kveta's fruitarian journal

food for thought prart 2

2011-05-31T21:58:00.000+10:00

I choose to be in a good mood.

Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it.

I choose to learn from it.

Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or...I can point out the positive side of life.

I choose the positive side of life.

Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.

You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.

The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.'

food for thought

2011-05-31T21:52:00.000+10:00

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.” — Herman Hesse

“Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.” – Ann Landers

“Every breath is an opportunity to receive and let go. I receive love and I let go of pain.” – Brenda MacIntyre

Noni fruit and noni juice

2011-04-13T13:40:00.001+10:00

Noni fruit is a very unusual fruit, and like with everything else, there is a lot of confusing, contradicting information. It is so obvious to me, because i have my own experience with noni fruit and it's juice as well. I think, that the information i can really believe is that which i gained myself via first hand experience.

It is only one year and a bit, since i heard about noni fruit for the first time, when i moved from Sydney to Far North Queensland. My first home was at fruitopia farm, with many varieties of fruit trees including noni. I was told that noni is a yucky fruit, nicknamed vomit fruit, also cheese fruit, and it is not really nice to eat, therefore i had only a small interest in it. One day at rustys markets in Cairns, i discovered a lady from some Pacific island and she was selling mainly noni and it's juice. She spoke about noni in a different spirit, with adoration and enthusiasm. She told me how to make fresh juice, which she claimed to have a lot of healing powers. It was the day i saw noni fruit for the first time in my life and i liked the look of it, and even the aroma was not bad at all, it smelt exactly like blue cheese. I agree that the smell can be for some offensive, and i also think it's aroma is perceived differently from person to person, just like all our experiences. Even though i didn't find the noni aroma offensive, i was not interested in it.

I almost forgot about the strange fruit. Many months later, while visiting fruitopia, i noticed a lot of noni on the fruit table. I excepted about 1/2kg as a gift. At home, i google searched for more information about it, and to my surprise, i found that noni takes 2 - 6 months to ferment and it does not get moldy. Wow, i found that very interesting, that indicated special proprieties, i thought. I also found through googling, the same information about making juice, that the island lady had told me. It was a very simple process so i got straight into it. I got a well cleaned glass jar, so nothing else would have a chance to ferment or get moldy and in it, and i placed 1/2kg of soft ripe noni in it, and i sealed the jar. I love easy stuff.

Within a few hours the noni in the jar was releasing it's healing juices. I let it be and i gathered about 2 big spoons of juice the next morning. I mixed the fresh, far from being fermented noni juice, into a raw fresh juice. I shared the juice as always with my fruitarian partner Mango. I was gathering fresh noni juice daily, at least for one month, mixing it in our first morning fruit juice. After a month or more, the noni fruit got mushy and it was releasing only a small amount of juice, but it was not fermented or moldy. I moved it into our fruit compost and i asked for more noni at fruitopia, and because they still had plenty of it, they gave me more. Me and Mango, we drank fresh noni juice mixed with raw fresh fruit juice daily for at least 3 months. We stopped because, there was a smaller crop and therefore no left overs to give away at fruitopia.

I am not sure how strong the healing powers of noni are. I didn't observe any special benefits, but that can be, because my entire diet consists of raw fresh fruit and they all have strong healing powers, some more, some less. I am sure that i had no negative experiences from drinking noni juice and Mango also didn't complain.

I buried the last noni mush under a thin layer of soil in our garden, hoping that some baby trees will show us their beauty. Noni takes only 18 months to give its first fruits and it fruits all year round.

Oh, yes, i also had a taste on the fruit itself. It was truly an amazing experience. It didn't taste like cheese or vomit, but the flavour was very salty at first, then hot like a mild chili, then as something very refreshing like mint, but without the mint flavor. What surprised and amazed me most was a strong and long lasting aftertaste like after brushing one's teeth with toothpaste. I thought this fruit could be nice with avocado or another unsweetened fruits, but i haven't tried that yet, well, one day.

Life is beautiful.

How to Tell if a Pineapple Is Ripe

2011-04-02T18:55:00.001+10:00

I have discovered, from my own long time pineapple eating experience, that the best pineapples i have eaten were bought in the tropics. I believe that the most hot tropical areas produce the most sweet pineapples.

The best and sweetest pineapples I've eaten were in Thailand, they were so yummy, and i enjoyed them daily, almost always sharing their goodness with Mango. One day, i bought a big pineapple, at the markets in Bangkok and i had it pealed and cut up into neat peaces and placed into a plastic bag. I was not very happy with the fruit in the plastic bag, as i believe they are toxic, leaching toxins into my fruit. Never the less, i had no choice, i was not prepared for facing a fruit in plastic bag, so i accepted my pineapple could be slightly toxic, possibly much less, than the Bangkok air, full of heavy metals, due to busy traffic.

While i was contemplating the unavoidable toxins i waited for Mango to turn up at our meeting point. I didn't wait long, and when i spotted Mango in the crowd of people, walking toward me, the toxic issue left my mind. I greeted Mango from a distance, happy to see him, also happy that i could start eating the pineapple, sharing it with him. He smiled back at me and when he could hear me, i waved the plastic bag full of cut up pineapple as patriots wave flags of their country, and i euphorically yelled at him: "Look i got a pineapple for us to share". "Oh, no, i am sorry, I'm not hungry" said smiling Mango. "Oh no, I've got the biggest pineapple, being so sure you are going to share it with me, well, not too worry i will eat what i can, and throw the rest away." I like to eat my fruit fresh, and as soon as possible after it is cut up or juiced. We walked a very short distance to hail down a tuk-tuk and we traveled in the open carriage through heavy traffic full of heavy pollution while i was feasting on very sweet and tasty pineapple. I was sure, i could not eat it whole, but to my big surprise i did. I had no burning sensation on my tongue and lips, which is the usual occurrence after i eat about 1/4 of pineapple.

It was a big problem for me to get a good pineapple during the years i lived in Sydney, dreaming of the good ones i ate while traveling in far north Queensland. Despite the great pineapple aroma and rich yellow orange colors, the pineapples available in Sydney were never sweet enough. I was able to eat about 1/5 of one and then i juiced the rest. Surprisingly enough, juiced pineapple never gives me unpleasant burning sensations.

I learned that all rules written on picking sweet ripe pineapple, have exceptions. I've had pineapples with aroma of pineapple heaven and of the most radiant colors, yet inside they were a very big sour disappointment. I've had pineapples with deep green colored skin and no aroma and they were some of the best pineapples i've ever had. It was not even bought in the very hot tropics, but in a Czech supermarket. When my relative, whom i was visiting, brought the deep green pineapple from the shops, i thought to myself, this guy has no clue, how to pick a good pineapple, i would never have picked that one. Oh, how i was surprised, when i tasted pale yellow fruit. I surely learned my, not only pineapple lesson, to not judge a book by it's cover. I also learned there are varieties of green skinned pineapples. Oh boy, they are so tasty.

So how do i choose the best and ripest pineapples? I experiment. I take risks. I remember where i bought the best and sweetest pineapple and i always go back to the same source. Now, after one year of living in far north Queensland, i know that the best local pineapples come from Werner, a stall holder at our local markets. He also has the best papaya as well. Another best pineapple we know of is from a friend of a friend, he grows them and as soon i saw them i said, these are top pineapples and yes, they were, they had the look, the aroma and the taste. Unfortunately, even though we've tried, we haven't yet been able to organize regular deliveries yet.

Believe me, i have a lot of pineapple experience, it is one of my favorite fruits and i am blessed to eat and drink them abundantly since i moved into fruity Australia and turned into an ethical fruitarian almost twenty five years ago.

So don't be afraid, investigate, turn into a pineapple detective. It is worth it. Sweet well ripened pineapple is a true delight.

There are many links throughout the internet, referring to how to tell if a pineapple is ripe, and they can be very useful, yet, i would not bet on them. As with everything, the best is through ones very own experience. In nature, they are many exceptions to the rules.

Surely i can go on, and keep telling you my pineapple stories, but you may prefer to get off the computer and have a look at what the sunshine is doing.

Life is beautiful.

pineapples and other yummy fruits in our kitchen

healthy fruit

chempadek, pineapple, and other sweet fruit

Fruit update

2011-03-29T13:52:00.001+10:00

Since cyclone Yasi, most of the already expensive fruit in supermarkets, has increased in price. Bananas, at some places wiped out by strong Yasi, have doubled in price, from 5 to 10 AUD or even over. I am curious how many of those bananas actually get sold and how many end up being thrown into supermarket bins. Prices have risen up on all fresh produce, especially fruit. Despite all that, there are always some great specials (discounted friendly prices) on fruit.

Grapes are fully in season now, and we have been enjoying their sweet natural powers during the past two months. They are around 3 AUD kg and yummy. Grapes are very rarely sold at local markets, so we are getting our supply from the supermarket.

Pears come to to us the same way. I am not even sure, if they grow locally. Pears were never my favorite fruit, not like i didn't like them, i just didn't desire them. This story changed and i am enjoying pears which have been in season since last month.

Pineapples, bought always at local markets, are in season all year round and we drink them daily, usually for breakfast. We mix them with oranges, bananas, pears, at times kiwi or grapes.

Bananas in our locality survived cyclone Yasi, so we are enjoying very tasty and cheep local produce. We buy most of them on the road, next to the fruit farms.

Passion fruit is a fruit we get for free from our friendly neighbor. She brings them to us regularly since we moved in, one year ago. Soon we are going to harvest passion fruit from our garden.

Oranges have also been very expensive since the beginning of the summer and we are lucky to get them much cheaper from local growers. Oranges are in season all year round, and they are a very important part of our fruitarian life and we almost always have them in our place. The local oranges are the most juicy and yummy and we are glad we can get them freshly picked straight from the growers. The same goes for other available citrus fruit, mostly grapefruit and mandarin.

Durian is one of our favorite fruits, and we are buying five a week at the supermarket. They arriving frozen from Thailand. We used to get them only in a town 30km away from us, but recently Mango ordered a box of five durians a week in our own town. We save on petrol money and environment, and we also save on getting them a bit cheaper. Last year we enjoyed locally grown durians, but this year is a very poor season, so we are not getting any. Once again, we are saving money, because we used to travel once a week 60km one way, and they were also double price 10 AUD for one kg.

Longans are also fruit we love a lot and we buying them at local markets.

Paw paw (papaya) is also almost always on our table, all year round and always from local growers.

Cucumbers come to us partly from local markets, partly from supermarket.

Tomato the same like cucumbers, both fruits are always in our place and soon we are going to buy them straight from J's farm, just like last year, he is growing the best local tomatoes and cucumbers, we know of.

Avocados are fully in season now, we buy them all year round, it is very rare that there is no avocado in our place.

Me and Mango, we are enjoying our only fruit meals, made from raw fresh fruit, juiced, blended, or just as is.

Raw Fresh Fruit satisfies our hunger and sustains our energy and wellbeing.

Raw Fresh Fruit satisfies our soul.

Life is Beautiful

fruity corner in our kithen, oranges, tomatoes, yellow sapote, black sapote, mangosteen, chilli.. healthy tropical sumer fruit

sweet and juicy pineapples

grapes and pears the green power, sweet and juicy as well..

Our daily fruit

2011-03-03T18:57:00.001+10:00

When i read in the holy bible about our daily bread, i always think of our daily fruit instead, it logically makes more sense to me, being fruitarian. I believe that cooked grains, including bread, are on the top of the list of the most deadly highly toxic foods. Yet, especially bread, rice and pasta are very popular staple foods all around the world. Almost no one, especially in the western world, can imagine their life without bread. Bread like all cooked foods, is not only toxic, but also addictive. Most of the earths population is addicted to cooked food. Since i changed my view on food and became an ethical fruitarian, eating only raw fresh fruit, i changed my perception to everything, including words in the holy bible. I found it much easier to understand. I believe that with mighty fruit i have discovered a mighty truth. Truth hidden from humans for ages.

I had been a fruitarian for a good twenty years when i met, on his web page, my fruitarian sweet heart Mango. We share our life and our view on it since may of 2006. To me it is a miracle, considering that there are only a very few only fruit fruitarians around the world. Not only there are only a few fruitarians around, but most of them would eat nuts and greens, taking B12 supplements, etc. and therefore i perceive them as raw foodies, not fruitarians. In my books a fruitarian eats only fruit. It is simple, yet, a lot of people don't get it, in most cases lacking the understanding of what fruit is. Nuts are seeds. Greens are greens. Vegetables are vegetables. Fruit is fruit.

Me and Mango agree on what fruit is, and raw fresh fruit is our daily "bread". Enjoying the local fruit of Far North Queensland, we buy weekly at local markets, and some we get as a gift. Sometimes we buy surprisingly very tasty fruit on special in supermarkets. We are also getting delicious frozen durian from thailand. Yeah, the King of the Fruit.

A pineapple is consumed almost daily, mostly we drink it mixed with oranges, or oranges bananas, or oranges bananas, kiwi, or oranges pears bananas kiwi, or grapes bananas, etc. At times we eat pineapple as is.

Mango is slowing down on avocados, and getting more into bananas. He used to have occasionally one bite on a banana, now he eats a few a day. He used to have up to three avos a day, now it is quarter or half of one.

I have been having spells with and then without bananas for a few years now, before i ate them almost daily, at least 2kg a day. I have also been having a few months long breaks from avocados. I was never a big avocado eater, i got into them after starting to live with Mango.

We both don't eat plums, we just don't desire them.

I have also lately been slowing down on cucumber tomato, lately also with zucchini, salads. At times me and also Mango add chili to it.

During the mango season we ate mainly mangoes, or blended and drank them, yum! Mango season is over now.

We are also sharing almost daily very sweet and tasty pawpaw, mostly we blend them and drink them.

We also almost always drink our watermelon and rock melon. I also drink watermelon skin.

We love eating and drinking grapes.

We also love and are sharing almost daily yellow and white nectarines.

At times we add home made noni juice to our fruit juice fresh

At times we munch on lychees and longans and passion fruit.

We share and enjoy about four or five durians a week. YUM!

We love sharing our daily fruit.

Life is beautiful.

Yummy, sweet and juicy melon water melon :) great refreshment for hot summer days

Tasty healthy orange oranges for healthy juices. Who can say no to raw fresh orange juice?

Delicious passion fruit, marvelous and frequently occurring gift from our friendly neighbour

Mango is having fun with the pumpkin while i am working :))) in our kitchen.

our garden

2011-02-27T10:37:00.001+10:00

is our joy. Mango is doing most of the work, i have my own small patches as well. We also share a little pot plant nursery of fruit trees and flowers. Most of our plants are fruit: tomato, cucumber, capsicum, chili, pawpaw, passion fruit, pineapple (about 300 plants), strawberry, okra. We don't eat okra, we are growing it for it's beauty and fast growth.

It is almost one year since we moved into this house and the pawpaw plants we have grown from seeds are all flowering and 4 trees are also fruiting. Our neighbor gave us three small seedlings of passion fruit and they have been also flowering and fruiting for a few weeks now. It does not take long to get a few varieties of fruit. Cucumbers grow very fast, they love the tropical hot sun. We also grew a few cute and very sweet mini watermelons. Mango is planting every pineapple top from all pineapples which get mostly juiced into a tasty and don't forget, healthy drink. Yum! Yummy and healthy, perfect combination. We can say that about all our meals.

I am growing flowers as well, i usually don't know their names, but they are beautiful as all flowers are. Beautiful, colorful magical, mysterious, adorable fragile flowers. I love them. I've collected seven different kinds of orchids.

I am growing aloe vera as well. Aloe vera is an amazing miraculous plant and they have always been in my garden since i experienced their natural positive healing power, over twenty years ago.

It is easily visible, how all plants are benefiting from the rain season. Rain water, is the best water, fresh and clean. The sun is also busy, shining almost daily, and it never forgets to say hello between rainy showers. The fruit compost is turning fast into top quality top soil, feeding our garden well. We are following the wisdom and practicality of Vegan Permaculture, mulching our garden with hay from grass cuttings.

Birds, butterflies, grass hoppers, bees and frogs are also enjoying our garden. They are all our pets. We enjoy their freedom, beauty and company.

Garden is a very essential part of my life and i am glad, that everywhere i have lived since i was 23, i have been able to have one. I'll never forget my first gardening experiences, sowing tiny seeds of flowers and vegetables wondering how it is possible,that from such tiny seeds a big plant is going to grow. How impatiently i was looking forward to the seedlings to come out from the soil, and the feeling of happiness and amazement when they finally did. My compassion for growing plants grew along with them.

Life is beautiful

me and cherry tomatoes in our garden

the secret life of plants

2011-01-31T08:12:00.001+10:00

is a title of book written by peter tompkins and christopher bird. here is text from the book cover:

astounding discoveries about the physical, emotional and spiritual relations between plants and man

a plant attached to a lie-detector reacted violently when an expert thought about burning one of its leaves.

a chemist became so attuned to his house plants that they reacted excitedly when he made love to his girl friend 80 miles away.

a plant repeatedly identified with a sweep of the needle one of six volunteers secretly chosen to 'murder' another near-by plant.

'this study is sometimes merely astonishing and often almost incredible. from antiquity to the present, it marshals facts, revelations and scientific theories from many disciplines that add up to a startling hypothesis: lowly vegetable matter - the carrot you peel, the onion you slice - seems to possess feelings, intelligence and hitherto untapped powers of communication, not only with fellow plants but with man and possibly with mysterious presences in outer space.'

end of the book cover quote

i enjoy taking pictures of plants, especially trees fruit and flowers

i always adored plants and i naturally believed they are alive and able to feel and react to hot, cold, love, hate and so on.

many years ago, i would occasionally visit a friend, and the kitchen he was occupying the most was like a jungle, full of beautiful indoor pot plants, obviously super healthy and strong at first glance, radiating with life and a healthy glow of many hues of green colors. the first time i visited the friend, i was amazed by his green house kitchen, and i asked: 'how come your plants are looking so well?' back in those days, i was a very young unexperienced plant grower. he smiled very pleased that i noticed and expressed curiosity about his plants, keen to answer: oh, i love my plants, i play great music and i sing for them, i talk to them, i make sure they have enough water to drink, that is why they look so great they feel happy and they make me happy as well. i believed that it was his true love for plants, that made them so outstanding.

purple flowers

here is another plant story from a long time ago:

one summer night i was chatting with my mum in my parents living room decorated with many pot plants and after some time our conversation turned to them, mum was telling me their history including interesting stories from their lives. the last plant she spoke of was a little ficus. "i got this ficus as a present from my friend, he works at skalna's (name of the village) nursery, and i go there often to buy plants and flowers for civic celebrations like welcoming new born, or personally on behalf od the town congratulating elderly citizens on birthdays, and so on. it has been five years since my friend gave me this ficus, and the plant is still the same it hasn't grown an inch. i have lost my patience with it, it does not grow and tomorrow morning i am going to throw it out on the compost heap." i said: "hmm, that is strange, other plants are growing well and i am sure you are taking great care of this one as well". my mum said, "yeah, something is wrong." then she spoke directly to the plant expressing her disappointment also in her voice talking very firmly: "you silly ficus, too lazy to grow, i am going to throw you out tomorrow for sure". i felt a bit sorry for the plant, i don't like any kind of punishment, but i kept my feelings to myself and soon after we went to sleep.

as usual i slept in and when i woke up in the late morning as soon as i ran into my mum she was telling me with big excitement: "guess what happened? you know the ficus i spoke to last night? it has grown 2 new leaves over night! this is amazing." i found it difficult to believe and i followed her on her way to the living room, and there i could see that she was right, the plant had grown and i would not have believed it if i hadn't seen it, and i was very excited as well, saying this is a miracle, i am sure that the plant must have heard you." mum said: "yeah, i am sure as well, the ficus got afraid of being killed and grew." since then the ficus grew every day a few new leaves and in about two months had reached the ceiling and it continued growing along the wall. amazing.

cute and yummy watermelon from our garden

i have been for many years now, a very enthusiastic gardener and i love to grow indoor or balcony pot plants as well. at times when i travel and i leave for 2-3 months my plants are taken care of by someone else, they are visibly suffering while i am gone. when i am leaving the plants look strong and healthy and when i return from my travels they are almost dead. i never give them any extra care, i just water them when needed and they recover very fast, and within a few weeks they regain their healthy look. i am always amazed by such fast recovery and because some plants look almost dead, i feel like i am resurrecting them. it feels good.

me

i am enjoying summer fruits: nectarines, grapes, melons, bananas, lychees, longans, cucumbers, tomatoes, mangoes, passion fruit, oranges, pineapple, jackfruit and the best of the best mighty durian. i am sharing most of my fruity meals with my sweet partner mango, he is having avocados as well, i stopped eating them about 3 months ago.

enjoying summer time and the rainy season.

life is beautiful

me and water

2010-12-25T10:51:00.002+10:00

i was looking forward to seeing him, i was curious as to what positive changes his raw food diet was having on him, the first and last time i saw him, was in thailand, in 2006, while traveling along with mango, enjoying our fruitarian holiday in the tropics, with focus on the mighty durian.. yeah, i am talking about harley, the big 811 enthusiast.

it was at the end of the year 2009, or maybe the beginning of 2010, i am not sure, i was sitting under a huge mango tree next to the communal kitchen at fruitopia, along with, mango and our fruitarian documentary crew david and emile. we were all enjoying the beauty of a tropical summer day.. freelee, also joined us, and we were all chatting away, when her boyfriend harley, arrived.. full of energy as always, almost manic, he greeted us all with a smile and hug, and as soon as he sat down to join our small group his eyes landed on me and he said with full confidence to me: "you are dehydrated". oh, why me? why not others? i asked myself much later on.. but then i felt a bit annoyed, but i did my best not to let it get to me and i answered: "so, you really think i am dehydrated? after being, fruitarian for 24 years, eating raw fresh fruit full of water, not feeling any discomfort, including thirst?" i do not remember how our conversation exactly followed, but we ended up having a short debate about it and i stopped it after i realized that we were both too sure about correctness of our eating and drinking habits, as i am not keen on talking in circles, our ideas about drinking reached an end. i also noticed that during our conversation harley was eating at least a one kg bag full of dried bananas, followed shortly after by drinking a fair amount of water. i thought, no wonder he is thirsty, the dried fruit is deprived of it's best value, water. it is old and processed. i said so, but i am not sure any more of the answer, i am sure i would be able to remember it, had it made any sense.

in our short conversation about my dehydration, when i asked: "why should i drink water, if i am not thirsty? And why should i drink water even if i were thirsty? " then i added by way of clarification: "if i were ever thirsty i would drink or eat raw fresh fruit, i believe it would rehydrate me much better than water. harley said to me :"well, you have to drink even when you are not thirsty". "hmm, that does not make sense to me, i believe in my body's innate intelligence and were i to get thirsty i would drink just as when i am hungry i eat" said i. but harley told me: "you have to eat and drink way before you are hungry or thirsty". and i honestly forget his reasons for this belief, i admit i'm not very keen on memorizing things i can see no sense in.

honestly i didn't know what the symptoms of dehydration were, i'd not had any health problems to look into it. i am someone who enjoys eating and drinking raw fresh fruit and benefits great health from doing so, and i didn't feel i had need for such knowledge.

a little later, while talking with judith, who along with the rest of her family is a long term raw fooder, i mentioned my conversation about dehydration with harley, she looked amused and said: "if you had been dehydrated for twenty four years, you would surely be dead already." i fully agreed with her. what she said made sense to me.

well, i am truly happy with my raw fresh fruitarian diet, and am not looking for any changes in it, like starting drinking water just because someone says i should. i would do it only if i felt thirsty and only if I was unable to quench my thirst with raw fresh fruit.. So since i don't experience thirst, i can happily let go of such a notion.

