silverview park // adventure diary

A sunny Friday in July spent exploring Silverview Park and sitting by the river ~ I don't know if I can think of a more lovely way to have spent my day.  On Tuesday my dad and sister will arrive at the place my mom and I have been staying this Summer.  So I'll be making lots more videos like this one to record and remember my adventures.

What have you been up to this Summer?

xx

Maiya

15 BEAUTIFUL WORDS

lovely:     exquisitely beautiful 

enormity:     the great extent of something

audacity:     the willingness to take bold risks

precious:     of great value and worth

balter:   to dance without particular grace or skill, but usually with enjoyment

breathtaking:     awe-inspiring

worthy:      deserving effort, attention, or respect

enthralled:     to capture the fascinated attention of

serendipity:     finding something good without looking for it

thankful:     pleased and relieved 

prance:     to move with springy steps

efficacy:     the ability to produce a desired result

embrace:    to hold closely in one's arms

leisure:     free time

purpose:     the reason for which something exists

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These are just a few under-appreciated words that I am trying to incorporate into my vocabulary....Wouldn't it be amazing if you guys wrote 10 word stories using a few of these words and posted them in the comments?  I think it would be wonderful ♥

eg.

She embraced each audacious word that fell through my lips.

hugs

~Maiya~  

Photo Challenge ☺

Hey guys!
I've been wanting to do a photo challenge for a while so.......
here it is!!!

 

 

the topics

 

1. You "playing" with cars 

2. A fluorescent sign 

3. A blurry picture that turned really amazing

 

4. Something odd or unusual

 

5. The sun

...........................................................................................................................................

 

 

 Anyone can participate but I'll tag a few people
~

Danielle from "The Diary of Danielle"

Flora from "The Last Post"

Melody from "My Unsystematic Journal"

Noelle from "Live.Love.Move"

Trisha from "Life of a Daydreamer"

Rachelle from "Beloved Bluebird"

 

If you decide to take part in my challenge, please send me your pics

(pretty pretty please!!!)

I will post your pictures on my blog if you would like :)

 

my email is macmastergirs@yahoo.com

 

 

hugs

 

~Maiya~



I'm back from Seattle

Hi guys :)

I'm super sorry about the extremely long wait! I've been back for a long time but haven't gotten around to finishing this. Sorry :(

Anyways!!!
I had so much fun in Seattle! I had driven through before but never actually stayed there. We did lots of shopping, (of course ☺) some exploring AND we went to a concert! Not a One Direction concert... think old....think rock and roll.....think 80s...........can you guess?????
BON JOVI!!!!!!!!
"awkward silence"
Any fans? NO????
That's ok ~ We love him ♥
My sister and I were some of the youngest people there! It was mainly people my parents age and up :)

Here's some pics of my trip ~

 

There were lots of skyscrapers in downtown Seattle!

Look how big this chocolate bar is!!!!!!

:)

This is me in front of the very first Starbucks store.

This is a pic from inside the store ~

This is a teddy bear I found at a store ☺
It was made out of llama fur and was literally
the softest thing I've ever touched!!!
(sorry, that was pretty random)

We went to this market on our last day.
It was a really cool place!  There were fish vendors
That would throw the fish at each other and
lots of other neat shoppes :)

 

 Fresh fish :P

Am I the only one who loves
fluorescent signs?

Here's me putting a piece of
gum on the Seattle gum wall~
It was really gross but oddly enough, quite
beautiful!

 

 

Sorry, another random picture.

But isn't that the coolest sign ever?!?

It spun around too!!!

 

Anyone else LOVE Frangos?
You can't buy them where I live so we bought
like 10 boxes ☺

It was really sunny and beautiful all weekend!

The first volcano I ever saw ~

Here we are, at the concert!!!

Bon Jovi!!!!!!!!!!



Hope you liked this post :)
Sorry it took so long though!  I'll try to be much quicker next time.

hugs

~Maiya~






 



Across the Ocean I Go!

 

Hello again ~

 

I'm heading off to Seattle tomorrow and will be gone all weekend *excited squeal*.

I'll be back next week with lots of pictures and stories to tell :)

Until then ~

 

hugs

 

~Maiya~

 

 



Hello there~

As promised... here's my second summer adventure post!

This summer I biked part of the Kettle Valley railway with my family.  We rode for 15 km, crossed 18 trestles and 2 tunnels!  It was so beautiful and a lot of fun ☺  The part of the trail that we rode on was in the Myra Canyon.  We had a spectacular view for almost the whole time!  We were going to ride for a while longer but there was a rock slide blocking the trail.  The only was to get around was a VERY long, steep and rocky trail.  Bleh.  We decided not to do that and stopped for lunch instead.  The view was again, AMAZING!  Here are some pictures from along the way~

 This is a picture of me on the first trestle ☺

 My sister discovered that she had a way with chipmunks ☺

This one tried to come along for the ride!

 

Here's Buddy (my sister named him)!  He is the one

who tried to hitch a ride ☺

When you feed them they grab your hand

and when you lift it they don't let go! They

just hang there!



Isn't the view amazing?

The first tunnel!

 



 My whole family ☺

 



 I made an Inukshuk out of rocks that I found.  There

were lots because to make the tunnels, they blasted through

the mountain with explosives!

 

 We fed the chipmunks walnuts and they ate right

our of our hands ♥

 

 

 

 

 

I had a lot of fun this summer and I'm sad it's almost over :(    I'd love to hear about the adventures you had this summer!  You can comment below or email me at macmastergirls@yahoo.com~

 

hugs

 

~Maiya~