Maira Martins

self-taught in everything

Week 16: Home alone

😍 My mom flew back to Brazil – his mom had gone back to Sweden a couple weeks ago. We are finally alone at home in Valencia, for the first time in three months, just the two of us and our dogs, and it...

weeknotes, journaling

Recipe: DIY Baileys

I've been perfecting this recipe for over a year now, and I think this version is really good. It's so good we need to purposefully NOT make it, otherwise J. and I drink it all at once. Be warned, ABV...

recipes

My sourdough starter died! πŸ₯– With the travel to Italy and our mothers here trying to take over my kitchen, I ended up not baking for 3 weeks, and now Ryan is gone. Completely moldy, smelly and beyond salvation. RIP. πŸͺ¦

"Drawing... it is the best thing that I ever do. First of all because it gets me to be so silent. To not be blurting out what I think about this or feel about that. Second, I become an open observer, jotting down visual notes about something I see. And third, it puts me in the world of praise. To be looking upon an object and taking the time to sketch it is an innocent, unaggressive, and grounding act. It is where bliss resides. It is pure being..."

β€” D. Price, The Moonlight Chronicles.

Inspiring video on illustrated journals

Watched yet another inspiring video on illustrated journals by Danny Gregory and signed up for his course! 🎨 Between this and the 2 books I read this past week, my drawings have improved a lot already...

journaling

Watched: Murder Mindfully Season 1 πŸ“Ί

Watched: Murder Mindfully Season 1 πŸ“Ί Loved it! I’m fully convinced about the power of mindfulness and will get back to my daily practice, as I have many great things to accomplish! πŸ˜‚ Looking forward t...

tv

Week 15: Illustrated journal

πŸ“Ί Finished season 5 of Only Murders in the Building. 🎨 Watched an inspiring video on illustrated journals by Danny Gregory (from Sketchbook Skool) and decided to give it a try. I've been very inconsis...

weeknotes, journaling

Finished reading: Draw Your Day πŸ“š

Finished reading: Draw Your Day by Samantha Dion Baker πŸ“š I saw a video by Danny Gregory on illustrated journals and now I’m on a quest to learn to draw and sketch so I can have an illustrated journal....

books

Week 14: Wild pomegranates

✈️ MIL flew back to Sweden. It was great having her here for five weeks, but also somewhat stressful for me, as my daily routine and food habits change a lot when she's around. I was honestly dying to...

weeknotes, Astro

"There is a time to go long, a time to go short, and a time to go fishing."

β€” Jesse Livermore