Installed within my blog I have a little gadget called fedjet, a small program that shows me visitor statistics. I rarely look at the page, but a few months ago, when i was perusing it, i noticed there were a few visitors reaching my blog through 30 bananas a day, harley and freelee's forum. so i had a look to see what page of that forum the links came from and saw it was from a debate about drinking water while on a fruirarian diet.

here is the link: http://www.30bananasaday.com/profiles/blogs/fruitarianism-water-and-why?xg_source=activity&id=2684079%3ABlogPost%3A534145&page=2#comments

here is some text written by harley i've cut and copied from the thread:

Maybe you gang will become the new wave of vital 'fruitarians that dont drink water' or maybe youll join the pile of bloated, isolated, fatigued, emaciated and binge prone 'fruitarians' that we have today?

My housemate died last year from renal failure. We take hydration real serious and she used to talk just like you peeps are talk'n now. Its spooky.

the conversation on the link i've pasted here is long and it took me time to read it all, there are more words from harley and freelee as well, and i disagree with both of them. but i agree with almost everything that others had to say, i could see a lot of sense in what others had to say in the debate, but to my amazement, harley and freelee ignored it all.

i think this article is getting way too long, and i hope i've made my point and i'd like to stop here. i am going to cover in detail this important topic in my fruitarian book. yes, i am still working on it.

and whoever is curious to heear about the symptoms of dehydration, here they are:

Symptoms of Dehydration: Introduction

Often the first symptom a person with dehydration experiences is thirst. By the time thirst is experienced, dehydration is already occurring. Not all people, especially the elderly, may experience or be aware of thirst in the early stages of dehydration. Other symptoms may include dry mouth, dry lips, sunken eyes, inability to make tears and little or no urine production

In infants symptoms of dehydration may include a sunken fontanel (soft spot) on the top of the head, no tears with crying, and fewer wet diapers.

Other symptoms can include headache, rapid heartbeat, fatigue, weakness, lightheadedness, dizziness, and dry skin.

Untreated severe dehydration can lead to serious, even life-threatening complications, including postural hypotension, lethargy, kidney failure, shock, coma and death....

i've copied these symptoms of dehydration from here:

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/d/dehydration/symptoms.htm

dear readers of my blog, i swear that i never experience any symptoms of dehydration, and therefore i am sure harley is wrong.

with raw fresh fruit, life is clear of confusion

pineapple, pawpaw and tomatoes in our kitchen, the mighty fruit full of true water of life, hydrating successfully my body and soul.

me enjoying bush walking and taking pictures, usually i walk bare food, but when ground is way too rocky for me i wear socks, so my very sensitive feet don't get hurt

yahoo, down the hill i go, still taking the pictures..

i am easily amused by insects, rocks etc.. this time on my way getting ready for serious sun exposure..

and when i had enough of relaxing in hot spring tropical sun, i jumped happily into the beautiful natural creek. i love to swim.

life is beautiful

summer and me

2010-12-18T14:34:00.001+10:00

the beautiful summer has arrived on time, here in hot tropical far north queensland. spring was hot, but summer didn't hesitate and showed me it's powers straight from the start. and yes, i love it. summertime is my beloved part of the year.

it is a year now since i moved up to mareeba, leaving the big city sydney behind me, and it was a great change, my life is more enjoyable. how? i don't feel comfortable when temperatures drop under 25 degrees celsius. and i love raw fresh fruit to eat and i get a bigger choice of variety and quality up here in the hot tropics.

talking about fruit, the mangoes have been in season since the beginning of december and i love to blend them and drink them. so far the mangoes on our table are free, they are lying everywhere under mighty mango trees. mango is harvesting them and i am preparing sweet yummy drinks for us.

on our weekly trip to our friend j and his family, to get fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, capsicums, and at time some other fruit as well, there are several jack fruit trees, and when we are passing them by i never forget to admire them. at times i have said: "mango, we should stop here one day and get some jack fruit, it looks like no one is harvesting them, they are always some composting away under the trees." two weeks ago, on our way from j, close to the jack fruit trees a man was on the front of his property, mango stopped our car and asked the man if we could harvest some jack fruit from his tree, the man replied: " go for it, take as many as you like". so while i was chatting with the friendly man, mango went to the huge jack fruit tree only a few meters away, i was surprised, because i never noticed it, it was a bit hidden behind other trees. the tree was blessed with abundance of huge jack fruit. mango harvested two of them, soft and ready to eat, and he joined our chat. we are welcome to harvest jack fruit at any time, so we got one yesterday. j also gave us yesterday one watermelon, eleven pineapples, some capsicum, tomatoes and lychee's for free.

i am having fruitarian fun under the hot tropical summer sun.

life is beautiful

nice bunch of mangoes on the tree in our garden, the beauty of summer fruit

mango is chatting with grass tree on our way to have a swim..

me after several swims in davis creek, enjoying last minutes before leaving back for home.

spring and river

2010-10-24T16:13:00.001+10:00

the second month of spring is almost over, and i am having a lot of fruity fun i am enjoying my life much more, since having become fruitarian. i am feeling blessed to be one, and during the last 5 years sharing my happy fruity days with another one, sweet fruitarian mango. together we love to share fruit, our garden, swimming and a lot of other fun.

the winter time was nice and hot throughout the days, and even nights and early mornings were warm enough, but the beauty of the spring is, that temperatures rise up and it is even warmer, and that, i love.

i also love to swim in our near by barron river, and with warmer days and nights of advanced spring the river is warmer as well, and i can stay in for much longer and swim much further up the river. i love swimming up stream, against the strong current, observing the banks of the river on my way. adoring the new luscious green colors the spring has painted on the brand new tree leaves, and all the plants are growing more vigorously showing off their new radiant green hues. and i enjoy floating down the river, and until i feel cold and swim again. and as i swim and float, observing the river banks, i see new birds nests. i've noticed that birds are more busy chirpy and more of them. such scenes give me euphoric giggles. the sky is always marvelous and full of beauty. yeah, water is a big passion in my life. i don't drink water, i never feel thirsty, i get all my pure water full of life from raw fresh fruit. yum. i don't drink water, but it is still an essential part of my life, i need water to swim in, and i have lived near water for over 20 years.

with warmer temperatures the mighty fruit is getting more sweet and that is another exciting part of spring.

me and mango we both love often pineapple and orange, also often pineapple orange grapefruit, at times pineapple orange grapefruit mandarin, at times pineapple orange grapefruit mandarin tangerine, juice and it is almost always our first meal of the day we share. very rarely it is watermelon. mango usually wakes up earlier than me, and he eats an avocado or two. if i ate an avocado as my first meal of the day, i would feel sick for the rest of that day. i can handle to eat avocado only during the late afternoon. watermelon is coming into season, and we recently got our first ones, from the first harvest of our friend farmer j, we visit him once a week, for a chat and to buy some fruit, mainly tomatoes and cucumbers. we eat and drink a box of each weekly. well, lately it is only me who is drinking tomato juice, mango prefers to eat them. so when i make for us cucumber juice i also make 1/2 a litre of tomato juice for myself. i drink almost 1 liter of cucumber juice and soon after tomato. mango has at times only 1/2 liter of cucumber juice, at times he has almost one liter like me. and it is very rare for us to skip our another favorite meal of the day, blended paw paw, usually we share almost 1 litre each. often we share tomato cucumber red and green pepper avocado salad, at times with red hot chili pepper. me and mango we share most of our meals. he may have some avocado alone, and me rarely one or two bananas. i used to be a big banana muncher in my first fruitarian days, more than 23 year ago, i could easily eat twenty bananas a meal a few times a day, plus some other fruit, mainly sweet watermelons, and mangoes when in season. back to the present, me and mango at times love to share whole frozen durian from thailand, because the local durian is not in season yet, and we enjoy sharing grama chamas, tree grapes, white sapote (another fruit on top of our favorite fruit list), ice cream beans, grapes, rock melon, water melon. ready to eat tamarind from the tree in our garden is falling down, but it's first fruit is still a bit sour for me, so i leave it for others. mango is having a little bit of it, most of them are given away.

the mangoes on local mango trees are getting bigger and some of them are even beginning to show their lovely orange colours.

life is beautiful

colorful fruit ready to peal and cut into yummy salad

me at fruitopia

i am in my element while choosing freshly picked fruit for us

i am swimming smiling

me and river

i love swimming

mango is having river rock fun

mango and his water rocks art

natural beauty of the river bank

mighty barron river

spring and mango

2010-10-07T11:32:00.003+10:00

beautiful, glorious spring has been with us over one month now. oh, yeah, i love spring time with its bounty of cascades of flowers, full of life, showing off their lovely scent exquisite colors and various shapes. the truth is there are plenty of delicate flowers to admire all year round, but the spring is the most generous flower season of the year.

the most exciting for me are the flowering fruit trees and later on when tiny fruits are developing into fully grown sweet and juicy yummies. that's the beauty of living in hot tropics of far north queensland, there are always fruit trees flowering and fruiting.

mango trees already celebrated early spring with bunches of tiny flowers which within a few weeks had transformed into cute baby mango fruits. well, it's exciting watching them growing bigger over time until finally they reach their full size and color. some yellow, some deep orange, some light orange, and some with grassy green skins but once the skin is pealed and the fruit is ready to eat, bursting with sweet mango nectar, a bright orange color shines through like the summer sun. i love to watch my food developing on mighty fruit trees. it is so much more fun, than going and buying them in shops not even knowing how the plant they came from looks like. the best way for me to obtain my food, raw fresh fruit, is to grow my own fruit trees and harvest fruit from them, or second best, to eat fruit i've harvested from trees of my friends who love nature and don't use any harmful chemicals on their land.

or support other local fruit growers, producing their fruit with love and care, and buy yummy fruit from them. me and mango we do it all, we are growing some fruit in our garden, we get some from our friends, and we buy some at the local fruit markets. the fruit is of great quality and not expensive. at times we get free fruit presents as well.

there are a lot of beautiful events arriving with spring time and i may write more about them in my next post. now it's time to go out and enjoy it.

cute mango flowers

baby mangoes and ready to eat pumpkins

sweet baby mangoes and bright blue skies

healthy trees produce healthy fruit

new shiny life on old mango tree

me and bunch of oranges. at times we get our fruit from supermarket, this time yummy oranges on good special. yeah, loads of fresh raw orange juice ahead :)))

our fruitfull life

2010-09-12T10:16:00.000+10:00

is yummy and sweet just like most of our fruit is. sweet as the best quality of the mighty durian. mango says i am a good girl :))) that is also sweet. well, life is guaranteed to be sweet when two sweet soul twins, are sharing the fruitarian lifestyle, eating fruit and only fruit day after day after day, and not getting sick of it, on the contrary, we as time goes by are falling in love with it, and not only with sweet tasty fruit, but also with each other.

sweet mango has finally, after a long break, gotten into writing his raw vegan fruitarian book, he is writing almost every early morning, and at times on and off throughout the day, at least for a month now. he is very pleased about it. so am i.

mango is also very pleased with me, and i am very pleased with myself, because i have also gotten into writing my own raw vegan fruitarian book, which i began writing a few years ago already, but then i lost all texts due to a big bang on my laptop, where the old one died and new one was born in some computer factory and we bought it on ebay, well, to be precise, mango did because i am not very computer savvy. loosing my texts was not easy for me, and it took me a while before i got into writing again. i believe that mango's great example inspired me. i am writing now mostly during the mornings and at times a bit throughout the day and also occasionally at night. i am enjoying it more than ever, and always when i finish my writing session my spirit rejoices in euphoric glory. i am writing in english, and i am going to translate the whole book into my mother tongue, czech language.

what else is new? well, our old car, a toyota camry made in the year 1990, is having some technical difficulties, we were told at a garage that fixing it would cost a lot of money and therefore we were lately looking for a better second hand car. it was not as simple as it may seem, i am very fussy and i would not have a sedan, i like only station wagons, on top of it, i need an automatic and power steering, not out of fuss, but it is required by law, because of my disability, i drive with the help of hand controls. we are lucky we have an expert for such modifications right here in mareeba. well, we have been looking for a car for a while and there was always something missing on the ones advertised in our local paper, or as is popular here on the side of the road. and one night, just as i was loosing patience, being no longer able to drive the old toyota, due to the power steering being a bit stiff, and i love driving, and the break from it was is getting a bit long, i thought to myself, i hope that our new car arrives soon, i am sick of looking for it, i want if off my mind. and guess what, the next day, after me and mango returned from our joyful swim in the near by river, mango was looking in the local paper he had collected from our mailbox, and soon after he said to me: "look there are two cars for sale" i looked at the adverts and my intuition made a choice for me, i could feel that one of those cars is ours. i said to mango: "please ring about this one" while pointing out on ad for a daewoo nubira station wagon, and he did, and after a short chat, i was not happy with all the info he gained, so i rang as well, got the info i needed and off we drove to a garage in atherton, about 30km away, where our new car was having a windscreen changed, it had had a rock flying in accident. as soon we arrived and i saw the car i said ok, we are bying it, i fully believed my strong intuition plus the car was exactly what was on my mind, lol. the owner was a typical aussie friendly easy going guy, and the whole transaction was easy and without fuss. because the car was not registered, but had road worthy papers, registering would be easy, but until it was, the car could not legally drive on the road. as luck had it, the car owner had his towing trailer with him as he had towed his car from ravenshoe in order to have his windscreen replaced, about 30km distanced from atherton. well, i asked him if he could tow the car to the mareeba car registry office, and he said yes, he had brought with him all the necessary papers as well. so we gave him our mobile number, then we drove to the bank and got the cash out, went back to see the guy, gave him some deposit and off we were on the way back to our home, picked up the forms at mareeba car registry, and at home, having fruit juice, waiting for his call, drinking juice filling up the forms and it didn't take long, he said he is almost there, so we jumped in the car, went into the office continued filling out the required forms, and when we finished, mango went and began processing them with the clerk, and very soon the car owner arrived, he gave us the papers needed to finish it all, mango gave him the money and taking the car from the trailer said his goodbyes and left. after a few minutes all the paper work was done, and mango was driving our new car and i followed him in our old one. mango said the car is very smooth powerful and easy to drive.

this story reminds me of my strong intuition, and how important it is for me to follow it, to enjoy smooth path of my existence. i don't need to worry about anything, just be, live in the moment, with faith, that all i need is going to be surely provided.

me and mango are often swimming in the river, not far from our house, and it is always a great adventure. i love to swim on my back, looking at the skies and trees, butterflies, dragonflies etc. the river current has lost some of it's strength so i can swim much further, exploring new natural beauties along the way. and it was mango who noticed first a big wild fig tree very close to the river, loaded with still green fruit.

sun is shinning and love is growing, so are fruit trees in our garden.

me and mango, we are enjoying raw fresh fruit and we are drinking most of it, red or yellow papaya is on our menu almost daily since we moved up to tropical north, we also have daily orange juice, at times it is citrus fruit, made of mandarine, grapefruit and orange mix, at times only orange grapefruit, or orange mandarin. we also drink often orange pineapple juice, at times we mix banana in it as well. sometimes we have tomatoe or tomatoe cucumber juice. i am sure we are drinking other fruits but i can't think of any at the moment. we are eating avocados mixed with tomatoe and cucumber all pealed. at times we add red hot chilli as well. occasionally we enjoy jackfruit, black sapote, yellow sapote, and mighty durian. yum, yum, yum.

all is good in our fruitfull fruity life,

life is beautiful

i am harvesting sweet coffee berries

me and coffee berries at mareeba

fruitopia in red

i am reading from my laptop in our living room big bed

polar bear in love

2010-08-16T13:44:00.002+10:00

wow, i love these pictures, i love to see love

when the owner of the dogs spotted a cute but big polar bear, he thought that would be the end for his dogs.. but as the pictures show, he was gladly wrong

i must say he is also a very good photographer :) and it is great we can share pictures with such a important love message.

mango posted the pictures on his blog already, but i would like to have them on my cyber space as well, besides, they are people who visit only me and visa versa.. :)

me and mango, we believe that one day, when everyone is healed the popular words from the bible about lamb lying in peace next to lion will became a reality.

till then, love all...

love is in the air

great friends

straight from the heart

polar bear in love

love rules

all you need is love

life is beautiful :))))

fruit glorious fruit

2010-08-10T10:34:00.001+10:00

is mine and mango's daily yummy food.

since the end of last year when we moved from the east coast of sydney to the inland of tropical far north queensland and settled in mareeba, we have been leading a more joyful existence. the weather is warm all year round so we can swim whenever we like to and the fruit is more sweet and tasty and also we get much more variety.

our stock of oranges... we love
raw fresh orange juice for breakfast.

we live in a fruit growing area where fruit is plentiful, there are not only big fruit farms, but also small growers, selling fruit at local markets, but also almost every garden has at least one or several fruit trees growing. i love the sight of fruit trees at any time of year but when they're flowering and fruiting, that is truly a special treat for me.

the early varieties of mango trees are now fully in the bloom and that scene never ceases to excite me. the mango tree in our garden has begun showing it's first flowers and i am observing it daily, awaiting for more mango flowers to show of their delicate beauty.. and looking forward to the mango season, so i can again and again eat their juicy sweet deliciousnesses.

and before the fresh raw mangoes arrive on our table and into our blood streams, we're enjoying almost daily blended yellow and red paw paw, pumpkin and tomato juice, orange juice, black sapote (chocolate pudding fruit) as is, or mushed with banana kiwi and avocado sometimes, and sometimes cherries, akee, durian, sweet lemons, mandarins, cherimoyas (custard apples), juiced tomato and cucumber and i almost forgot our almost daily cucumber tomato avocado mix with or without chili. and very often we munch on passion fruit as well.

today we finally made it and visited the farm of a sweet couple j and r, they have the most yummy tomatoes in the area we know of, they sell their fruit and veg at the local markets, but not every weekend, so me and mango asked them if we can get fruit straight from their farm and we were very pleased when they said yes. so i was in fruity awe, when we arrived at their fruit and veg farm and only a few seconds after mango parked our car next to a big shed, j and r, came out and we greeted each other with smiles.. and they said we came at the right time, as tomatoes and some other goodies had just been picked. you see, we had been trying to arrange a time by phone, both land-line and mobiles, but it didn't really work for us because none of us are thinking much about phones.. so today on monday we got a mobile message: come any time during the weekend, I had been feeling all weekend that we should just go there, so we decided to just go, there and then, and see what happens... yeah, we got two boxes of mainly tomatoes and a few cucumbers, zucchini and one red capsicum. we also discussed what me and mango love to eat, and we were promised some paw paw and passion-fruit next time as well. we also know now when the best time is, to come for our fresh raw fruit shopping so we don't need to worry about the phones :) and there is another bonus the fruit is also at a very good price and organic.. :)

freshly picked tomato zucchini and cucumber from the organic farm

another box of yummy fruit: tomato capsicum cucumber

we are also getting some very tasty fruit form our lovely next door neighbours ch and g, they often come to our door with passion-fruit, pumpkins, very sweet paw paws, and lately australian native bush cucumbers. sometimes we get freshly cut flowers as well.. we don't pick flowers, but if someone give us some we take them and i take the best care of them i can. today when we arrived from our fruit and veg organic farm adventure, we were nicely surprised by paw paws and orchid flowers sitting in wheelbarrow next to our house, the freshly cut flowers were in a bucket of water.. mango said i can grow them from the cuttings once they stop flowering, and i was not sure about it, so he asked ch, when he went to return the wheelbarrow, and she said yes, it is possible, so i was happy that 'll be able to grow lovely flowers from the beautiful bunch we got..

sweet surprise gift from our next door neighbours: paw paw and orchid flowers

we are also getting some free fruit from fruitopia mostly passion-fruit and akee and rarely avocados and jackfruit.. and we are always welcomed to eat any fruit from their communal kitchen table..

and at times we get some free fruit from our local markets from our regular fruit and veg stall holders, at times it can be a full box of ready to eat paw paws yum!

and last but not least we get the most yummy fruit from our garden, so far we only have cherry tomatoes, and cucumbers, but pumpkins and pawpaws are on their way, most of the other fruit are just baby tree seedlings..

and yes, well, the almost forgotten supermarkets: we get occasional/rare specials, like lately very tasty and cheep oranges, not so cheep but yummy cherries, kiwi, avocado or grapes..

oh, i love talking and thinking about fruit and yes, i love to drink and eat it too, and the best is sharing it with mango and at times with others..

fruit glorious fruit, so beautiful and yummy, so easy to love love love...

a tiny corner in our kitchen full of natural beauty: orchid flowers and bush cucumbers a gift from our neighbours, chili from fruitopia and oranges from the supermarket

life is beautiful

enema

2010-07-26T22:16:00.000+10:00

what is an enema? enema is known as one of the most easiest and natural ways of getting ones colon cleaned. it is a form of laxative, a popular remedy for constipation.

this is what i read on some webpage, yes, there is a lot of information about enemas in the cyber world, and so whoever is interested can google and read on..

are enemas truly one of the easiest and most natural ways of getting our colon cleaned?

i don't think so. this is just one of many misleading pieces of information. i myself, on the contrary, perceive enemas as unnatural ways of getting ones bowel movements in order. enemas are a quick fix solution, and that is why it is so popular, especially among natural health seekers.

yes, it is true, that it's not through clogging our colon for years that our bodily systems function correctly, but rather through having clean and correctly functioning intestines.

only thanks to inappropriate unnatural diet does the intestine become a fertile environment for creation of harmful toxins. therefore the intestines do not function properly and the result is constipation. i've observed that in most cases, constipated people use some form of laxative, but that is not a healthy solution, because regular using of laxatives is drastic, addictive/habit-forming and worsens the intestinal activity/function, this is also called a lazy intestine.

in most cases of constipation or body cleansing-detox enemas or some other kinds of laxative are recommended, but that is not the right way, it is an unnatural way, drastic and forceful.

the natural way of cleaning, and keeping clean, ones intestines, is with a right natural diet.

it has been for many years a proven fact, that laxatives, including enemas, are not natural ways to clean the intestines, as is often recommended in expert literature, but rather the solution is through a natural diet. only through a natural diet of raw fresh fruit can we correctly and naturaly wash out all deposits/sediments from our intestines, and our body can work freely on boosting the immune system, improve function of all bodily systems, abolish/eliminate constipation and hemeroids, improve skin condition, and diminish the pressure on blood vessels and the kidneys.

