! Mine has really been something special and each day brings something new and exciting. Living in the moment makes such a huge positive difference,...

Happy 2012!

Heeello!! I am back, hopefully for good! If you’ve visited FLC within the past few weeks, you may have noticed some issues, but those are all gone now and I’m thinking things will be much more...

Smile-worthy animal videos

I realized that it’s been a while since I shared a few adorable and/or interesting animal videos so here are a few I’ve watched and wanted more of the world to see: The first is of the happiest cow...

Something you never did

When I first got here, I’d see this view from my window on most evenings. I’ve not seen it in ages as the weather has gotten colder and filled with clouds. At the moment, it’s hard to believe that...

Act now to protect the Amazon

I know I’ve mentioned the Amazon rainforest on here multiple times, but to say it is important to our world is an understatement. “The Amazon is the world’s largest tract of tropical rainforest,...

Freebirds fly away, they just don’t stay

I found out about Lover Lover back in May thanks to Black Eiffel. I’ve yet to get tired of their song Freebirds (posted below). Lover Lover consists of London friends Eleanor Bodenham, Martin Craft...

See Beautiful this month

See Beautiful, a site dedicated to seeing beautiful in every way (you may remember that I’ve mentioned them before), not only featured Four Leaf Clover as their blog of the month, but chose me as...

Remember those poor dogs in the Ukraine?

Well, do I have fabulous news for you! If you tried signing the “Stop the cruel killing of street dogs in Ukraine‏” petition not too long after I posted it, then you probably weren’t able to sign...

What’s new with me. What’s new with you?

To harm oneself

This is Durdle Door here in beautiful Dorset. I think I’ve chosen one of the best locations to study wildlife conservation here in England. Durdle Door is a natural rock formation along the...

Tag it with these beauties

I love simple features that make something automatically go from bland to extraordinary. These wooden, hand painted chalkboard gift tags do just that to anything they’re attached to. I already was...

Stop the cruel killing of street dogs in Ukraine‏

In an effort to “rid the streets of [stray dogs] in time for the Euro 2012 soccer championships” in Ukraine, dogs are being poisoned to death. “Meat laced with poison is being left out for the...

The time we have rushed through life trying to save

In the center of Bournemouth, there’s a hot air balloon (pictured above) which you can go on and see the city from up high on nice, sunny days. I hope to one day go on it. In the meantime, I’ll...

So this is Poole

You may remember my “I’m here!” post a while back which just so happens to be when I took all of these photos. I haven’t been taking nearly as many pictures as I did when I first arrived, but I...

Midnight Sun

This may be the most beautiful video I’ve ever seen. It’s hard to believe such wonders really exist in this world of ours. Even though I’ve watched this short film a few times now, each time it...

Life as a vegan

Yesterday marked two years of my being vegan! I knew it was coming up, but I didn’t realize what day it was until I checked my calendar today. I should have been paying better attention because...

Awaken your Food Sense

When it comes to food, the internet is one of my favorite tools. Yes, cookbooks are amazing, but sometimes you can’t find a recipe to fit your mood, taste, or time at that very moment. In comes the...

Why it’s important to protect the Boreal Forest

Today on Care2, I watched this short but very informative video about the Canadian Boreal Forest. I realize that not everyone thinks like me and protecting something because it is part of nature...

Blogging may not be my life, but it sure does add to it in the best possible way

Where to start?! Hello! Thank you for sticking around/visiting. Not updating FLC for the past two weeks was mostly helpful due to the fact that every time I visited I was able to see Miciek‘s happy...

Miciek

My beloved, adorable, amazing Miciek died today. He was very sick and died at home with my family, incidentally, while I was skyping with them. It was very unexpected for me, because I had hope...