A healthy large intestine delivers nutrition and energy, and that is very difficult when the intestines are clogged for years on end, full of partially petrified excrement. therefore our bloodstream becomes invaded with a great many toxins, which is very taxing on our bodily systems and general health, as the body has to constantly work very hard with toxin elimination.

if one wishes to eliminate the course of illness, it is wise to start with clean intestines and keep them clean via a natural diet. so our body is not a dump of toxic rubbish, but on the contrary a clean environment which supplies our body with nutrition and provides strong immunity against illness.

people who don't take good care of their health via eating unnatural unhealthy food, and hardly moving around, suffer constipation and ill health. After adopting the right diet, they may eliminate up to several kilograms of, many years old, fecal matter.

coffee enema causes coffee addiction.

An enema is an enemy of a healthy lifestyle.

raw fresh fruit are friends of a healthy lifestyle.

proper fasting or juice feasting is also very beneficial for achieving clean intestines.

my mum has been suffering from chronic constipation for at least 40 years. she is skinny, but her stomach is big as if she was 7 months pregnant. a few years ago her doctor sent her for hydro colon therapy, where they by unnatural force cleaned up some of her intestine, and she was raving on about how much better she felt and she was clearly on top of the world, i told her no wonder you feel so much better they got a lot of rubbish out from you, but you may have the same or even bigger problems with constipation after such drastic treatment. and it didn't take long, until she was telling me that i was right. yeah, she took a long and difficult path to understand that only raw fresh fruit gives her the best results. she is far from being fruitarian, but she has increased her daily fruit intake, including her favorite; freshly squeezed orange or grapefruit juice. i was so happy for her when i finally heard her say: "yeah raw fresh fruit works for me the best".

the definition of constipation

Incomplete, infrequent or difficult passage of stools, commonly caused by lack of fiber in the diet. Other causes include disruption of routine diet and overuse of laxatives.

dyschezia - difficulty in defecating (usually as a consequence of long continued voluntary suppression of the urge to defecate)

paw paw fruit is getting ready :)

rambutans dragonfruit and yellow sapote full of color of life and yummy sweetness made by mother earth sunshine rain stars and moon g'day my sweet magic fruit i wish you lovely afternoon :)

MELON WATERMELON

2010-07-25T12:57:00.000+10:00

hello, my blog readers :)

i am sending your way yummy sunny greetings, enjoy the beauty of summer activities, which accompanied with refreshing and cooling melon watermelon, will intensify the beauty of your summer existence, and as a bonus will help you melt down your worries, and fill up your bones with health and your soul with joy.

your fruity bloger
kveta

life is beautiful

my mum is enjoying watermelon (turkey 2009). the oranges are my breakfast and i had already eaten a big plate of watermelon triangles

melon watermelon art in my kitchen :)

my oprah interview

2010-07-20T12:26:00.001+10:00

Towards the end of last year, mango received an email from oprah magazine asking him for a fruitarian interview. he happily agreed, because me and mango like fruit publicity. i told him to say that he has a fruity partner and if they are also interested to interview me. they said yes, and so did i. shortly after we were interviewed and we were waiting for notification that it was published. a few days ago, a member of fruitariannirvana.ning.com, stephanie, told us that she had read some article about the fruit diet in an oprah magazine, we were surprised that we had not been notified about it, so mango wrote an email to the mag and they sent us a few e pages of the issue in question, and we could see that they printed only a very small segment of my interview. we were disappointed at first but then we were glad that even a little bit about raw fresh fruit diet was published.

Here is my interview in full.. (Mangos interview is available here.)

mango and me, last winter in sydney 2009

1. Why did you decide to eat only fruit? Health? Ethical? Political?

i decided to eat only fruit purely for ethical reasons. love was always most valued by me, and it was directing my life. i'd been a passionate reader since early childhood, and when i was about 26, debating with some of my friends, someone said: " we are reading all kind of books, but we never look at the bible" those words inspired me to get one, and the first words i read in it were about love, so it grew on me straight away, and i was randomly reading on and off for a few years, when i came across the sentence: "do not kill" and i began contemplating those words. at that time, i was already vegan, also for ethical reasons, i just had a revelation one day, watching my father butchering a rooster, - one which he had been keeping in the garden along with chickens. that was unusual, normally i would run away from such a scene. so as i was watching, i thought to myself: "oh, how unfair this is, only a short time ago this rooster was happily living in our garden, enjoying the sunshine, our garden, chickens.. his life, and suddenly one man without thinking took his life at once, to bring food home for himself and his family." and that touched me deeply, and from then on i lost my appetite for meat. i was never tempted to eat, or have craved meat since. i gained an awareness of the life of animals, i learned, that the rooster had not been as happy as i'd thought, living behind a fence, denied freedom to go where he desired, and i very soon became vegan.

so as i was preoccupied with the "do not kill" commandment, contemplating its meaning, i began questioning food too, and i come to the conclusion at first, that any form of cooking was also killing, so i decided to eat all my food raw. then i thought that even eating raw food i was killing, i was taking life of the plant. i always intuitively believed, that plants have an awareness, they feel and enjoy their existence. i did not want to prematurely put an end to their existence, i wanted the plant to live a full life circle, allowing it to produce seeds for another generation. i was vegan and all my food was from the plant kingdom. so i asked myself the question: 'what plant can i eat, without killing it?" and i came up with RAW FRESH FRUIT. eating fruit was a perfect solution, - the plant continues it's life unharmed, even after the fruit with it's seeds has been harvested. most plants will wither after they have seeded. oh, how i was excited it! i was so happy to find the solution, i was so glad that i could eat in peace without killing. i was on top of the world. more so, because after all, raw fresh fruit had always been my favorite food. so, just like with the rooster, i experienced the same with plants, after this revelation, i lost my appetite and desire for foods other than fruit. that is how i became fruitarian over night.

today i am eating fruit for all reasons: ethical, health and political

yummy fruit in our kitchen with durian at center stage

2. What does your daily diet look like? What do you eat lots of? How much of certain fruits? Do you ever juice the fruits?

my daily diet consists of my favorite raw fresh fruits in season available from the local market. mind you, I love almost all types of fruit. so i choose fruit by its quality.

mostly me and mango feel to eat at the same time and the same fruit. we usually start with raw fresh fruit juice, mainly oranges, cucumbers or any melon. later in the day we may have another fruit juice or two. we are eating fruit as is, mainly mono (one fruit at time) and 4 - 6 meals a day including juices. the amount of fruit each time varies, sometimes we eat more, at times less. but usually we share 1/2 kg of grapes, 1 -2 big durian or 3-4 small ones, 1/2kg of rambutan, 5 akee each, one and half of red pawpaw each, seven passion fruit each, 2- 3 grated apples each, 2 mangoes each, sharing one pineapple. longans 1/4kg each, lychees 1/4 kg each. yes, we juice fruit, only at home, and we drink it fresh straight after it is made, they are usually 1/2 litre each. our favorites are orange juice, pineapple juice, honey dew melon juice, rock melon juice, water melon juice (only me - mango usually shares one liter of juice with me, and i drink the rest throughout the day). i also drink watermelon rind, which mango is not keen on. we are eating lots of mangoes, oranges (mainly juicing) grapes (juicing, eating), red paw paw, durians, akee, melons, mostly honey dew or rockmelon, (mainly drinking). we also love blended fruit, like one of our favorites is mango blended in orange juice, red or yellow paw paw blended in orange juice, or just blended mango, or pawpaw. we blend melons to drink, we never juice them. we also regularly eat a mixed salad made of 250g cucumber, one or one and half tomatoes and 1/2 or 1 or maximum 1 and 1/2 avocados each. at times with red hot chili, mostly mango, i've been off the chili for a few months now.

i love arranging fruit we get from local marktets

3. Some people ask about things like protein—how do you get adequate amounts?

i never questioned things like protein, i had no need, and i was not interested in it either, i've been living on raw fresh fruit for almost 24 years, i haven't noticed any deficiencies and i am enjoying good health.

colorful and magic beauty of fruit in detail

4. What do you feel like, after making the switch?

very soon after i made the switch i felt much healthier, even though i had not had any serious health problems, and thanks to my light diet, i was feeling ok the most of the time. i noticed that i gained more energy, i felt more light, my digestive system was working noticeably better, my mind was more clear and i was feeling generally more happy.

mango grapes and rambutan on our kitchen table

5. Do you know/live with other fruitarians? Do you socialize with others? Has it ever been an issue in social situations?

my ex husband joined me on a fruitarian diet straight away, and he also soon changed his lifestyle after we got divorced. i've been living the last four years with my sweet fruitarian partner mango.

mango is the only frutarian i know who eats raw fresh fruit only. but i met some "fruitarians" who are eating nuts, seeds, greens, vegetables, dry fruit, B12 supplements, and all of them are drinking water. i do not perceive them as fruitarians, but raw foodists. my definition of fruitarian is a person who eats raw fresh fruit only. i was surprised when i found in wikipedia and on other websites this false definition of a fruitarian: "a fruitarian eats fruit, nuts, seeds and greens."

i socialize with others. i'm comfortable with being who i am and i have no issues being different and accepting the choices of others. despite that, there are some issues i have: i find the smell of cooked, and some raw foods, offensive it makes me at times nauseous. i feel uncomfortable around drunk people. in almost all cases, when i attend some social scene where food is present, i am accepted and served fruit with love. if i attend a new social scene, with food, i take my own fruit with me, or i simply don't eat, 'even if i have some fruit with me, at times i just don't feel like eating. i also learned that most people don't notice whether or not i'm eating. if someone offers me food, and for some reason i want to avoid discussing the fact that i am fruitarian, i might say: oh, thank you, i'm not hungry right now, i just ate." if i still get pressured i would add: i'll have some later. but most of the time i would say: " thank you, i wont have any, i eat only fruit."

fresh from local markets: pineapple, durian, passion-fruit,
avocado, paw paw, grapes, rambutan, tomato, courgette :)

6. How has being a fruitarian impacted your identity, and how you think of yourself? How has it changed “Who you are?”

thanks to my fruitarian lifestyle i feel great, awesome, clear minded, light, more healthy than ever, more relaxed, more aware, more loving, more worthwhile, more beautiful, more positive, more playful, more creative, more grateful, more thankful, more spiritual, more intuitive, euphoric and satisfied. i became a better person. i contribute much more toward a healthy environment. inspiring some people on my fruity fruitful path.

i think of myself as a very blessed child.

me and fruit

pumpkin

2010-07-11T13:59:00.005+10:00

is a fruit i used to value more for its looks than for its flavours, so for many years i ignored pumpkin as a food source and if someone offered me one, i used to refuse it. only once i made an exception. it was about twelve years ago. i had a neighbour tereza she had cerebral palsy and was a very lonely girl and she use to often visit me. i used to make yummy fresh fruit juices for us from my own fruit and after some time she came over with a pumpkin. i asked her what the pumpkin was for, and she said for juicing i said hmmm i don't think it is going to be very nice juice, and she said, why not? pumpkin is yummy. well i wanted to make her happy and i made the pumpkin juice and i was very surprised how tasty it was. but i also for some reason forgot about it and i never juiced any pumpkin again.

a bit over two months ago me and mango were given a pumpkin while visiting fruitopia i refused it at first but i decided to take it as a house decoration and a few weeks later i left overseas for two months to visit my family and friends and when i returned i saw the pumpkin in our kitchen and i asked if it is the one from fruitopia and mango said no, he juiced it with tomato and cucumber and this one was given to him by a man at the local markets who sells fresh produce from his garden. mango refused the pumpkin as well but the man insisted so mango took it.

today, this afternoon, when we were wondering what to eat next, mango suggested pumpkin and tomato juice. i said hmmm, this sounds very interesting, so mango went ahead and made it. and to my big surprise it was a very delicious drink, i enjoyed to its last drop.

and later on we ate the pumpkin and tomato pulp from the juicer mixed with avocado. i ate it first without avocado and later on i added half of an avo and it was both ways delicious. it was again mango's idea.

well, for so many years i ignored such an awesome treat. amazing. sometimes i have a treasure right in front of my nose and i don't even notice it. i learned from this experience to be more slow in refusing any fruit and pay more attention to it.

pumpkin is not only a beautiful fruit to look at, but it is also very tasty fruit for juicing.

pumpkins grow easily they don't need much water as well and i am sure there will be from now on always pumpkins growing in our fruity garden. yum, yummy, yum. i think tomorrow i am going to sow some pumpkin seeds from the pumpkin we ate and drank today. and even though it was a small one, we have another half left for tomorrow.

today we drank pineapple orange juice, we ate longans in the sunny garden, we drank orange mandarin juice, then pumpkin tomato juice, later on we ate pumpkin tomato pulp with avocado, then we ate cucumber tomato avo mix, and finally we finished off the longans.

life is beautiful

yummy pumpkin

fruit power

2010-06-15T07:39:00.002+10:00

is so sweet, just like pure fruit. fruit power is full of love. life is. love is. i am. you are. we are. it is easy. all wee need is love. love is within you, me,you, me...love is within all of us.

this is sweet message from sweet strawberry to you,
i love you all.

all you need is love.
all you need is love.
all you need is love love love love
LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED.

LOVE FOCUS FROM FRUITY ME.

pure fruit documentary

2010-05-25T06:57:00.003+10:00

here it is thanks to emile, david, me mango and others, the first minutes of the fruitarian documentary movie. enjoy. i love it. i hope you do too.

sweet fruity fruitful days and love to all,
kveta

raw fresh fruit

2010-04-25T11:36:00.004+10:00

always appealed to me through it's sweet aroma and yummy taste, and it was always my most favorite food, therefore it was not difficult to find the way to my fruitarian lifestyle and stay faithful to it.

since the time i started living on raw fresh fruit, it's pleasant scents, colours and tastes have grown even closer to my heart, and i've fallen in love with fruit more than ever. and just like every true love never dies, but on the contrary lives and grows, so do fruit trees, and like true love, they are very giving. - full of lovely aromatic tasty gifts of amazing and adorable colours and shapes. every fruit is unique and original and beautifully decorates my place.

of all the foods known to man, raw fresh fruit is the easiest and fastest to digest and therefore does not put a strain on the digestive system such as other plants, fats, meats, eggs, milk and everything else that most humans live on, that is not fruit.

raw fresh fruit contains a lot of fruit juice, and supplies our body with all it's required liquid, and that's why a true fruitarian does not experience thirst and therefore there is no need to supply additional liquid via water from tap, well, spring or as has been in fashion for some years now, from plastic and rarely glass bottles.

raw fresh fruit is rich with all necessary nutrition, which guarantees ones optimal health

raw fresh fruit is the natural food for humans

raw fresh fruit has a lot of enemies, people who are missing out on wellness and the joy of life.

with raw fresh fruit life is beautiful.

grapes, rambutan and mango

grapes and the sun inside and out

my man mango (49) and our friend premi (over sixty) they are both fruitarians and they don't complain

fruity me (52) and i also don't complain

since mango

2010-04-08T21:09:00.002+10:00

began pointing out all my old habits of incorrect english grammar, i find it more difficult to write in english. i am very glad that he is teaching me, but i've built a little wall, preventing me from writing more often, which i would really like to be doing, so i am facing some english writing dilemmas. and there is another obstacle in the way of my english writing. each time i write an engish text for my blog, i would like to post it immediately, but that's just not possible, i do not feel comfortable posting it with my mistakes, and i have to wait for mango, when it suits him, so's he can correct my grammar mistakes. we do it always together, so i can see what i am doing wrong, and it is a useful part of my learning. the process of my learning is a bit slow, because my incorrect english grammar is very old and very engraved in my brain. so these are the reasons why i do not write much any more. i am hoping to work on it and tear those walls down and write more often.

the truth is, the time is near, when i am not going to have much time for writing. i am leaving on the end of this month, for some time to see my family and friends and will be really busy with little time for any pc stuff. i would use it only for keeping in touch with mango.

me and mango, we are enjoying a lot of yummy fruits, enjoying sharing our fruitarian lifestyle. we are eating mostly red paw paw, lots of akee - our other very favorite fruit on the top of the list of our favorites right next to the magical durian. fresh durian yum, yum, yum. passion fruit, we ate heaps of white nectarines, but their season is almost over and they are not so tasty any more. we are also eating a lot of a very sweet grapes, very sweet and creamy cucumbers, yummy tomatoes and avocados. we are eating a bit less of rambutans, lychees, jackfruit, mangosteens..

we are drinking lots of oranges, cucumbers at times with a dash of tomato, grapes, apple and orange, pineapple, rockmelons and sometimes watermelon, but i drink more than mango, he is not so keen on them, and i also drink watermelon rind all by myself.

i am sure i forgot some kinds of fruit we are eating, drinking, but i do not want to sit here and think about it, i just want to keep on writing.

the garden is very happy, we are getting a fair bit of rain with yummy sunny breaks, and we are happy too, watching all our plants growing slowly everyday. the first cucumbers are going to be ready for harvest very soon. today we were admiring tiny babies of akee trees. lots of paw paws coming out as well, and some small paw paw trees transplanted from fruitopia that have picked up and growing very quickly and they are healthy. we also planted and are watching tomatoes grow. soon after we moved into this house, i got some nice big aloe given to me and three of them are ready to flower soon, and some of them are having babies. our garden gives us a lot of beauty, excitement and fun.

we enjoy swimming in the nearby barron river. i love rivers, i spent so many years by the coast, that i forgot about how much they used to mean to me. i am grateful to have them back in my life.

me and mango we live happy, peaceful fruitful fruity life

life is beautiful

local durians and other yummy fruit in our house

i love to arrange our fruit and take pictures.

akee, yummy yum

cyber world

2010-03-24T21:09:00.002+10:00

the cyber world is growing in popularity as time goes by..

it took me 5 years to make a decision to join it. it was not easy to make up my mind, i do not like a plastic artificial world, i do not like to look into the screen, and all in all i prefer "real" life experiences. i prefer to read words printed on paper than on a pc screen, i prefer to meet people outside of the internet, and talk to them face to face, rather than on the internet. it is true that i've made some cyber friends, and i met mango, my fruitarian and very sweet partner thanks to giving in and getting the pc in the year two thousand. so it surely was worthwhile to join in. to make that decision in the end was influenced by my recycling awareness. i loved the idea, that i could save a lot and lot of paper. and the time searching for information, or buying certain goods like travelling tickets and so on.. saving time, money and paper thanks to email, to name just a few advantages of a pc and the internet.

well, i have been a part of cyber space for a while now, and i noticed that to my amazement a lot of people from the raw food world are very busy out there, they have many websites, visiting and contributing to a lot of forums and so on. i would have thought that raw food was also about a healthy lifestyle, and so i wonder how some of those cyber raw busy bees manage to find the spare time for it. i've never thought it could be healthy to sit for hours by the pc and i try to use it as little as possible. when i overdo it, i always take a few days off, to compensate. i also very rarely spend time on the pc throughout the day, i use it mainly at night time, when mango is sleeping.

i write my two fruitarian blog (czech and english), and one photo blog (czech-english), i visit (at times with long breaks) and contribute the only one raw food forum vitarian.cz , i keep occasionally in touch with a few, some real, some cyber friends via email. i write occasional notes from my future book, i transfer my pictures from camera to the pc, and post some of them on my blog, i read very few blog, and at times i do some info research. that is all i do on my pc, and i feel like that is heaps and i am making sure i wont extend its use. i love to have free time to do other things as well.

i would not like to end up spending most of my precious time sitting by the pc, writing stories about my healthy lifestyle.

the sun is shining, raw fresh fruit very tasty and

life is beautiful

raw fresh fruit, healthy yummy living food arranged by ian (fruitopia)

yes, we got a house

2010-03-18T09:55:00.000+10:00

this entry was written on the 18th of february 2010

yes, it all happened at once, just like a miracle, one could almost say that the house dropped on us straight from the heavens.

it all began about two months ago, when i came to the conclusion, that it was not going to be such an easy task to find any affordable accommodation. renting prices have risen up a lot in the last year, and house-sitting offers were scarce and not suitable for us, so i decided, and mango agreed, that we should apply with government public housing. shortly after, we took that action, and we filled up the required application, sent it off and soon after we received more forms to fill in, by a doctor and some by other organisations, and some more by us, and when it was all done we sent it off.

about two weeks ago, we rang the housing department and we were told that everything was ok, we had been placed on top of a priority waiting list and all we had to do was to wait. we also got advise from another organisation to ring housing on a regular basis, so we rang one week later, on tuesday, again, and to our big surprise we were told, that our application had not yet been processed, because they were still waiting for us to fill up and send back to them the additional forms. so we rang again to confirm that information, and when we got the same answer, we were off to the court house, from where all forms had originally been faxed and also sent by post, as they were able to show by evidence in their "sending off documents" book. so one man/clerk rang the housing and he was also told, that nothing had arrived in their hands, and that nothing could be done about it, and that we had to fill up and send the required papers once more. surely we were not very pleased about it, but we took action straight away, we got new forms from the court house and visited the doctor again and we also did our work filling up some forms and thankfully we had some copies of a few letters and so it was easier done the second time and we were faxing all the papers off via the court house again, already on the thursday. yes, this time we made copies of all the documents. after that mango got an idea to visit some other organisation, where we might be able to get some more information about our accommodation, they did not give us much hope, but they navigated us to another place to inquire. i lost enthusiasm to visit another place, but mango did not give up so easily, and he went there, while i was waiting in the car. and in that office, mango spoke to some nice man, and he knew about some place where they could possibly help us, and he even rang out there and made an appointment to see someone there in half an hour. so we went there and i also joined mango this time, and we ended up talking to a very nice lady, explained her our situation including the lost and just recently sent off again papers, and she got on the phone and computer, and then she gave us some papers to sign, and then she told us, that the recently faxed papers had gotten lost again, but we gave her with a smile the copies, and the lady faxed them again to the man at housing while she was with him on the phone, waiting for him to confirm that the papers had arrived, and when he did, very soon after she told us that she had an old two bedroom house for us, she gave us the keys and sent us to look at it, to see if it suited us.

the house is in mareeba, not far from her office, so thanks to our car we were there in a few minutes, and even though it was not the place of our dreams, we made the decision to move in, for the time till we get a better one, or possibly already the home we are dreaming of. the house is near by the river that we at times visit and swim in. it has a roomy veranda with a nice wooden floor, living room, kitchen, two bedrooms and a big bathtub in the bathroom, and in the backyard under a roof joined to the house is the laundry, with a door to the big enough backyard with one big mango tree and one big tamarind tree, to give us some shady area as well. the toilet is separated, a few stairs down from kitchen. there is also a car port. so we made a decision to move in very quickly and easily and soon we were back talking to the nice lady, we told her that we would be happy to move in, despite that it was not fully suited to our needs and she said that this would be only temporary and will would eventually be offered something more suitable when it became available. so we went through all the paper work regarding moving into the house and we were told that we could move in on the following thursday, oh, only in one week, to our big surprise, we never thought we would be moving out from fruitopia to a new home so fast. we were very happy that our accommodation situation had been sorted out at least for some time.

despite that i had had peace of mind, most of the time, regarding our future accommodation, and i had believed that it all would be sorted out when the time was right, i was loosing faith, and would worry at times about it all, and such worry came to me just the night before we got the house. usually i can shake off my worries very easily, but not this time, and after a while, i decided that i would try to talk to god via a drawn ring with the alphabet, and a pendulum ring on a cotton string. this method was shown to me by one lovely girl, during my last czech republic visit, she is a friend of my mum, and my mum has been reading tarot cards for her for a few years now. i've met this girl a few times previously, and i knew she was talking to god this way, and on my last visit i asked her, if she would ask god, if mango is going to get his australian permanent visa. she did and god told us, that mango would get his visa and also we would get all we wished for. the truth is i believed that, but at times i just lost my faith. just as happened concerning our moving out from fruitopia. so i decided to try and ask god by this method myself. the truth is i had been trying to communicate with god this way a few times, but never with success and i usually gave up soon after trying, but not that night at fruitopia. i was trying for over one hour, and i did remember that the girl told me, that she also had to keep trying again and again, before she was able to succeed, so i kept trying, i just needed that night some answer and i was a bit more desperate than usual. after about two hours asking several questions about our next home, i felt suddenly very lonely and at a loss, and after a little break i said to god: ' oh, my god i feel so lost and worried, and i do not want any more answers regarding our accommodation, right now, i am feeling so lonely in this world, and you are so wise, and i just would like to talk with you a bit." and very soon the ring began moving in a different way to previously, and i knew, that was it, that it was working, and that god was talking to me and he said: "love, love, love prevails." those words of wisdom filled me with joy and peace of mind. i believed everything was going to be ok, my faith was back with me. i was amazed by gods wisdom. god knows me, and knows that love is for me the most important and of biggest value in my life and that love is directing my thoughts and my life journey, and the feeling of being lost, lonely and worried was gone, and i strongly sensed gods existence and the presence of gods love. i felt like a child, i turned off the light, and i was on my way to sleep, strengthened in my faith with a smile on my face, and before i fell asleep i didn't forget to say thankyou my god.

and i also said my joyful thanks to god, the next day, after the lovely lady offered us the house, our new home, - before i even saw the house i believed that it was going to be our next temporary home.

god is love

life is beautiful

Everything's as it's supposed to be.

2010-02-17T11:09:00.001+10:00

and time flies

on monday 1. 2. 2010 me and mango enjoyed a beautiful, peaceful and nicely lazy day at fruitopia

on tuesday, we went into malanda, because the man, who offered us, that we could move in and housesit his home, did not contact us again, but we did not give up, and because we knew, as he previously told us, that he is usually at home on tuesdays, despite of having no arrangements with him, we decided to travel over there anyway, so we could once and for all find out where we stand. and we were lucky, the man was at home, and as soon as we arrived at his house, he came out, and without saying hello, or apologising that he as promised did not contact us, told us, without a smile on his face, that he had changed his mind and he was going to rent his house for handsome dollars. we did not mind so much, the most important to us was, that we finally knew how things were, we said good bye with a smile and we drove back toward our home.

we stopped on our way in malanda's second hand shop, and we bought very cheap and nice cotton curtains, they are colourful with a print of giraffes and coconut trees. i may not use them for the windows as i would like to make something else from them. we previously visited the same shop a few times, and we always got some bedding made from top quality cotton and for a very good price. we are saving a lot of money that way, because the cotton of such quality is available only in the most expensive shops.

then we drove for a few minutes and we visited the river and her amazing waterfalls, where we had our traditional swim. after the abundant rains, the water in the river had risen up, and the waterfalls increased in their volume as well, gashing wildly over the big boulders, and the rivers current was much stronger, so we had some nice exercise, swimming against it toward the waterfalls, and on the way back from them, we were carried easily by the strong current. we spent the most of our time by the river alone, and only a few times someone came down to have their quick lunch. me and mango, we were relaxing in the hot sun and then we enjoyed a meal of red pawpaws followed by passion fruit, and then we jumped into the river. i took some great pictures, so did mango, and he also made some video. after our refreshing swim, we sat on the foot-bridge over the river, back to the waterfalls and we were watching the river’s flow along the shores of luscious tropical rainforest. we were throwing twigs and leaves into the water, watching their floating journey. soon after we said good bye to the river and to her waterfalls, and after about 20km of drive we stopped in atherton.

in atherton we visited the supermarket and we complained about the poor quality of frozen durians, because they are sold already a few days thawed, and that is why they are not fresh and that is why they are not very tasty. they nicely apologised and gave us one big durian for free. well, naturally, it was again not a very yummy one, and me and mango decided that we won't buy any more frozen durian from thailand at atherton's supermarket woolworths. the lady from the fresh produce who dealt with our durian cry, told us, to our disbelieve, that durians arrive in the shop already unfrozen, we were very surprised to hear that, because we never come across such durian treatment. when we asked why that was so, that durians get in the shop unfrozen, we didn't get a clear answer, the lady obviously wasn't a durian lover and i think she didn't fully understand what our problem was.

we got back in the car and we continued our journey toward mareeba, and we stopped on the way at the fruit stalls by the road, where there is no one selling the fruit, but a money box is present, over twenty years ago they used to be without locks, but nowadays they are secured by locks from dishonest people, and this also proves to me, that the world is not getting better as some say. fruit stalls with money boxes were also more common in the good old days. we bought red pawpaw, avocado and passion fruit.

on the wednesday we discovered, that the phone was out of order, but we were not very surprised as it happens here from time to time, and no one seems to worry about it, and no one was very keen to fix it. well, we had a few days good break from phone and internet. the caretaker left with his girlfriend for a day out, and when they returned, he said, that he was hopping that the phone will be miraculously fixed of its own accord, but that never happened. anyway, i had just bought a phone card, so i could ring my mum, but i also didn't worry that i couldn't, i knew that sooner or later the phone connection would be missed by others and someone would make an effort to fix it. our mobile phones were working, so mango rang the man, who was the first one offering us to housesit his house, because he is often away working, and he told us to ring him in about ten days, around 8th of february.

also on wednesday we went to marreba and we bought in the supermarket very yummy white nectarines, peaches and grapes. i also sent two postcards to the czech republic. after our return to fruitopia, mango went for a swim, and i jumped in the bathtub and then i had a nap. mango returned just after i woke up, and he told me that he didn't have a swim, but he had chatted in the communal kitchen with darrick and that they would be going for a swim right then. so i jumped in the bath again and then i was drying myself in the garden, enjoying the sun and i picked and ate a few cherry tomatoes. the rest of the day we were chatting, firstly me and darrick, mango joined us a bit later after his nap. when the sun was setting and the blood thirsty mozzies arrived, me and mango returned to our house and we enjoyed a meal made of pealed and finely sliced cucumbers mixed with avocado. and for the rest of the night me and mango relaxed and chatted at times.

darrick is a person from America, who has been for the past 3 years travelling the world, mainly the places, where durian is plentiful. he also loves durians. we met him at first on the internet, there is fruity interview with him at mango's fruitarian blog, and he has a blog too (vagabondingvegan.blogspot.com) and he is friends with harley, his girlfriend freelee, and nick. who also attended the raw gathering at fruitopia, left after, and arrived without darrick again a few days later, after me, mango, emile and david ended up here at fruitopia after our journey from sydney. darrick arrived recently with some durian, and not long after he invited me and mango for a durian feast, he had flown from byron bay (australia) to see us, and he was looking forward to enjoying a yummy durian feast with us. and that happened, not only once. darrick is a very nice person and he is also generous and hospitable. one day his fruity friend robert came over and he brought over local fresh durian, ordered and paid for by darrick, and we all sat in the sun and enjoyed magic durians he shared with us, and it was altogether seven of us; care taker and his girlfriend, me, mango, darrick, robert, and paul, he came for a few month to generally relax and have a break from the world and his usual everyday life. darrick loves fruit and he stayed with us here at fruitopia for about a week. he was lucky, it was a week long sunny break from the rainy days. then he left for bali. so far, he likes the philipines the most, for very tasty abundant durian of many varieties and he thinks he may live there for a while. while he was here, i once made it with mangos help to the creek where he also later on joined us, and he told me that while i was swimming i looked like an angel. i was very pleased with such a compliment. when he was finally leaving fruitopia, he said, that he would love to visit us in australia again one day. me and mango are glad to have another fruitarian friend.

on thursday we had a lazy day almost the same like on the monday, i had gotten sunburnt by the creek on the previous day, i had had such an awesome time that i forgot about the time..the creek has beautiful gum trees in the water and amazing small waterfalls.. so i avoided the sun for a few days and i took care of my sunburned skin with fresh aloe vera gel.

and as every friday, me and sweet mango visited cairns rusties market, and we bought for us and darrick a lot of local and fresh durians and back at fruitopia we all enjoyed and shared more than once a durian feast..

on saturday me and mango left for atherton market, and we bought cucumbers, red pawpaws and pineapples.
sunday was a beautiful and very relaxing day

on monday me and mango said goodbye to darrick and just before that we all had a sweet fruity picnic at one of mareeba's park.

on tuesday i had an idea to go in to atherton for cucumbers, and to my own amazement, after i parked our car near a second hand store, mango remained in the car with his crosswords, and i left for that store, and there, even though it was unexpected, were the cucumbers i had on my mind. so i was nicely surprised and pleased that i had listened to my intuition, and i bought a full big plastic bag and that was almost all of them. lovely cucumbers from somebody's garden, and so cheap, only two dollars sixty for the lot. on the way back mango drove and we stopped at fruit stalls by the road and we bought red pawpaws, avocados and passion fruits.

we have been ringing the mobile of the man whose house may be for us available to housesit from the seventh of february, but so far there has only been his message bank, so we are once again not sure about our housing situation.

we enjoy everyday yummy fruit, we drink or eat pineapples, drinking or eating cucumbers, drinking or eating grapes, eating cucumbers with avocado, mango is adding tomato and hot chilli as well. mamey sapote, i drink watermelon, and i eat occasionally a lady finger banana or two, or mango. and both of us are eating red pawpaw, passion fruit and lately more durians than usual. usually we enjoy local fresh durians on fridays saturdays and sundays, twice a day. and i almost forgot we are also eating yummy white nectarines, nectarines and peaches and we are drinking orange juice often. as always we are eating or drinking all fruits only raw and fresh.

life is beautiful

our life at fruitopia

2010-02-14T07:15:00.001+10:00

end of january 2010

our life at fruitopia in no way reaches our ideal, but despite that, we are happy to have a roof over our heads, especially now, during the tropical rainy season, I know that a temporary stay in a tent might probably/possibly not be a very happy experience, even so, it could be an interesting one, but we have gladly decided to let go of it.

we still have the first offer to move out to a different place, to house sit for one man, who on most days is working away from home, and therefore his house is empty, but we are hesitating to move in, because we also have another very simular offer, which is more suitable for us, as we prefer the area and the house as well, but the man who owns the house is a bit adventurous, so he arranges meetings with us, but does not arrive for them, or ring, that happened already two times, i have to give him credit for arriving once, but the other times he was fully silent for almost a week, so we are not sure what to expect and how it is all going to turn out. oh, no, but such is life, and we are doing our best to take it as it comes, and to accept that everything is happening for a reason, even at times we do not see the meaning of it straight away, that's life.

i got a bit tangled with the time in my last note about fruitopia, i wrote, that we had only two weeks left until we have to leave, but i found out that we have the whole month, but we are still hoping to move in to another place before then.

i also forgot to add, that this farm is registered as organic, and that made me more aware of such statements, so in future when i am going to buy organic fruit straight from a producer, i will look more in to what kind of fertilizers they are using. so far, i have not been too concerned about it, and we get the most of our fruit, which is very tasty and does not get so easily mouldy as the ones from fruitopia, on local markets. and since we become more aware of quality and production of fruit at fruitopia, we are eating much less of it. we are eating mainly passion fruit, a tiny bit of peanut butter fruit and we also ate some akee, which we love so much, but even though there are several akee trees here, on sunny days we were getting at most about ten a day, but since the time when the abundant rain arrived, we have only been finding one every few days, and that is hardly any. akee, just like us love the sun.

i also forgot to mention last time, that in the beginning fruitopia had two owners, but one recently left, because even though those two people shared the same vision at first, that changed with time and now fruitopia has just one owner, and a little bit poorer as well, because he had to buy out the previous co-owner. and because he did not have enough money, he agreed to also sell him a corner of fruitopia, with the agreement that the previous co-owner would not sell it, but instead should keep the land. but as it happened, this promise was not kept and the corner was sold to some slightly not so wanted neighbour.

i would like to add as well, that another neighbour beside fruitopia is a farmer on a huge acreage, and he is producing a big mono mango and avocado orchard and he is not at all organic or environmentally friendly because he is using poisonous chemicals as fertilizers and he also uses poison to spray the trees, and the wind blows those deadly chemicals onto some parts of Fruitopia as well, and on top of it, all those damaging chemicals are in the soil, and they travel a long way through waterways and rain water. we were also told, that here at fruitopia no one keeps eye on the soil condition, and that once a year the owner gets a form to fill in and send with the required money, and that is all that's needed to certify the farm as organic. so, as far organic produce goes, i learned, that i truly don't know, what is on my table and getting in to my bloodstream. it must be my intuition, which i do listen to, that i never feel very positive about organic fruit sold in the shops, and therefore i never truly did look for it. i was also turned off by overpriced organic fruit and its appearance and also my intuition was telling me it is not the real deal. the only organic fruit my intuition agreed with was from the gardens of people i knew well and such fruit was very tasty. the story goes the same for fruits from my own previous gardens.

thanks to the abundant rain, the water everywhere has risen up and gotten very wild, so we have recently been bathing only in the bath tub, just because we have not wanted to be carried away by wild waters. we could swim in any of the many lakes on the tablelands, but they are a bit farther away from our present location. we only hope that our new home is going to be situated not far from some of the beautiful lakes of far north queensland, so we would be able to swim as much we want even in the peak of the rainy season.

since we arrived in the tropics, we've been regularly visiting, each friday, cairns fresh produce markets, rusty's, and that is where we are getting our very yummy and each one very original fresh magic durians. they began their season just around the time we moved on to fruitopia. and as usual, we are learning from experience, and by now, we know who is selling the best and the most yummy durians. yes, it happened, that we've occasionally bought very off durians, and so far, we've always managed to get our money back or another durian, and that is great, because fresh local durian is expensive, it can cost from eight to ten australian dollars per kg. the best price so far was once at one stall for six dollars, and on that day me and mango bought more durians than usual, so we feasted on durians big time. each friday, after we arrive at rusty’s markets, we buy durians first, and then we have an adorable durian breakfast, we share usually two, or three, depending on the size, and after breakfast we continue our fruit shopping. we always get oranges, we only drink them, and pineapples, we only eat them, even though we get some juice by hand squashing the pineapple skin, and we also always get red pawpaw. and occasionally the odd rare fruit or 2, like different kind of sapote, mango, they are still available in abundance, mangosteen, lychee and longan, which is a bit expensive, because the longan season just began.

and every saturday we visit other near by, or not so near by, local fresh produce markets where we get our fruit straight from growers. especially very tasty cucumbers, i never tasted so yummy, sweet, juicy and creamy cucumbers like the ones here in the tropics. also one very nice originally german man, mango worked for him for a while, it was at those days, when mango used to live in this neck of the woods, about 11 years ago, sometimes gives us very soft, but not mouldy, ready to eat red pawpaw for free. he lets me pick them, as many as i want to. so far, it seems that he grows the most yummy red pawpaw in the region, yum. he also sold us yesterday, about 5kg of very yummy and top quality lady finger bananas only for one dollar, mango gave him two. from another man, we get the yummiest avocados, and then from what ever other stall holders have to offer, we choose intuitively and buying usually passion fruit, water melons, pineapples, etc..

at times, we even buy fruit from supermarkets, usually telegraph cucumbers on special, and they are super tasty. also on special, very sweet white nectarines, and just recently so far cheapest in the area, and also very sweet, green grapes.

the truth is, we don't know how exactly the fruit we buy is fertilized or treated, but we know that it is taste very yummy, it looks and behaves very healthily and we feel its great benefit. we do not feel sick, or suffering any pains, yes, our health is with us.

and because it's often raining, mango is writing more than usual and i do a bit more writing as well, but i read more, not on the internet, but books. i already read a few of them. mango also planted in a box some durian seeds and they have already sprouted out and i took some pictures of them. we are going to take them with us, once is time to move out. we also gather some other fruit seeds, we like to grow at our next location.

there is, here at fruitopia a very very slow dial up internet connection, so slow, that it is taking a few minutes to turn the page, and on top of it, they are often errors occurring, and that is for me the worst scenario, because in most cases i don't know what to do, and my only choice is to bother mango, to help me with it. luckily, he is so nice, that he always helps me, with smile (almost always), but i do not like much the idea, to bother him with such thing. and that is the reason, why i am not very often on internet, and i use it only very shortly. mango was looking for solution for better internet access, and after some research we bought a wireless broadband modem for about hundred dollars, and prepaid usage for seventy dollars for two months. there was some limit on the usage, and even though, mango did a fair bit of research and spoke for ages with the sales person at "allphones", very soon, after we began using our wireless broadband, mango discovered, that our limited usage was disappearing way too fast, even though we were doing our best to use it sparingly. no, wonder, even mango, the net whiz, got confused, and he went to some forum debating net connections, and very quickly learned, that optus was making big money for a tiny bit of service, and our luck was with us, that he discovered this just before our 14 day trial period was due to run out, so we could return the modem, get the $100 refund, but we lost seventy dollars, witch was advertised to last for two months, and it was used in two weeks, despite hardly being used. and because we are not sure, were we will be living in the near future, we decided to stay on fruitopia's dial up connection, and we'll look in to it again once we have moved out. not every area is network accessible, so we do not want to end up with a useless modem, and more loss of money as well.

and it is monday, the beginning of the new week, and i am looking forward to see what this week is going to deliver to us.

i woke up in the morning to a lovely sunny day, but in one hour dark big clouds arrived, and it was overcast, without rain, so far.. yesterday was a little bit sunny, mostly cloudy and it rained only a bit at night time, i went to sleep at three o'clock in the morning. oh, i would never believe it, but i miss the rain :) true is i always loved the rain, as long as the temperature stays around 30 + celsius.

mango has lost appetite for watermelons, actually, he was never very keen on them, so he had today orange juice and i had a watermelon juice. they were fresh juices, made by me from raw fresh fruit, and we drank them fresh , straight after they were made. as always. yum, yum, yummy, yum. i love fresh, freshly squeezed fruit juices.

life is beautiful

ps: the pictures will appear again, as soon as we get a fast internet connection :)

the place on the earht called fruitopia

2010-02-01T11:30:00.002+10:00

got its name when one person bought eighty acres of previous tobacco plantation and transformed it into his dream; a big fruit orchard, because he loves fruit. he has been living here and growing fruit trees for six years now. true, some mango and lychee trees were already growing along with the tobacco earlier.

just before we drove off from sydney toward our fruity dream, we were invited to visit fruitopia, and its kind owner let us stay for some time. i am sure he would let us stay longer, but before we appeared here, he had already promised the accommodation we're living in, to some family who are supposed to soon move in, and therefore we will have to move out, and go on, even though we don't have a clear idea where, and we have one month left to look and find a new place to live.

a few days ago we went to have a look at a place where we could move to in two weeks time, and if we don't find something more suitable, we will surely move in there, just for the time till we find a place witch may suit more or fully our needs and dreams

even though fruitopia is blessed with two thousand fruit trees of many kinds of fruit, and raw fresh fruit is my daily food, i am looking forward to move out. there are surely differences between fruit orchards. i am not enjoying looking at the fruit trees which are unhealthy, because they do not grow in healthy soil. on top of it, there is not enough people living here to take care of so many fruit trees. most of the trees are choked by tall grass and numerous weeds, which are happily flowering and after flowers produce an abundance of seeds and thus happily and joyfully continue multiplying.

and why is the soil so unwell? well, previously the owners were for growing tobacco for financial profit for forty years, and to earn as much money as possible, their goal was to achieve the biggest harvest possible, because greed is never satisfied. but on the contrary, the more it has the more it wants, and therefore the harvest had to be each time bigger, and that was possible only through feeding the soil more and more with strong chemical fertilisers. and with the soil it is the same story as with the human body, because we are dust and in dust we will return, and if our body and soil is not fed properly, it get sick and dies in suffering..

and therefore we are harvesting some fruit from Fruitopia already mouldy and some will get mouldy very fast after harvest. on top of it, the fruit is not sweet and tasty enough, even though it is fertilized by so called "natural" fertilizers in the form of granules, which i do not personally perceive as natural, and the soil has not yet had long enough time to strengthen and heal itself. in addition, the granules used for fertilizing consist of blood, meat and bones of dead animals. and that is not all, the fruit trees are sprayed with a fish paste from dead fish, diluted with water.

oh, yes, for many years i have been aware, that i am unaware of what treatment the fruit i am living on gets. and that is one of the reasons why i and my sweet mango are looking for a bit of land, where we can grow our fruity food as we wish, the vegan way. we do not want to eat fruit fertilized with dead processed animals or chemicals.

through the land of fruitopia, there runs a beautiful creek, the way to it is very steep. awkward steps have been built to get down to it, and despite my walking difficulties after a serious spine and spinal cord injury i am able to get to and from it, but i cannot get in to the water as the big boulders on the creek shore are too slippery, so i could slip into the water with ease, but it would be impossible to climb out due to the slimy surface. so i have no reason to go there. more so, because even the way up would be so difficult for me, that after refreshing myself with a swim, and climbing all the way up the steep hill, i would feel like i wanted to jump in the water again to refresh my self, so i would find myself in a vicious circle, thus i gave up on the idea of swimming down there.

luckily only five km from fruitopia in mareeba centre, is the lovely barron river, and me and mango, we found there a nice private place for swimming, that no one seems to visit, because they have a better place further up the river :) so that is our swimming place for now on, but our ideal is to live on a piece of land with some kind of water feature not far from the house, so we could swim a few times throughout the day, because swimming is for both of us a big life joy. only recently we went to get some yummy fruit at the market in the cute little town of malanda, and because when mango is driving i always look below every bridge we pass by to see the water i love so much, i noticed that malanda has a lovely river with a beautiful waterfall, and therefore straight after the fruit shopping at the markets, we returned there, and swam with joy in such an amazing place, but even before that we had a yummy durian picnic in the sun. yum.

well, i am curious as to where we are going to end up when our time here at fruitopia is over.

we do not eat much fruit from fruitopia, even though some fruit is edible, for example jack fruit, ice cream beans, akee and peanut butter fruit and rarely paw paw. but most of if before it gets ready it turns mouldy, and me and mango, we do not eat mouldy fruit. we both believe that mould is poisonous and therefore not healthy. i've noticed, that a lot of people cut the mould off and eat the remaining peace of fruit. i believe that such fruit has the mould spores throughout it.

well, it is once more a long note, so i better finish it.

life is beautiful

what appears at first glance to be healthy, fruitopia.

what appears at first glance to be a healthy banana trees. one with a bunch of green bananas

what appears at first glance to be a healthy pawpaw

adored citizen of fruitopia, the green tree frog, i am not sure how healthy she is, i have not tasted her, and i don't even intend to, and i also don't know where and what she eats.

and here are our waterfalls

singing with the right brain hemisphere

2010-01-25T17:59:00.001+10:00

happened on weekend 16. - 18. june 2009 on my holiday in bohemia

my parents, as always gave me a lift to the railway station at marianske lazne, and i set out on an about eight hour long journey to the town telc, a day earlier, on thursday, because i wanted to enjoy not only singing, but also the medieval/ancient and picturesque telc. besides, the course began on friday afternoon, around five, so i wanted to have some rest after the long train journey, before i got into the singing.

oh, because i like travelling, the journey alone was a beautiful experience for me; as always i found a seat by the window, so i could watch the plentiful beauty of nature, there was plenty to adore and my soul was in awe over the beautiful forests, flowery meadows, rivers, lakes and the sky was full of you my god as well. most of all i was taken aback by the amazing landscape from prague all the way to telc, and the closer the train approached telc, the beauty was more beautiful. the sun was shining on the way, and on top of it, i was looking forward to singing and telc like a little girl, smiling plentifully. the pleasant journey passed by quickly and before i knew it i got out at telc's tiny railway station.

hmmm, where is that famous telc, i was asking myself, because as far i could see, there was only the railway station surrounded by lovely nature, while i adored the ancient trees, i decided to call a taxi. i had no phone on me, and i hadn't noticed a phone box either, but i noticed that not far from me, sat a girl, and i said hello, and i asked her if se had a mobile phone and i would pay her if she would be so kind and ring a taxi for me. she said that taxis in telc are not easily available, and they have to be booked out in advance and that the town was not too far, and she described the way there for me. i said thankyou for her information, and i was thinking to myself that i did not feel like walking with a full bag for a longer time, i understood, that with my slow walking pace, it may take me almost an hour to get there. and as i was standing there thinking what was i going to do, some other girl also sitting nearby who had overheard the earlier conversation, offered me kindly a lift into town, if i would wait for her, while she waved goodbye to her friend leaving on a train soon. wow, i thanked her with joy, and i said that i would be very happy to wait and i would pay her for a lift, and she said, that that would not be necessary as she was going that way anyway.

i was happy to be so lucky, and we were very soon travelling toward the tiny town, the lovely girl stopped her car near the old town square, and she gave me directions on how to get there, and after about five minutes of my slow pace i ran into a house advertising accommodation, I rang the bell and a lovely lady answered the door and i asked her if i could stay for a night, she scanned me from my loose wild hair down to my bare feet, she hesitated, but finally she gave me a big smile and said: "yes i have a room for you, please come in" and she showed me a cosy room with a huge comfy bed, not far from the wc and shower, and a big glass door to the little but very beautiful garden. i forgot to take a picture of it. i paid for one night, had a shower and ate in the garden two handfuls of lychees, which i also ate throughout my train journey. lychee is a great fruit for travels, it is relatively light, and nicely wrapped in its thin but strong skin, it does not get bruised, it is highly juicy and very filling, i usually eat one or two handfuls to satisfy my hunger and sometimes just one, two or three pieces. yum. after a fruity yummy dinner i went for a walk trough telc's picturesque little square, which was much smaller than i had imagined, so i had plenty of time to take a rest on a bench and enjoy the old spirit of the ancient town and more so, the more beautiful sky, much much older than old town telc.

i woke up to a lovely sunny morning, it was nicely warm as well, i had a shower, got dry in the little garden, and soon after i wondered off to get some yummy fruit. the town square had mainly shops with touristy stuff tempting tourists to get in and spent, so i took off in the opposite direction, according to the advise of my landlady, when she, after inquiring, told me the whereabouts of the nearest fruit shops. within ten minutes of slow walking, i found two shops selling a lot of fruit and i bought 1kg of very sweet apricots, and half of an also sweet and yummy watermelon. after my short shopping i returned to my room and i sat in the garden and ate with a healthy appetite about a half kg of very soft and tasty apricots. then i relaxed for a while and just after ten i said goodbye to the land lady and i was off to the town square, i sat on a sunny bench and i also took a few pictures, and around midday i walked slowly to the former monastery, where i had booked accommodation and the singing course was to be held.

and as soon as i walked into the big pretentious building and former monastery, which had been renovated and converted into an educational centre with accommodation, and when i began walking upstairs toward the reception, two lovely, happy girls walked past me, and to my amazement they addressed me by my name, i asked them from where they know me and one of them answered: "from the internet, we are working for the serafin company, we are teachers of the water colour course, and our boss sent the link of your blog to many of us." i was pleasantly surprised and very shortly the girls, who were carrying heavy loads of big drawing papers, disappeared from my view, and in no time, i announced myself at the reception, where an older gentleman, who was the boss of the place, greeted me as if i was his good old friend, and yes, he had also heard about me, you know, i was possibly, maybe the first czech-australian who had attended the courses by serafin, and therefore a bit famous.

and the lovely man, (i forgot his name) invited me to see their amazing garden, where to my nice surprise, there was also a beautiful river. and then he took me to some parts of the former monastery, and he told me a lot of interesting things about the building, garden and himself, and we surprised a busy working lady, in the dining room and we all had a lively conversation together, at this time mainly about me and australia. the whole excursion took about an hour, i left my bag in reception and when we returned the lovely man said goodbye and went home, and i checked into my attic room, with a lookout to the magic garden and river. i got all my fruit and some of my things out of my bag and i walked off in to the beautiful sunny blooming garden, which carried scent of the flowers, river and summer

i walked through the lovely garden and then i sat on a small river jetty and i felt so awesome, and i dangled my legs in the river and soon i began singing quietly and later on i sang at the top of my voice. just before five i returned to my room, ate the rest of the sweet apricots and i went in to the library without books, where the singing with right brain hemisphere course was to be held. we all arrived on time, and the teacher, dana, introduced her assistant, kacenka kahounova to us, a singer as well, and then we all joyfully began working, and we worked truly hard, oh, if you only knew the sweet girl dana houtkova, when she starts working she is unstoppable, we began singing soon after five and we sung all the way to dinner time, i am not sure if we had a one or two hour break for that, and after dinner, we chatted a bit and sang till late in the night on the dining rooms veranda, situated in the magic river garden. and so we sang all the way through the whole of gods saturday and till two in afternoon on sunday. yes, it was a lovely singing adventure all the way long.

early saturday night, when the nearby old church's lookout tower was closed for public, it was our time to climb up on the awkward stairs and sing all the songs we had learned, for all the public present on the old town square and for the audience of people who had attended the water colour course on the same weekend.

when lovely dana told us, that we were going to climb the tower, someone said, that there is no way that i was going to make it, and i said that i know what i can or cannot do, but they all agreed with that person and they were so sure, that i gave up on trying to change their minds and i decided to let actions speak instead of words. i was the last one to leave, so i would not be in anyone’s way, and yes, they were right, the stairs were very awkward, but i managed to climb them anyway, slowly but surely i took each step one at a time, i did not worry about the next one ahead of me, and soon sweet dana caught up with me and she gave me a helping hand, and it was a magic climb, like when two little girls are playing (having a good time). before we knew it, we had reached our destination, the top of the tower, and in a few seconds we were all singing at the top of our voices, as always along with dana's guitar. i sang with a great joy and that joy of mine filled up my soul and i so much enjoyed singing out from the top of the lookout tower to our audience, for myself, for our choir and god.

after we all got down from the tower and gathered in the library, i sat on my chair and i still felt the awe in my soul from the previous tower experience and when my eyes finally met up with others also sitting in their places, i was surprised of their expressions of adornment in the eyes of my fellow singers, and it dawned to me that it was about the stair climbing, and i may say that my ability to do so had taken their breath away. and sweet dana had a longer speech of admirment concerning my personality, and that, plus the expression of the others after i had descended the tower, touched me deeply and pleased me.

soon after i was touched again; our choir sang one song prior to the opening of an art exhibition of the pictures drawn by the people from the water colour course, and then we looked at the pictures, and i was touched by their beauty and i cried tears of joy. i was also brought to tears by a speech given by one of the teachers of the painting course, a very sweet girl, who used to sit with us after dinner on the terrace of the lovely garden and she chatted and sang with us as well. i forget her name, but i will never forget her.

on sunday after the lunch we sang and our songs were recorded. i was curious how the recording of the music was going to be made, but at the end we had not even noticed that we were being recorded, all that was needed was a laptop and a tiny microphone. and only a few days after the course the cd with songs arrived by post to me. during the recording of the cd, each of us also sang a little solo piece, and it took me a bit of time before i was able to do so in front of so many people, but i didn't give up and finally i made it, it was for me a big achievement and i cried with tears of joy once more, and then i sang with greater joy then before.

the singing with right brain hemisphere course was by far outnumbered by women, only one man attended

i took part in this course because i love singing and on top of that, i had for a long time been dreaming of singing in a choir. i tried to be a part of a choir while i lived in sydney, but they were all held at night time, and that did not suit me, because i avoid night city scenes. singing is a part of my existence just like talking or breathing, but at times i used to be very uncomfortable with singing in front of others, especially unfamiliar ones. i never had a problem singing together with others, just solo. therefore i was hoping that thanks to singing with the right brain hemisphere i would be able to break this fear and feel free to sing whenever i want to. and that truly happened, i can now sing alone in front of anyone. i also discovered, that i love singing more than i thought and since the course i sing more often and with more zest than before.

me and teacher dana, we grew very fond of each other, it happened already when we were exchanging emails concerning the course formalities. meeting her was a most beautiful gift which i took back with me from the singing weekend in telc, and carry with love in my soul.

when it was finally time to leave and say goodbye, i was singing in my mind and then aloud, a little from one of our songs: oh, my god, i do not want to go home.

i got a lift to prague with a very lovely girl, hanicka (who was also on the singing course), we had a very great conversation, and she took me all the way to the central railway station, she even took a longer way to show me where her home is. we exchanged a few emails, but then my email did not get delivered, i tried a few times without success, i owed her a reply. i only hope that one day our destinies will cross paths again. she also grew close to my heart and i enjoy recalling our time together

and not only the time spent with her, but also with all those i had the pleasure of singing along with, they all truly enriched my life.

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

the weekend choir at telc. me and dana houtkova are standing a bit separately, which we were not aware of, but we surely knew, that we were an inseparable pair :)

me and telc's river in the garden of the former ancient monastery, my soul was in awe, i was singing and i was looking forward to meet dana, my fellow students and to sing in the choir.

ps: i ate my yummy apricots, lychees, watermelon and bananas separately, the others had their meals booked with the course.

the pencil and my lovely auntie in decin

2010-01-07T18:04:00.001+10:00

added a lot to my plentiful and beautiful experiences on my czech holidays. i did not know about the existence of such a thing as drawing with the right brain hemisphere, but one day i was reading some travelling stories on the internet, and there it was, and it got my attention and i became immediately interested, so i right away searched for and i found a course by the company serafin, in prague, and i gladly looked for more detailed information and i found out, that they had only one free weekend while i would be in bohemia. i had already booked a ticket online a few weeks earlier and it worked out that the pencil course would be held in decin, the town where the sister of my mum lives, my auntie miluska. we like each other a lot, and we have an unusual and strong genetic connection, and we had not seen each other for a few years, not that we did not want to, we really did, but in the end it never worked out for us and therefore i was very happy, that thanks to the pencil course i was finally going to see her.

my auntie miluska is about five years longer in this world than me, and when i was just a little girl i used to look up to her and adore her, especially when she was, as we say, a big girl. i used to like about her that she knew how to live happily in her own world. we used to see each other only a few times each year. she used to live in the tiny town bozi dar, about 70km from my little village skalna, i used to love to come and visit, we all had a peaceful and great time at grandma's place, and me and my brother and other kids used to have fun playing outside. especially during the winter it was an even more exciting and interesting experience for me, already on our way to grandma's (my mum's mum), my dad had to get out of our car, felicia, and shovel the snow away from the road so we could continue on our way, then he would get back in and drive for a short while, and that kept happening a few times again and again once we started getting closer to bozi dar, situated in the mountains. there was plenty of snow, so much of it, that us kids used to build igloos from snow bricks, just in front of the school where my grandma victorka (victoria) used to live in and work as the school keeper. i used to love to be a part of such a big and exiting project and till today i hold those memories very dear to me, despite the fact that i have not been attracted to the cold winter and snow since my early twenties.

my parents, with whom i had spent a few lovely days gave me a lift in to marjasnke lazne and soon after our goodbye, i was looking out from a bus window which ran instead of the train, because the train station was under reconstruction.. i travelled into cheb and then after a very short time i jumped on a fast train, which took me all the way to the town usti nad labem and there i had just enough time to change trains and before i knew it i was in decin. my journey was enjoyable, the sun was shining, the countryside was showing off its fresh luscious greenness of many hues and the strawberries i took along with me to feast on were beautifully strawberry, and to add more beauty to it all, i had a great conversation with one happy travelling lady. when she had seen how much i was enjoying my strawberries, she took out from her bag an apple and she was telling me how she discovered that when she eats fruit, she is both drinking and eating at once, and therefore when she travels, she eats only raw fresh fruit and therefore she doesn't have to bother taking with her a heavy and big bottle with water. she made me very happy with her smart observation, and i was gladly agreeing with her smart observation and discovery and i told her she is very smart, and i shared with her that i do not have need for drinking, because i live on raw fresh fruit alone, and she got curious and interested and we ended up having a pretty fruity conversation.

when i jumped out from the train in decin, i was expecting my auntie to be waiting for me on the platform, but i could not see her, so i decided not to wait for her and i went on my way out from the platform, and as soon as i walked down the stairs, my dear auntie mila(miluska) was calling to me: "kvetusko, i am here. helloooo, oh, i am so glad you finally came to visit us" and she give me a kiss on the cheek, then we shared a happy hug, and then she took my bag from my shoulder, she grabbed my hand and we walked while chatting with excitement toward the car, where her darling partner, pepa, was waiting for us. we also said happy hellos, and off we were to get some pineapples, strawberries, blueberries and watermelons. we got strawberries and blueberries next to the road from friendly gypsies, they let me taste their fruit first, so i gave them nice tip, and we were all happy, the berries tasted divine. since then i did not need to buy any fruit because pepa was always ahead of me with the fruit shopping; he would shop every early morning and he would take special care of my fruit as well, even though i did not ask him too, so after i woke up and had a nice bath in my own little (not so little) flat attached to their house, i would always after my morning things hurry up to, not only my lovely auntie waiting for me, but also pepa and aromatic and very yummy fruit as well. the pineapples were big and sweet as honey and i could easily eat one in one sitting, and the strawberries were heavenly, and watermelons like a poem. i was also happy to see that pepa and miluska also enjoy eating fruit (yes, they enjoyed eating other stuff as well) and we always had a great and peaceful time, and they treated me like a princess and miluska often called me princess as well.

the weather was a bit disappointing, most of the time was overcast with frequent showers and it was not very hot either, but despite all that i managed twice to have a nice swim in the garden pool, and in-between the showers, we also visited some lovely county scenes near decin, we also went to see decin's lookout, and it was right there, where suddenly some old forgotten dream came back to me and it was not just this one long-time-forgotten dream that resurfaced, throughout the time i spent in decin, and its beautiful surroundings, a few interesting forgotten dreams appeared in my mind. well, that really took my attention, it was for me a new and interesting experience. nothing is ever truly forgotten. yes, we had for a few days a great and magic time and then time for the pencil course arrived.

it is true that i really did not want to attend the pencil course, i would much rather have preferred, thanks to my big love of colours, the colour pencils course instead, but that was impossible, because the pencil course was required to get in to the colour pencil one. so in the end i made peace with it, when i came up with the idea that if i wanted to, i could colour in my pencil pictures later on.

auntie miluska prepared for me a few fruit lunch boxes and soon after, she and pepa gave me a lift into the town centre where the course was held. i arrived at the venue almost first, but the class was very soon filled up with lovely people desiring to learn how to draw. i've liked to draw since i was a little girl, and i was mainly interested in using the right brain hemisphere, and also to be able to draw things by looking at them and kind of copying them and not only using my fantasy. on top of everything i suspected that i wa going to learn something new for sure, and i always love to do that.

the lovely and clever teacher sarka began working with joy and zest and we payed full attention to all she was teaching us, and very soon we were all drawing with excitement, and it was going on for the whole beautiful day. i do not want to say in detail everything we drew and learned, because i do not want to spoil the experience for those who may love to one day attend such an amazing course full of lovely surprises. the most beautiful about it was that in a very short time, we were truly able to draw stuff we would never have dreamt of. we all were amazed by our drawing abilities and creations. wow, i could atend a school like this for ever.. i learned so much more than i had been expecting. my eye for detail increased a lot, and i also looked at everything from different angles. and everything i looked at, i drew in my mind. on top of all this, suddenly everything that i considered complicated to draw, became very easy. the two full days of drawing passed by very fast and i am sure that the next time i visit bohemia i am going to atend the colour pencil course in decin and i hope that the teacher sharka will be there as well.

my previous plan had been to travel to see my parents for some time again on monday, but monday awoke with blue skies, and the sun was shining like there was no tomorrow, so it was not difficult for my auntie to talk me in to staying for one more day, so i rang my mum that i would be a bit late with my arrival and off i went with miluska and her grand daughter, who instantly fell in love with me and me with her, for an exciting boat trip from decin to hrensko. oh, it was such a lovely day, full of joy and beauty. we stayed in hrensko till late evening. the ship had finished its journeys for the day, so we jumped on a bus instead to get back home.

and it was tuesday, time to say goodbye and the same way i travelled in, i travelled back to marjanske lazne railway station, where my sweet parents picked me up, and i spent with them a few yummy days once more. on the thursday i was again travelling by train in to telc, to attend a singing with right brain hemisphere course, and i was sooo looking forward to it.

about that some other time..

life is beautiful

ps: the pencil drawing course was run by the company sefafin located in prague, and took place on 11.-12. june 2009 in decin, bohemia

my auntie miluska is always in ecstasy when she finds any mushrooms, even non edible poisonous ones, (so is her sister, my mum). on one of our trips near by decin.

lookout in decin

i am drawing with right brain hemisphere (far right)

sarka gave us a portrait do draw, this was my creation.

school reunion

2010-01-03T14:58:00.003+10:00

happened on saturday, 4th july 2009 in skalna (czech republic).

true, i was so much looking forward to it, not only to see my school mates again, no wonder, i hadn't seen most of them since we were fifteen or eighteen, but i was looking forward to see the little village of skalna as well. i grew up there, i loved running outdoors everywhere, i knew every stone and corner, forests, little forest, island of skeletons, the ant hill, swimming lake, little creek, and so on... so on..

and because i desired to spend more time with my little village, i traveled over on the friday morning already. mum and dad drove me with their car into marianske lazne to catch a train, but trains were unavailable, because the railway station had been bought by some italian or french company, and all the railway tracks had been pulled out and there were big trenches instead, it was obvious that workers were working fast and hard, and they also managed to construct a wc in the old railway building that could easily compete with the best i have seen in the western world. after i had said my goodbyes to my parents, i used that impressive wc, and shortly after i jumped on the bus, which the railway was using instead of the train. and it was a beautiful journey, the sun was shining on our way and i was in a celebrative mood. i truly enjoyed the bus trip, looking at and admiring the nature, and some long time memories surfaced, oh, how many times me and mango traveled this road in to cheb to get yummy durians, and how often i traveled on it throughout all my czech life, this road is so well known and intimate..

cheb was also sunny, but wet, the rain must have stopped not long ago, and i was happily waiting over half an hour on a sunny bench for the next bus journey to skalna. i didn't recognised anyone on the bus-stop. i hadn't visited skalna for many many years, only three years ago for half of the day with mango, we had a swim in the lake and then we looked around the village, driving through some parts of it and i did not see anyone i know, - or maybe i did, but didn't recognise them. the bus journey from cheb to skalna was even more intimate, and even more old time memories came up, like the ones from my childhood, when usually only me and my brother were often walking on the same 6km long road in to the picturesque town and spa baths frantiskovy lazne. we didn't used to walk all the way on the road, we took some short cuts through fields and meadows. thanks to frequent short heavy rains and the early summer season the plants were beautifully and lusciously green. they were shining with their green light. the half hour travel seemed very short, and it was around midday when i jumped out from the bus onto the little village square, and straight away i felt like i was at home.

The sun not only shone, but it gave a lot of warmth as well, and it was noticeably much warmer than in marjianke lazne, and it stayed that way throughout my whole stay in skalna. i stopped on the very short walk to my hotel, where i had been booked in by one of my shoolmates inge, at a little grocery shop to see if they had any fruit as well, and yes they did, so i got some very yummy and ready to eat nectrarines and apricots. they didn't have any cherries, i could not believe it, as they were in season, but hey, that was ok, as long as i had some yummy fruit to munch on i was happy. then i continued on my very short walk to hotel garni, and i arrived to a locked door, surprised i rang the door bell, once, twice, and all i got back was silence and so it dawned on me that noone was home..hmm, i wondered what is going on for a sec and then i decided walk across the street and get some info in a little pub and there i was told where to go and pick up the hotel key, and when i began crossing the road again, one of my school mates, olina, was standing on the other side and she was happily greeting me and soon i gave her a hug and kiss and she told me that she had time and she would walk with me to get the key, to make sure that i didn't get lost. i agreed and she took my not so heavy bag from me and we began our about ten minutes long walk, chatting with excitement on the way, and we also ran in to one afterschool teacher, we said hello and chatted for a short while, i found it interesting that she looked almost the same, as if she had only aged a little, and then me and olina continued our journey in to the restaurant owned by hotel garni owners and we arrived in no time to their lovely beer garden, lucious with radiating green vines climbing the walls, poles and pergola ceiling. i had some nectrarines for my late breakfast and olga (olina) had a drink, and very soon i was filling out the form for the hotel, and the waiters were very friendly and swift. me and olga enjoyed chatting on the lovely verandah, and we also remembered and spoke about my grandma anicka (ann), my fathers mum. when anicka retired and moved out from the school, where she had lived and worked as a school keeper, she and olga became neighbours, living in the same old apartment blog. they soon became very good friends and they visited each other a lot and my grandma was babysitting olgas little children for free as well.

when it was time to say goodbye to olina (she said she would not be attending the school reunion) i walked back to the hotel with the key and when i entered, i learned that there was no one present, just me. i had a very unusual and nice feeling about it and i was singing, walking upstairs and then on the end of a long hallway i found my my very comfy and lovely room with a big window with a lookout to a big backyard and i also could see a big part of the road i use to walk, jump and skip on a lot.. and the houses and lovely gardens around.

as usual i had no watch or mobile on me, so i was asking myself how am i going to contact another of my schoolmates, inge, i wanted to meet up with her asap. i decided not to occupy my mind with it and i jumped in to the shower, then i unpacked my bag and enjoyed the yummy apricots, followed by relaxation and then i went to see what fruit they had in another near by grocery store, and got some more fruit for the rest of my stay.

but first i revisited the shop where i got the very tasty nectarines and apricots earlier, to get some more, and this time i recognised the salesperson, it was alena, my childhood friend and she also recognised me at the second time. we had not seen each other for a long long time, and we chatted for a while, and then the shop phone rang and alena disappeared into the little shop office, so i carried my nectarines and apricots i had bought back to the hotel and then went to check the other shop, just around the corner next to the old church.. in front of the shop stood a, to me unknown, girl/woman, and when i came closer to the shop she called out: "inge", and i thought: well, this is great, inge is in the shop, i wanted to see her and talk to her, and in no time she came out from the shop and she regognised me and she greeted me with a big smile and so did i. we chatted on the street for about ten minutes and then we agreed to meet at six o clock at night, on the same verandah i had sat down and spoken with olina earlier. i told her that i was without a watch or mobile, but that i would try to make it on time. she laughed and she said, that i was always like this.. and we also chatted with her brother and sister who both live very near that shop and then we all went on with our day, i got in the shop and i bought a half a watermelon and 2kg of bananas, i took my sweet fruit in to my room, i packed my bag and i went for an about half hour walk to the lake for a refreshing swim.

and as i was at the beginning of my journey, walking alongside the church, toward the ancient castle, my school teacher brizova from my first class joined me. i always liked and looked up to her, she was and still is a very lovely person, and she also looked almost the same, as if she had hardly aged, carrying with ease her very slim body, and she told me that she also goes often for a swim, but on that day she was going only for a walk and to have a look at the water. we chatted all the way to the lake talking as well about times when i began my first year at school, about forty seven years ago. we also gave each other nice compliments and when we reached the lake, we said our goodbyes and she was off to her home and i went to my favorite spot by the lake to relax in the sun and then have a swim.. and there were two sisters of alena from the first shop i went to, and one of them had a seven year young grandson with her, and we chatted about our past and present while grandson was mainly enjoying the lakes water. once i felt nice and warm from the sun i also jumped into the lovely water and i swam with zest and joy and at times i was just floating, and all around me was only nature, i felt so great and when i felt cold i got out on the sun again and soon after everyone left and i deeply relaxed and as soon as the mighty sun warmed me up again i jumped into the lake for another enjoyable swim and soon i felt euphoric and soon after i got out from the water my euphoric feelings increased and i was laughing with joy.. as usual after i've had a good swim. about one hour later i had the last swim and as soon as the sun had dried my skin i jumped into my dress and barefooted as all day long i was off on a beautiful solo walk from the lake to my room.

i walked along a little creek, the one i used to walk barefoot through in my beautiful childhood summer days, i used the creek instead of the road next to it. this time i walked on the road, but almost with the same fascination as so many years ago, i looked at the water, how it was peacefully traveling, at the sand and the little and bigger pebbles on its bottom, and at all of its natural beauty that little creek possessed and as i went along i could also see that the little creek was getting slightly bigger.. and surely i noticed some lovely flowers along the way as well, and mighty trees etc, and there was no way that the lady with the cherries could not have gotten my attention. she carried them with a tender care, they had just been freshly picked by her husband from their garden, she informed me, after i'd asked her where she'd found such beautiful cherries. i told her that i love cherries, and i could not get any in the shops and i asked her if i could buy some from her. she smiled and told me that these were for her family, and she offered me a few big handfuls, and she also said that she would send cherries for me via her young daughter in law tomorrow morning at breakfast time to the hotel where i was staying. she happened to be a member of the family who owned the hotel i stayed in. so i was very thankful for her kindness, and just before we said goodbyes she offered me another handful of cherries, oh, how could i resist, so i took more cherries and i was continuing my magic walk, i was almost there and on my arrival i had a shower, cherries, nectarines, apricots and relaxation while watching the beautiful blue sunny skies, where lovely, and white as the snow clouds, were traveling, it was summer time, beautiful summer time, just like summer time is supposed to be..

and just as i got out fom the hotel on the street on my way to meet inge, i could hear that someone was calling my name, so i turned around and i could see that some lady was running toward me, it was one of my friends and shoolmates vladka. i couldn't recongise her, she had to tell me her name, and we were both very happy to see each other again, and we chatted all the way to the verandah of the restaurant where was already waiting inge and dana the other school mate and inge's long term friend. we had a great time chatting and looking at some photos the girls had brought along. yes, i made it there on time, and it was about eight thirty at night when we said our goodbees and see you tomorrow at reunion. inge also said to me: " come and visit me tomorrow morning". i said: "ok"

i walked to my hotel room alone and didn't meet a soul. i went to bed and i was very relaxed and looking out of the window and thinking about all the days' events, and i was looking forward to the next day. then i switched on the tv and there were people singing songs and i ate almost the half of my watermelon and it was around midnight when i fell asleep.

i woke up to a beautiful sunny summer morning, and was relaxing in bed and then i had a shower and dried myself siting in a big comfy armchair on a big towel, the sun was shining directly on me, i was admiring the sky and when i was dry i put on my dress and i walked downstairs for the breakfast included. they had lot of toxic stuff but also nectarines, i asked if i could take some with me as i wanted to have breakfast much later, they said yes, and i was also brought the promised and very tasty cherries for a beautiful price with a beautiful smile of a lovely young woman. the breakfast time for hotel guests was almost over and she began also cleaning the dining room and we ended up chatting till eleven o clock. i did not know her previously as she had moved to skalna when she got married to one of the sons of the family who owned the hotel and restaurant.

when i returned with my fruit to my room i said to myself: "inge said come over in the morning, but who knows when her morning begins, and i felt at peace and i did not think i may be late, so i slowly took out my fruit from the plastic bags and soon after i strolled bare foot to visit inge. my destination was not far, but i was very slow, enjoying walking on nice soft grass and fine sand, oh, it felt so beautiful, my feet and soul were rejoicing..

and it was exactly midday when i mistakenly rang the bell to inge's mum flat. so i was surprised when inge's sister answered the door and soon after, curious mum came up as well, because we were talking for a while, but very soon i was ringing the door bell one floor up, and the timing was perfect, inge had woken up only a short time ago and was ready to chat with me, we had a very interesting and long conversation and i am looking forward to visiting her again. time flew very fast and at three thirty in the afternoon we left separately for the school reunion.

i stopped over on my way, at the hotel, and i stuffed myself with a lot of yummy cherries, then i was relaxing for half an hour and finally i finished my walk to the school reunion. it was a reunion of two classes because i attended one before my back injury and the other class one year later after, that was also the time when i was for the first time home again, and it was only for half of the year, but that's a different story. the school reunion was held in a big room of a restaurant called pohoda. and as i was approaching the restaurant i already ran it to some schoolmates, and i found it difficult recognising the most of them, but with time i found the faces grew more familiar. a bit later already in the restaurant i walked around two very long tables, and i greeted and chatted shortly with everyone and then most of the time just sat down and chatted only with those who were near me. i changed my place a few times. i was in some kind of shock and a bit speechless later on, and i just observed and listened, it was like watching some interesting movie and at times i managed to have a few short conversations. after some time my schoolmates gave me a gift of very nice cut flowers, i was touched, surprised and i almost cried. soon after i felt sorry that they all didn't receive flowers, and then i felt sorry for the flowers being cut, because i do not cut flowers to end their life, and then i decided to cheer up and don't let myself down just because i perceive life differently than most. the whole event was very peaceful, cheerful, interesting and an unforgettable experience and around 2 in the morning the last of us said our goodbyes and a few schoolmates walked me to the front door of the hotel garni, where we wished each other a cheerful goodnight, and i went alone to my room and i placed the flowers in the big jug on the square coffee table in the corner, they fitted in perfectly and they beautified the whole room with their lovely colours and magic lifeforce and nature.

i finished the watermelon and i was relaxing in the comfy bed at least for another hour, going in my mind through the whole day and night again..and the flowers were at the center of my attention, i could not take my eyes of such beauty, and then i drifted into peaceful sweet sleep. i woke up around nine in the morning and about three hours later i went in the restaurant to return the keys, and some of the owners offered me a lift in to cheb, as they were leaving soon to some carneval, driving through on their way. it was a beautiful sunny and warm summer sunday, and i also had time after my breakfast in the hotel for a good chat with the young lady of the family and it came out that she is a good friend with some members of my family who live in skalna, i do not want to get in to it here, but we ended up having a very interesting conversation.

with the fancy car, we were in cheb in no time and i got out, said thankyou and goodbye and walked out with my flowers and cherries, to see when my train/bus would be headed for marianske lazne, and it was to leave in just a few minutes, so before i knew it, i was back out there, and from there i got a taxi in to the near by village where my parents and some other members of my family live. i spent some good quality time with them and on thursday my parents gave me a lift again in to marianske lazne where i caught the train/bus almost to the town plzen and there i jumped on the real train witch took me through plzen and usti nad labem and there i changed train for decin..

where my auntie was waiting for me with her beloved partner, and a weekend on a right brain hemisphere drawing course, but i will write a bit about that some other time..

life is beautiful

ps: they had no cherries in the skalna shops because the local trees and trees in peoples gardens were loaded, so the shops wouldn't have been able to sell them.. much more happened in skalna, but i do not want to write toooo long a post.

school reunion 2009

me and my classmates

the flowers the present from my schoolmates

fruitopia

2009-12-24T14:02:00.002+10:00

is our home for now, while me and mango are looking for our dream home. we went to see some property on the atherton tablelands, with a stunning far away view of hills and valleys, but without water to swim in and a phone line, so we had to let go of this lovely place, i was a bit disappointed as i could see myself live there happily. it was a good experience, we first had an idea to go for some temporary property, that didn't exactly meet our full needs, but after viewing this proprety we decided, that the best thing to do would be to wait till our real deal dream home comes along.

david and emile left us a few days ago, it was not so easy for me to say goodbye, those people were a part of my life for a relatively short time, but it feels like i have known them for ages, and i truly miss their presence. i hope to see them again one day. being a part of the making of a fruity documentary, was very interesting and educational. i noticed, that most people like to be "stars" and they are willing to listen and debate more enthusiastically about fruit, while a conversation is being filmed. without the film crew, i find it is very rare to get people interested in fruitful fruity conversations. the power of the media is surely huge.

when we arrived at fruitopia, there was a care taker and two wwoofers present, and we were welcomed by all. we had just missed out on a raw food gathering, organized by thirty bananas a day people: harley and his girlfriend freelea, plus their friend nick. all great ozeee kids, eating raw, mainly fruit, folowing the principle of calorie counting etc. inspired by doug graham, one of the well known raw food gurus. harley, his girl and their friend nick arrived a few days after us here at fruitopia, and we had some interesting long discussions about our similarities and differences in our lifestyles and it was all very interesting and fun and educational for all of us. despite our differences we remained in good spirits, and we enjoyed our time together and we hope to meet up again in the future.

and it just happened, that one night we all had dinner at the same time and place and while we were at it, i noticed a special beautiful and loving energy flowing around, as everyone truly and fully enjoyed their raw fresh fruity meal with real zest for life and beauty.

we are here now for about a week and we have met some other local raw food mostly fruit munchers, and it is great to see people enjoying eating lifefull food. and yes, fruit is the most popular winner for sure. my spirit always rejoice at such scenes.

due to christmas holidays everyone left today to the big town cairns for several holiday activities, and me and mango are left at home alone.. nice change..

harley, freelea and nick left for good, they are a sweet traveling rawfood people and they usually don't stay at the same place for toooo long.

me and mango continue looking for our dream home, visiting real estates, and checking local papers and asking anyone we strike conversations with for some tips. yesterday we went to visit the information centre in mareeba, as i wanted to know where some great swimming spots in the area are, and next to it was an art gallery shop, so i got in, while mango was resting in a shady place under a lovely big tree, lying on the bench reading local papers, and i walked through the shop enjoying lots of different artwork and on the end there she was, sitting and knitting, a lovely lady, rosemary, who works there once a month, selling artwork. we had a nice and interesting conversation, and she asked me to give her my ph number, and she promised that if she heard about some suitable fruity place for me and mango, she would ring. i said that is very kind and i am sure she knew a lot of people in area, being such a friendly soul, and she said looking deeply straight in to my eyes: i know everyone. i answered with a big smile. yes, i could have chatted with rosemary for much longer, but i was not alone and i did not want mango to wait for too long, so i said sweet goodbyes and we were off to fruitopia for a nice refreshing fruity meal. our favorite at the moment is blended mangoes, and sometimes we squeeze some raw fresh orange juice in as well. yum, yum, yum.

emile and david also enjoyed blended mangoes, and some other fruits, like ice cream beans, bananas, etc. i hope after their fruity experiences with us, they let more fruit into their lives, to inspire others and to contribute toward a better health for themselves and the planet earth.

love and peace may be with you all.

life is beautiful.

goodbye sydney

2009-12-17T06:53:00.001+10:00

said me and mango, when we were finaly leaving our shoebox in the city, the day we were so much looking forward to became a reality and off we were to far north queensland.. leaving the city behind, traveling three thousand kilometres to our first destination, a big fruity proprety called fruitopia near mareeba, where we have been invited to stay for a while.

just a few days ago, before we left sydney, emile (director) and david (cameraman) arrived from the usa, and with enthusiasm began making the documentary movie about our fruitarian lifestyle, and they have been keeping pretty busy with the movie making since the day of arrival, til today. they are easy going, realaxed and open minded guys, and it is fun to be a part of their work. i was wondering how i was going to feel in front of the camera, and i learned i am relaxed, and for most of the time i just don't pay any atention to it.

we were traveling and filming as well for six days before we arrived at this place caled fruitopia. today we are here for our second day, but to me it feels like we have been here for ages. we are on the end of some country road, with fruit propreties all along the way, and we have seen mainly mango orchads. mangoes are already a few weeks in season in this part of oz, and it was a pure joy to see so many mangoes hanging down from the trees on long stems, actualy we have seen a lot and lot of mango trees blessed with abandance of yummy fruit troughout all of queensland.

while traveling we ate yummy cherries, durian, avocado, lychees (mostly), oranges or freshly squeezed orange juice, we also stopped at tropical fruit world in northern nsw, next to the qld border and emile bought us all different kinds of sapote fruit, my favorite was the yellow one, and pineapple and a few other bits and peaces of not so common tropical fruit, which we kept sampling on the way up north. we also shared some with three young english traveling girls, we also shared with them some words mostly about fruit and it all took a part in documentary movie making. we approached a few people on our way, talking about our fruity lifestyle. most people had never heard about fruitarians, i am not surprised, fruitarians are very rare in this world, especialy the ones like me and mango, who eat raw fresh fruit only.

well, it is nice to be at some destination after a week of traveling, fruitopia is a quiet and relaxing place with a fair bit of organic raw fresh fruit around, mainly mangoes, paw paws, ice cream beans, white, black and mamey sapote, and possibly other varieties of sapote, passion fruit, cherry tomatoes, bananas, jack fruit.. and i am sure there is more..

mango has been trying by phone to contact some people he used to know when he lived here, to get some info about suitable acomodation for us. so far, we are not having much luck getting hold of people..

winding down, enjoying much more fresh air, fruit and people..

life is beautiful

mango and me

2009-11-28T22:11:00.005+10:00

have been enoying the summer season for some time now, beutiful summer with its yummy fruit and refreshing swims in the ocean. yumy yum.

and most importantly the big day of our moving up to far north qeenslad and looking for our new home is very near. yes, we will begin our exciting journey around the 9th of december.

to add to our excitment further new events await us. a few months ago mango got an email from a friend of one of his friends, who said that he would be very interested in making a documentary about fruitarians and that he was thinking of us for it. because the mutual friend told him, that we were both long term fruity people. he also likes the idea that we are a fruitarian couple.

of course, me and mango were happy that someone should be interested in our unusual raw fresh fruit only lifestyle, and after making sure, that the documentary would be portrayed in a good fruitarian light (as so far most people prefer to ridicule this peaceful loving and healthy way of life), and the director of the movie emile said yes, he believes it is a great way to live and he is also interested in fruity ways, we agreed to it.

a few days later he asked if it would be ok, if his friend, cameraman, david should also come along, we said no worries, they are both very welcome. they have never been in australia and they are looking forward to seeing some parts of it as well as to making the fruity documentary.

we both spoke with emile on the phone as well, and they are arriving from america on the sixth of december and two or three days after we should all head of on our three thousand km long trip. they are going to have their own transport, our car is going to be fully packed with our belongings

we are more busy than usual, giving away and selling a few more things from our shoe box, and putting aside the stuff we are going to take with us

life is sweet

mango and me

after me and my mum returned

2009-10-29T19:22:00.006+10:00

form a very warm turkey to cold and almost sunless days and torrential rains were also in action. it was not the best welcome, as we both love sunny, warm or hot days.

i did not mind so much, as the thought that in six weeks i would be returning in to sunny warm oz, where i would warm up for sure, but mum had been hoping to be warmed by the czech summer, she had been looking so much forward to the whole autumn, winter and spring, and now the summer was not delivering what she had waited for, so she was complaining: "this is not a summer, the half of it is over, and before i know it, the long icy winter will be here again". and so on she winged, she just could not get over it, that she was so cold, and the smile often disappeared from her face.

it was not easy for me and romana to talk my mum in to joining me and visiting romana in as (the town where romana lives), we both wanted it and in the end we succeeded, mum agreed, and only two days after returning form turkey, romana and her son come over to pick us up and take us with them to their home.

we had a peaceful and great time, and we were also discussing a new serious situation with help of tarot cards. mainly my mum and i were reading, romana a little bit too. we were reading cards together for others often. i learned how to read from my mum and romana is learning from books. mum and romana see each other very rarely, they keep in touch mainly by phone, they are both too busy so, there is not much contact. the discussion was very intensive and it took two days, before something important sprang from the darkness into the light..

of course there was plenty of time spent with three year young david, for walks and visits.. mum left after two days, and there was only a few days left until the weekend, for which i had planned a get together with czech raw food people from the vitarian.cz forum, but our days spent together went so fast, that i realized that i could not leave romana alone, i felt that she needed me to be there with and for her, and my feelings were proven to be right when she asked me to stay a bit longer, so i could not make another choice, than to say goodbye to the raw food weekend in the country i had been looking forward to so much.

romana means a lot to me, she is my big love, we have only met each other a few times, when she was a baby, and then fifteen years later and we fell in love straight away. and it took a long time, before we began to see each other a bit more often. it is always like a beautiful dream, when we are together. our souls are happy together. so i ended up staying with her and david till wednesday, when i traveled back to stay with mum, dad etc. and on friday i was traveling again to skalna, for a school reunion. i had been looking forward to it like a little girl..

more about that, next time.. (this all took place toward the end of june and beginning of july this year!)

life is beautiful

little david is enjoying watermelon

david and romana are playing morning exercise

romana and david, my love

an environmentally friendly diet,

2009-10-25T15:01:00.002+10:00

is supported in sweden. it is a great idea to have information on how much carbon dioxide emissions are created in producing everything that people eat.

i myself believe, that the best diet for the environment and humans is a raw fresh fruit diet, preferably local and of course vegan organic.

Environment on the menu as Swedes sit down to dine
ELISABETH ROSENTHAL, STOCKHOLM
October 24, 2009

SHOPPING for oatmeal, Helena Bergstrom, 37, admitted she was flummoxed by the label on the blue box reading, ''Climate declared: .87 kg CO2 per kg of product.''

''Right now, I don't know what this means,'' said Ms Bergstrom, a pharmaceutical company employee.

But if an experiment succeeds, millions of Swedes will soon find out. Labels listing the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the production of foods are appearing on grocery items and restaurant menus around the country.

Changing diet can be as effective in reducing emissions of climate-changing gases as changing the car one drives or doing away with the clothes dryer, scientific experts say.

''We're the first to do it, and it's a new way of thinking for us,'' said Ulf Bohman, head of the nutrition department at the Swedish National Food Administration. ''We're used to thinking about safety and nutrition as one thing and environmental as another.''

Some of the proposed dietary guidelines may seem startling. They recommend that Swedes favour carrots over cucumbers and tomatoes. (Unlike carrots, the latter two must be grown in heated greenhouses here, consuming energy.) They are not counselled to eat more fish because Europe's stocks are depleted.

And less surprisingly, they are advised to substitute beans or chicken for red meat, in view of the heavy greenhouse gas emissions from raising cattle.

''For consumers, it's hard,'' Mr Bohman said. ''You are getting environmental advice that you have to co-ordinate with, 'How can I eat healthier?' ''

Many Swedish diners say it is just too much to ask. ''I wish I could say that the information has made me change what I eat, but it hasn't,'' said Richard Lalander, 27, who was eating a Max hamburger (1.7 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions) near a menu board revealing that a chicken sandwich (0.4 kilograms) would be better for the planet.

Yet if the new food guidelines were religiously heeded, some experts say Sweden could cut its emissions from food production by 20 to 50 per cent.

An estimated 25 per cent of the emissions in industrialised nations can be traced to the food, according to recent research here.

The dietary recommendations, which are being circulated for comment across the European Union, have been attacked by Europe's meat industry, Norwegian salmon farmers and Malaysian palm oil growers, to name a few.

''This is trial and error; we're still trying to see what works,'' Mr Bohman said. NEW YORK TIMES

i found this interesting article here:

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/environment-on-the-menu-as-swedes-sit-down-to-dine-20091023-hdes.html

environmentally & human friendly living, life giving pawpaw, as all raw fresh fruit is..

yes, i admit it,

2009-10-09T13:19:00.003+10:00

i had occasional negative thoughts, that that roof was not going to be fixed, and that the wind screen was not going to fit . i have had this car for five years now, and i am very comfy with it, it suits me and i would not like to say goodbye to it...but i shooed away those negative thoughts like annoying flies, with all my might, with success, saying to my self: "why should i worry about something that hasn't even happened". and it worked, my worries left me in no time, as i focused my mind on having a good time..

it happened about a year ago, that someone took our car for a joyride, and damaged it a fair bit as well, besides other things needed to be fixed, the windscreen was broken and they told us only after the windscreen had been changed, that there was a big hole in the roof and it was urgent to fix it asap. and for that reason, the windscreen had to be taken out once more, which meant it could easily be broken in process.. well, that was not the best news.. later on we got several torrential rainy days and we discovered that the roof was leaking a bit, and friend of friend cleverly used some miracle paste and fixed the leaking trouble. afterwards, the car stayed dry during rainy days, but the unattended hole in roof was getting very rusty and bigger, so we decided to get it fixed, we hired another friend and he fixed it with the windscreen on, but it cracked through the fixing process anyway, but only a tiny bit, so it was still road worth

the crack on the windscreen slowly but shortly expanded, now when mango got his oz residency, it was clear to us, that time for a long journey into the tropical far north was near, and therefore it was a time to fix the roof properly at once.so, after some debating, we decided that a friend and mango would take the windscreen off and fix the roof, while i visited my friend just around the corner, where mango would pick me up on the way to garage where we had organized a new windscreen, and it all happened as planned.

in the garage, they told us, that the windscreen would arrive two hours later and then a bit of work needed to be done, and then two hours free from any disturbance like driving or shutting and opening doors.. so me and mango very quickly decided to get a taxi back to our shoebox and there we shared one sweet and creamy durian and about two hours later a half liter of raw fresh orange juice each, and soon after we drove back to the garage with a car that mango's friend had left for us to keep an eye on and drive as we please, - he had left on a far north queensland holiday..

and when we arrived in the garage our car was waiting for us nicely fixed, we were very glad that it all worked out well and that it is all over and done with.

so after we returned back to our shoebox, we celebrated with another durian, yum.

about an hour later a half liter of fresh orange juice each

me and toyota camry waiting while mango is organizing delivery of and changing windscreen

life is beautiful

so, it is here

2009-09-23T16:28:00.004+10:00

yes, finally, the news we were waiting for, arrived...

A typical australian sunny morning was pretending like nothing special was happening, but i knew it already the night before, that good news would arrive today, yes, i even knew it was going to be a good one, and i was looking forward to it transpiring..

for a sunny breakfast at eleven, me and mango enjoyed a so sweet sweet fresh juice from grapes, two hours later we shared the king of fruit , a very yummy durian, me and mango are enjoying this first class delicacy from the tropical kingdom daily, all durians are magical, original and highly precious... we always share one, and exceptionally two, but at times, the exception becomes a rule... ha ha ha it serves us right.

later on i dived in to a hot bathtub, and my body and spirit were so satisfied, and soon after mango rushed in with a see-through blue jug, filled with one liter of freshly made juice from watermelon skin, and a half liter glass in the other hand, smiling, and i said thankyou also smiling, he said he was going to check the mail box

i kept smiling and i poured a full glass of that excellent, very much loved by me, drink, and i joyfully enjoyed sipping it.. relaxing in the hot water and in no time mango appeared again, telling me that he got a paper to collect some mail from the post office, and it did not indicate what kind of mail it was. i said: "this is the news we have been waiting for, for over two years now.. mango was not so sure, but he wanted it to be it.. he jumped in the car and drove off to the post office..

meanwhile i continued sipping on the strong juice, which had a very positive influence on me, and i love the taste; sweet and always different, at times it tastes like the best cucumber juice.. juice from watermelon skin, which almost everyone throws away. mango does not drink it, he does not like even the thought of it, i do not force him, everyone has their taste preferences. the truth is, that mostly we are enjoying eating or drinking the same fruit at the same time, may it be one kind of fruit or a mix of two or more..

i hadn't finished the second half-liter glass of dark green almost black juice and mango was back again, and it was clear as the sky to me, just from his shiny happy face expression, that it was good news, so my happiness also increased, and i said: so they gave it to you didn't they? yes they did. said mango and then we both giggled hi hi hi, ha ha ha, ho ho ho, hi hi hi and so on..

so, finally the time come to its fruition for me and mango, he got permission to live in australia, yippee, sweet, yahoo.. we both love australia and we would not like to have to look for our future home outside of sweet and magic land of oz. and already at the end of next year, mango can and will claim australian citizenship. one of our mutual dreams came true.

preparations for traveling up north are ahead: fixing car, maintenance of car, giving away stuff we wont take with us, sell some things, and packing what we will take with us.

and then almost three thousand kms, a long way through beautiful unique australia up to far north queensland, in to the tropics, where we are going to settle in some fruit paradise. we are looking forward to it, big time..

life is beautiful

ps: around 17:00 pealed tomatoes and cucumbers, mango with avocado, and after 18:00 yummy longans. we are looking forward to eating fruit picked by us straight from the trees, vines and fruit bushes.

this happened on the tenth of the ninth of two thousand and nine. (10 9 2009)

my sweet mango

we landed in turkey on time,

2009-08-28T20:35:00.003+10:00

it was a lovely sunny morning with the celsius hovering around thirty plus, we were looking so much forward to the hot weather, because the weather in the czech republic was more on the cold side. well, we walked out from the airport hall with a big smile, and in no time we were seeking information about what bus, from a long line of buses near by, was ours, from a tourist guide girl.. yeah, we were smiling, but she did not, and she seem to be annoyed and not very helpful, so i told her, that she may consider not working with people if she found them annoying. i do not remember how she reacted, i think she did not.

after a while we found our bus and we were looking forward to the about two hour long journey, through the, to us unknown, turkey, that is why we made that particular holiday destination choice, we like to discover new places on earth. the whole, maybe even three hour long way, we watched from the window, and chatted mainly about what we could see.. we traveled trough luscious countryside, where i could joyfully adore big fruit orchards, and many big glass houses (mainly made of plastic), and i also liked the abundance of fruit trees in parks and on streets of towns we traveled through. it was truly delightful walking around orange trees, pomegranate trees, carob trees, fig trees, etc. but it was not very delightful to see all the fruit i love so much, still green, not yet ready to eat.. except oranges, but the fully ripe and ready orange oranges were way too high to reach, the reachable branches were all harvested and showing just green oranges of all sizes. oh, no.. but,

the beauty was, that on our way to the beach was an excellent little corner shop with plenty of cheap, fresh and tasty fruit for sale, yes, they had fresh strawberries first and second grade, i got always the first, same with the cherries, apricots were not the best, but the oranges, grapefruits and watermelons were heavenly.

usually we get our own meal option, but this time, it was so cheap and breakfast and dinner in the form of self service buffet were already included, so we had those meals in a big eating area, we ate always in an outdoor area with a pool, in the sun. and i was more lucky than smart, because there were always freshly cut, fresh and tasty oranges, grapefruits and watermelons for breakfast. we always ate from nine to eleven, so i had plenty of time to enjoy slowly eating just juice from orange and grapefruit quarters, and munch on juicy sweet watermelon triangles after. i am sure i had at least one half of a watermelon every breakfast. mum, she had coffee and bread, cheese, boiled egg and some raw fresh fruit as well.. they were daily increasing a bit and bread etc. were decreasing

and for dinner (from six to eight) there was watermelon always very sweet and yummy, like all fruit i had the honour to eat. and whole uncut oranges, we were permitted to take with us to our rooms, so me and mum brought every night enough oranges for freshly squeezed orange juice we made some time after dinner on our hand orange juicer we always take with us on holiday. and those juices were always so yummy, we drank it heartily, giving thanks to the sun, which we truly both could feel in the fresh juices and the whole fruit.

one night, at dinner time, mum brought some part of some dead rotting animal, seasoned and cooked in the kitchen, and i could immediately smell the stench of rotten old meat, so i said to her that the corpse is stinky, but she, as a meat muncher, could not smell it, did not believe me, and she ate that mad stuff.

she woke up in the early morning hours, very sick, i slept through it and when i woke up, around eight, she, the poor thing was crying out, telling me she was going to die. i knew, that she got poisoned by that rotting corpse, but i kept it to myself, as there was no time for education, but for compassion, so i told her that i am sorry she had to suffer so much, but i was sure she would survive it and live, especially if she gave food a rest, she said that only the thought of food was making her sick. she spent all day without energy in bed and she got severe diarrhea. the next day she felt much better and straight away got in to a breakfast, having coffee and bread, boiled egg and cheese, but after she had eaten just a little bit, then she went for the orange grapefruit watermelon plate and she almost ate it all.

soon after breakfast we went for sun and water bliss in our hotel yard, and in about one hour mum was rushing in to our room and when she returned, she told me that she threw up about 4 liters of stuff, in to a big bathroom marble sink. so i asked her to spare me any details, i do not enjoy listening to such stuff, so she stopped, and i noticed she finally looked much better, so i told her and she said that she is feeling well again, and since then she had more of the fresh fruit and veg than usual, and she cut down on meat a lot. but still way too much of bread, cheese and eggs. i forbid her to eat any butter or margarine, luckily she obeyed me, i told her that she had plenty of fat in eggs and cheese. even her doctor told her that she must cut the fat, so that is why she took me also more seriously on the fat issue, and truly reduced her fat intake.

we both always had raw fresh fruit for lunch, i had mostly strawberries and cherries or both, and mum all sorts, bananas, apples, apricots, grapes, and i had sometimes a small taste from her fruit

my mum always loses some kg's while we are holidaying together. she naturally eats more fruit and veg when she is with me, and she also loves fruit on the hot days which she tolerates very well. this time she lost 4kg, but when we have our own meals she looses 5 to 6kg. in such times she eats mainly fruit, much less of veg and very small amount of bread, and almost no meat at all, she usually has a tiny bit of some stinky salami and one tiny tin of poor dead fish. we also drink raw fresh juices daily. i drink and eat raw fresh fruit only.

and we had a great time, we relaxed a lot by the water and in the sun, we went for nice walks around flowery and fruity parks, and we even managed to buy some decent stuff, despite all of the touristy kitschy stuff everywhere. mum bought a summer cotton dress for me, coffee, spices and some turkish sweets for herself and family. i didn't buy a thing.

the first day i had a nice swim in the sea. - even though it was visible to my eyes, that the water was not very clean at all. well, i was already in and could not resist to swim which i love so much. so i swam mostly under water as usual, and already in the early night i got the corners of my eyes full of puss, which built up fast again after i cleaned it. well, i was not very surprised, this is how my eyes react when i swim or bathe in polluted water, and because that happens rarely i tend to forget about it. truly it was my first and last swim on the famous kleopatra beach on the turkish riviera and i had swims in the pool in our hotel yard, which to my delight was chlorine free and never very busy, so most of the time i had the pool just for myself, because i always wait until the others leave the water, so i did not have to watch out for others while swimming and i could swim with closed eyes, freely where ever my moves took me, all i had to look out for were the pool walls, so i had to pay some attention to the space i was in.

luckily i took with me a bit of aloe vera leaf, and it helped me to heal my infected eyes fast, on the third day they were clean again, it was a very strong and unpleasant infection.

so even though they have so much yummy fruit, - turkey by sea no more!

even so, I was reluctant to return to the cold czech summer.

the two weeks holiday was over in no time

on our way back to prague, still in turkey in the airport hall, me and mum arrived to a very long queue, we were last because i walk as fast as a snail, so i made myself comfy and sat down on the clean floor, waiting for the queue to move forward. shortly after the tourist guide girl, who was not very pleasant that i commented on earlier, appeared.. and she was smiling and reminded me that she was the one that i had told her what i thought about her annoying service, and she apologised and said that my comment helped her to look at herself more closely, she had not been aware how she treated her customers, and she took me and mum to the front of the queue and organized for me a wheel chair, so i did not need to walk the long airport hallways. usually i organise this service by myself. so i was truly happy, not because we didn't have to wait in the long queue, but mainly for the lovely tourist guide girl. we even had time for a very nice chat.

life is beautiful

my mum at breakfast time on the turkey holiday, the fruit is all mine, i had always 3 fully loaded big plates of oranges, grapefruits and watermelon. always fresh and very yummy. mum had some fresh fruit as well, usually after her toxic "food". i borrowed and read the ozzy and sharon osbourne book.

untraditionally prague

2009-08-27T14:29:00.004+10:00

welcomed me with rain, in the past it was always sunny and heat waves as well, but this time i had plenty of tropical rain, even the temperatures were wrong. yes, it was mostly cold.

when i happily left the gates of prague ruzyne airport, as always on the end of a long long flight over half of the earth

i could not see my mum and friend in any direction i was looking, so i rang them with a borrowed mobile, and mum said that they are coming to meet me, they just arrived... my flight was on time, but they were late, thanks to some roadwork. so in a moment we were happily greeting each other and then we began our happy and chatty journey to the little village without shops, where my mum, dad etc. live. yes, more family members are living there and two big dogs.

we stopped over in kaufland/shopping center in marjanske lazne not far from our destinations. i bought a few 3kg nets of oranges and a water melon. they had only two and it was also a bit expensive, the next day i went there with my parents and there was no sight of watermelons, so i was pleased with myself that i got one the day before, even when mum was pressuring me that i do not need any fruit, because she got for me what i ordered - strawberries, peaches, apples and bananas were waiting for me at their place, and that we would go shopping the next day anyway. no, she did not change my mind, because when i feel something i must follow it, i have known this for a long time now, otherwise i have regrets, which i've been avoiding for ages.

oh, how happy i was, that i had a beautiful and big water melon, because i really craved one so much, no wonder, i was dehydrated a lot, after a long flight in artificial air. but i did not open my watermelon, it was late afternoon, and i open my watermelons only in the mornings, i do not use the fridge, i like to eat fruit at room temperature. so i have to finish the whole melon in one day or i can have the rest next day for my first meal of the day. so i had sweet and juicy strawberries and they even tasted like strawberries, i was glad they were grown in the czech republic, not that i have problems eating fruit from different regions, but i like to support local business (czech). and i had yummy peaches before i went to sleep. i opened the watermelon the next day, after we returned from shopping, because i do not have breakfast soon after waking, sometimes after long time (4pm), and it was very yummy watermelon full of sun, sweet with strong watermelon aroma and very juicy.

the first night i went to sleep as usual around midnight and in the morning around 8 i was on my way with my parents for fruit shopping. i got a lot of czech strawberries, and i do not know from where lychee, louquats, bananas and a few pears. yeah, i was never very keen on pears, but lately i want them and i love them. they burst with sweetness and juice. i always peal them, the skin never tastes good enough.

i was relaxing and also there was a lot of chatting, and i even managed to visit a friend only a few houses away..

and the next day the same friend who came to pick me up at the airport, took me and my mum in to skalna, the village where i grew up, for her birthday lunch at an old castle. i took with me sweet strawberries, they all knew me, so they did not react. i also got lost, and i took some photos, but mostly i was daydreaming.

the day after, my bother arrived, the next day he left. he returned with his daughter and grandchild on the third day. they left on the fifth day. also, on the fifth day, me and mum paid for a holiday in turkey. we flew to enjoy the sun, sea, fruit and full on relax on the seventh day.

life is beautiful.

view from the castle yard in skalna, one of the many places i used to play a lot.

i love flying,

2009-08-07T17:41:00.003+10:00

and that is why i fly often in my dreams and in my fantasies. i do not dream often, but when i do, my dreams are almost always very vivid, magic, impressive and positive, and when negative elements enter the scene, it turns in to a happy end... well, i'll leave my dreams for later and get back to the flying..

i think that if i was born on a fruitarian planet, i would be able to levitate and fly..as high as low as fast as slow as i want to.

In my fantasy, a fruitarian planet is the planet earth after the fruit revolution takes place, and all living creatures will live on raw fresh fruit alone, healthy creatures on a healthy planet, living in love and harmony...

right now the earth and everything on it is poisoned, and there is not enough pure energy to fly. i would like to say more about this in my future fruitarian book. yes, i think every fruitarian should write one, the world is not hearing enough about RAW FRESH FRUIT.

flying in an airplane is something i like, but it is not as satisfying as flying freely without any gadgets, even wings..

flying in an airplane is something that pollutes the air and my body as well, with air-conditioning (artificial air), oh no..

well, lately i was airplane flying way too much

sydney - prague, prague - zakyntos, zakyntos - prague, prague - sydney, and eight months later: sydney - prague, prague - alanya, [turkey] alnya - prague, prague - sydney

i knew i would have to pay for it, but i can take it, i can heal and recover from it. and i hope the air can too.. i wish they would hurry up with the environmentally friendly engines..

so only the second day after my arrival back in sydney, my body began to detox, with cough, runny nose, lot of sweat and heaps of sleep.

i had only raw fresh orange juice to drink in the last week since i got back, and on the first day me and mango celebrated my return to sunny oz with a sweet durian, and so on, and on the second day i turn down a yummy durian, all my body wanted
was orange juice.

my appetite began to pick up yesterday afternoon, and mango was eating his avo tomato mix, and he gave me a little spoonful to taste his yummy meal, and i found there something new and yummy and with a big surprise i said oh, there is a banana in it.

i liked it so much, i made tomato banana chili mix, i cut tomatoes in small peaces and squashed bananas with my fingers, and chillies in tiny peaces. it was so yummy, oh, i had it twice. so there it is a new and delicious mix in to my eating part of fruitarian exciting life. i love sweeeeet tomatoes. yes, yes, yes.

i still have mild detox, but i do not need extra sleep, and my appetite is back to normal. yes, sweet magic durian is on today's menu, sweet mango just brought one, now it's almost midday and i am having a big raw fresh orange juice. half liter. sweet and so life giving. full of the water of life, sweet yummy oranges i love.

life is beautiful,

and so are you.

my full oz driving license

2009-05-27T16:01:00.001+10:00

if i only knew, how long and complicated the process of obtaining my full oz driving license was going to be, i think i may have given up on it all together. so i am very glad that i began this adventure blind as a bat, and i persisted on keeping on going on, and not to give up when my driving license story began unfolding itself with the speed of a lazy snail with a lot of bridges to cross..

to obtain a full oz driving license is a long process as it is, one has to do a road rules test, and then with a recieved L driving licence, max speed 80km/h drive up to 150 hours accompanied with a fully licensed driver, after that it's time for the driving test, when passed, a P (provisional) driving licence is issued for a year and a half with a max speed of 90km/h, after which is another P..

to obtain a full oz driving license was an even longer and more complicated process, just because i am physicaly disabled, and i cannot use my feet i drive with hand controls. so i had to do my license only via some government company, helping disabled people. on my first interview i was told, that i could obtain my driving license only if i was willing to look for work and attend some course about how to get work. well, i did not have a choice, i wanted my driving licence so much, that i agreed to all i was asked to do. i also have to had a 10 to 15 hours of driving hours with special driving instructor, and and and... and it all took ages.. and therefore it is a very long story and i may write a little book about it, one day.. i would just like to add the ending of it: after almost 5 years i finally got my full driving licence. i would be only on my first P if mango had not persuaded me to get my good old czech licence renewed. i did not believed that they would give it to me, as it was not renewed for over twenty years. so i skipped all peees and i can drive 110km/h.

i passed my third driving test on mango's father's birthday day, 15th of may, with an excelent score, and i got a lot of good driving compliments by the instructor, and i could see he was realy impresed with my driving skills, and in the office in front of others he told me that i could be a driving instructor with a score like that. hmmm, i may think about it, i replied.

so, i was as happy as could be, and mango, who went with me and waited for me while i was on the test, was happy, and gave me a big hug, immediatly after i had finished the test. - i was told i had passed as soon as i had parked the car and stopped the engine. so i had a huge smile on my face, and that is how mango knew i had passed the test. so me and mango we celebrated with a mighty durian and so instead of the usual one a day we enjoyed two very tasty durians.

and me and mango we had another almost winter swim, yes it was a lovely sunny calm warm day, and this time the ocean was freezing cold. so mango had 3 mini swims and me one bit bigger mini swim. and surely, it was worth it. i got an amazing buzz and i felt so amazingly fresh and energized. we also took a fair few pictures, so i will post one day some in my new photoblog. where i posted my last pictures (date)

and yes, of course, me and mango are enjoying yummy sweet colourful beautifuly scented raw fresh fruit, full of life giving sweet beauties. oh, yum, yum, yum, we are sharing every day magic durian, and very sweet juices from grapes, black for about 2 weeks and then back to green ones, pineapple apple orange banana kiwi juices, pineapple apple kiwi juices, and almost daily pealed tomato, pealed lebanese cucumbers, and red or green hot chili mix. today mango brought a box of red grapefruits and we had after a long break a very sweet and yummy grapefruit orange juice. before that we had at 13:00 a green grape juice, (my breakfast) and an hour later we munched on a creamy and liquery durian. and three hours later we had our popular tomato cucumber chili mix, mango always with avo, plus he enjoys a few avos just as is and sometimes he mashes them with banana or grated apple and that is seriously yummy, mango at times gives me a tiny spoonful taste of it, but i am remaining avocado free. i am happy with my improved digestion, and that is very important to me. i am glad that i am not really tempted by avo even though i love its taste.. i can easily overcome the rare slight cravings, and even though i live surounded by it, i am not tempted. i am trully enjoying every tiny spoonfull of yummy avo mango gives me at times, and it is enough to satisfy me.

tomorrow night i am off to prague

life is beautiful

sweet green oz grapes and even more sweet thai durian

yes, i am still here alive,

2009-05-15T20:19:00.004+10:00

enjoying raw fresh fruit, warm and sunny autumn, sharing my fruity life with sweet fruitling mango, and all i do.. and time flies..

and we again enjoyed only raw fresh fruit juices, this time for seven days only, after skipping two months before that, and it was a great and positive experience as always. on the third day i had strong detox via bowels, i was on the wc at least five times that afternoon, i had also strong mood swings, it stopped early at night. i was feeling like i could fly, so peaceful and happy, beautiful and satisfied, lively and fresh, as almost always just a bit magnified. i love the way raw fresh fruit makes me feel.

this time we drank lot of grapes, watermelons, a few times i had the juice from the watermelon skin, always a lot of it, yes, the whole liter and half and i was drinking it slowly for about one hour. oh, those juices truly cleaned my bowels well, not long after i finished drinking them. i also experienced a lot of amazing sensations, especially in my brain, this one i get only after drinking watermelon rind. this very special drink to me is oblivious to mango, he finds just the thought of drinking it repulsive. yeah, a lot of people would turn it down, but me and my mum, we just love it, so when i am with her, i drink it more often.

we also drank a lot of pineapple apple orange, or pineapple apple orange banana, or pineapple apple orange kiwi, or pineapple apple orange banana kiwi, or orange banana kiwi juices and a few tomato juices. they were all very very yummy and life giving.

this is all in the past, so is almost the last two weeks where we were eating lots of fruit again as well as drinking. grapes are still the juices we are drink the most, since the beginning of grape season, (2months ago), and they were almost always the green ones and last week we began with black ones. they are so sweet and syrupy and i can surely feel their strong life power. we had some apple orange banana kiwi drinks, and we shared a durian a day, and on two of the days two. they are not any more peaking at their best, but they are still very edible and magic, and some extra special. i love sharing the durian enthusiasm with mango.

eating very sweet and juicy pealed pears. a few bananas. tomato lebanese cucumber and red hot chili salad. we had only black grape juices and durians during the first two days after only juicing.

me and mango enjoyed a few nice walks, and swims, the ocean is warmer than the air, and swims are very pleasant, but once i get out from the water i am freezing, and i have to get dry and dress up quickly to get warm, and walk up stairs and up the hill back to the car park to get hot. i sunbask fully clothed before i go for a swim, mango almost naked. :)

i usually do not go for a swim this time of year, but mango is a big inspiration for me, he went for a swim about 3 weeks ago, when i only had a look and adorably admired him for it, as i could not go, yes, the fear got me, i was so afraid to get cold, so i skipped the joy of swimming. and yes, i did regret it shortly afterward, already on the way away from the lovely beach, i was thinking to myself, how i missed out on such great fun, and i felt even envious that mango could to it, and i could not. oh, and i learned from this dreadful experience and the next time me and mango visited the beach i jumped in the mighty ocean as well, and i give myself an awesome time swimming in the pleasantly warm water. and i got a nice buzz afterwards. today we also had a very refreshing swim. without mango, in the last few years i would not even consider to swim at this time of year, where mister celsius does not climb much above twenty. thankyou sweet mango for taking me back where i use to be once..

the healing in my legs returned after some time of almost rest, a few days into our recent fruit juice feast and it was at times very strong and pleasant, and it is still on and off with me. today when i was swimming under water with my eyes closed in the ocean i got a feeling like something was grabbing my leg around the ankle, i did not panic, i turned on my back and looked around at my leg and around me and could see only water, and the feeling of grabbing around my ankle was still there, so i knew it was the healing sensation and i kept on swimming in peace, enjoying every bit of it. then when i walked up stairs, admiring the flowering in progress on banksia trees, skies and so on, the healing went on strong and my left leg felt almost healed for a short but very exciting and amazing period of time. the longer i live on fruit the more strong and more often i enjoy amazing healing sensations in both my legs. it is going to be almost three years ago, since i met mango for the first time in person, in fruity tropical thailand. after about two weeks of our time together i started getting very weak but constant ability to move my left foot backward (during this time mango was frequently practicing reiki on me). yesterday the strength improved a lot. i have been able to do so with my right leg for many years, it came back strong at once two years after the spine and spinal cord injury.

life is beautiful

me..

juicing away again

2009-04-30T16:48:00.004+10:00

today is our third day, we are enjoying sweet and yummy raw fresh fruit juices made of green grapes, pineapple orange banana apple mix, pineapple apple banana orange kiwi blend, tomato, and watermelons.

i felt great yesterday, but today shortly after midday i began detoxing with a lot of bowel movement and strong emotions of all kinds. the day is fading away and my detox with it.

i organized and got confirmed two courses in the czech republic with the same company. one is drawing with the right brain hemisphere in the town decin and the second one is singing with the right brain hemisphere in the town telc, both places are embraced by rivers. i am looking forward to learning new skills and improving my drawing and singing i love so much.

and here is my new photoblog entry:

http://fruitariankvetasphotoblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/podzimni-prochazka-autumn-walk_29.html

enjoy!

mango in his element :)

my new photoblog

2009-04-25T15:24:00.000+10:00

i love pictures and that is why my new idea of creating a photoblog has been on my mind for some time now, and today was the day when i spoke with mango about it and he helped me to create one. here is the link to it:

http://fruitariankvetasphotoblog.blogspot.com

mango is very sweet and helpful and also patient. thank you Mango, i would not have been able to create this new photoblog, like my other two blogs, without you, as i am not very smart about how to use the computer - my spaceship. the truth is i am very slowly but surely getting better and i can do many things on my own as well.

fruit is yummy and sweet and we are continuing to get amazingly tasty and creamy durians enjoying them almost daily. also munching on pealed tomatoes and lebanese cucumber with red or green hot chili. mango with avocado and me without. drinking a lot of green grape juices, heaps of pineapple orange apple, or pineapple orange apple banana, or pineapple orange banana smoothies, orange peach banana smoothies, rock melon juices, watermelon juices and honey dew melon juices. and very special persimmon juices with surprisingly amazing chocolate caramel vanilla flavour. we drank a tray in a day. eating occasional banana, apple or having a meal of pealed peaches as is. i am eating more bananas than mango, usually 2-5 at once at night as my solo last meal, mango is always sleeping at that time, he goes to sleep 4 or 5 hours earlier than me. that is the time when i usually write and read on the internet. etc. i very rarely watch videos on youtube and such..

we missed out on three sunday local markets due to rainy weather, and we had nice together times instead. it was also yummy to be able to sleep in, than waking up before 5 in the morning.

life is sweet

me and ocean

2009-04-23T02:34:00.003+10:00

life is beautiful

and durians are heavenly :)

it's been a while

2009-04-04T15:01:00.002+10:00

since my last blog post, i was busy writing in czech (again) it is my new passion, and i had a few days pc free, well almost, i may have just read a tiny bit.

me and mango are busy, and the days always pass in no time.

the durians are so yummy, and we are sharing one magic durian almost daily, with pure joy, they are just incredibly creamy and full of amazing and fascinating flavours, always so original. durian enriched my fruitarian existence it is the most beautiful fruit gift for me. i love durian.

but surely, durian is not the only fruit we enjoy, we are also enjoying drinking boxes of green grapes, about 1 box in 2-3 days. they are very very sweet and creamy in the juice form. they also have a very strong positive healing influence on me. lately i have had long periods of strong healing sensations in my legs, and this is always very exciting for me. i love raw fresh grape juice.

and the nectarines are also very sweet, juicy and rich in flavour, and after 3 years of almost banana free days, i am eating super sweet bananas like a monkey again, having about 5-7 of them almost daily, mango has just 1 or 3 at times. and we also drink tasty pineapple orange, or pineapple orange banana juices. and how about those creamy rock melon smoothies? they are just perfect. tomatoes and lebanese cucumbers are also very sweet and tasty, so are the hot or not so hot chilies we are adding to our traditional pealed cucumber tomato mix. yum. yum. yum. mango is enjoying tasty avocados, i am still avocado free and i love it. my digestive system is working much better now, and amazingly i have at least twice as much poo. before i used to go once or twice a day, now it can be up to 5 times. even more. it is amazing how fast i forgot about this. i was big on avo only in my early fruitarian years, then i had one or 3 once in a blue moon, and since i met mango, who eats avo daily, i got in to that habit as well, and i learned to love avo more than ever... till my body fully rejected it; it refused to digest it and it threw it up. and, yes, because i poo more i feel better. the way i feel depends a lot on how my food is digested. clean intestines, clean mind.

and lately due to avo rejection, i am eating less, i usually start with breakfast after midday often not until 3 or 4 pm. this has been my normal eating pattern for many years, for as long as i can remember. i was always a small eater throughout the day. i never eat or just a tiny bit while traveling, interacting with people, when i am upset about something, when i am feeling very high, or when excited.

life is sweet

durian and rose aroma therapy

another nice near by place by the ocean. malabar nsw

i got carried away

2009-03-23T17:02:00.000+10:00

with the czech language, and i had a break from writing in english. yes, i find some of the english grammar a bit difficult, but i still like to write in english, and the best for me would be to write in english and czech together. just use the words that suit the best for what i would like to say. this is the way that i at times hand write my personal notes.

me and mango we are continuing having one beautiful and fruitful day after another. even when things don't always not come out as we wish, we don't let it get to us and we smile it off... :) it is easy as we believe that everything happens for a reason.

last sunday, we missed out on our market day, it was raining at 5 in the morning, so mango came back to bed for more sweet sleep. and i slept as long as i needed, and when i woke up to a beautiful sunny day, mango was busy for a few hours, making some money, and we spent together the rest of the day.

this sunday we did the markets and it was fun, even though i was a bit sleepy around midday, and we did not make much money. the sun was shining and sky was blue, we relaxed, and we drank a fresh orange juice made by mango on the spot three times, and i ate 2 big bananas, mango had a little bit from me, and he also had two avocados. back in our shoebox, we enjoyed a raw fresh rockmelon drink, later on another one, and then as the last meal of the day, king of the fruit, the mighty and the most sweet durian. yum, yum, yum... this time creamy and juicy, with a lot of amazing flavours.

yes, the durians are still very tasty and we just can't get enough of them. so we are having one almost daily and just a few days ago we had two; we had one small but very creamy and delicious durian and i was craving another one so badly, that a few hours later mango left to get an another one, and we enjoyed the second very yummy durian of the day. and i was satisfied. i still enjoy bananas when they are available, and i sometimes eat just one or two, and at times four, five or six yummy bananas. today a girl from the next market stall gave us 2 huge lady finger bananas, i ate one soon after, yum. mango told her and her friend that we live on just fruit.

lately we are drinking lots of green fresh grapes, sweet rockmelons, watermelons, oranges, oranges pineapples and bananas mix, and we are eating, grapes, a little bit of watermelon, pealed tomatoes and lebanese cucumbers, hot, or less hot chillies. sweet tamarind. and mango only, avocado.

it is hot and sunny and me and mango are on the beach about twice a week, swimming and relaxing in the sun.

home grown bananas are getting ready :)

i have a ticket

2009-03-14T17:45:00.002+10:00

and i am going to fly away from sydney via abu dhabi and brussels to prague. then i will somehow travel in to a tiny town in the western part of czech republic, very near the german border, visiting my sweet mum, dad, sister and her 2 grown up kids and husband, they all share a house with a garden, only 2 minutes walking distance from the black forest. and i will be visiting some relatives and friends as well, and some will visit me at my mum's place.

i rang my mum last night, and i told her that i will arrive on 29th of may, and she was very pleased to hear that we are going to spend some time together soon, and we've already planned a holiday somewhere in southern europe by the sea, with her grandchild romana and romana's son david (3y), romana is the daughter of my brother dusan and she is like a daughter to me. and great friend, and twin. we share a very special relationship. i am so looking forward to spending some time with her, mum, and david together on our early summer holidays. i am also going to stay with romana and david at their place in as/ash, during my stay in the czech republic.

i also found a very good 3day art course for drawing and singing. i came across it on someone's czech traveling blog. and i would like to attend it.

i will return back in to mango's arms on 29th of july... and i am looking forward to it so much...

me and mango are having a good time as usual, yesterday we drank watermelon and we also shared 2 small very tasty durians, oh, heavens...

today we shared blended bananas in orange juice twice, pealed and chopped tomatoes, lebanese cucumber and chili, and orange juice.

we are postponing our juice feast, just because we feel like we want to eat some fruit as well. especially durians.

and 2 days ago we had a lovely time on the beach, swimming, relaxing while sunbasking and some walking. there were only a very few people around, for most of them the beach season is over. and i always feel energized and very good, after the euphoric nature's beauty treatment.

with raw fresh fruit and sweet Mango, life is beautiful

rainbow lorakeets on friend's balcony (oz)

life is sweet

still really enjoying our yummy durians

2009-03-09T16:49:00.001+10:00

me and mango we are still really enjoying our yummy durians, and lebanese cucumbers and tomatoes are also very sweet and tasty, on top of it, we bought a box of amazingly yummy nectarines. so we are postponing our monthly raw fresh fruit juice feast. we are having grape juice daily two or three times a day. we are eating sweet nectarines and bananas as is separately and mono, or mushed up by fork. mango likes to add usually 1/2 avo as well.

yesterday was a market day and even though i had to wake up early (ten minutes to five) and i slept only for 3 hours, as is the case on most of our market sundays, and the day was busy, but we made only a little bit of money, i felt at peace, happy and i had great day anyway.

at the markets we had 2dl of raw fresh orange juice (9am) and around 11am a few nectarines and a bit later we shared one banana, around 2pm we had more nectarines and shared one banana a bit later after that. on our arrival back in the shoebox, we shared a very sweet green grape juice and about 40 minutes later we opened and indulged in a very unique durian with many new flavours. oh, the segments of fruit were huge, and i felt very blessed... two hours later we pealed and chopped lebanese cucumber and tomatoes, with red hot chili peppers. yum! and mango was already sleeping when i had about 3-4 nectarines.

it was a nice warm cloudy day with hot sunny patches, and toward the end of packing up, gentle rain began dropping and dripping down on us and all, and as soon as we finished and drove of, the rain became much more intense. it felt good to be safe under the car roof. and it was raining the whole night and early morning, then was only cloudy and now it is 14:00 and the yummy sunny sun came out to greet us all. i washed a few things by hand and decided to hang it out on the washing line a few hours ago, but it looked more like rain than sun, which my friendly neighbour, who i run in to, agreed with, and i told him, that i will just see what happens. and as we chatted away, it come to it that he offered me a clothes hanger that i could use for drying my washing indoors or on the balcony. i said, let me see it... and yes, it was just what me and mango had been looking for, for some time already, because we need one for the markets. mango is going to be pleased.

he is away working (gardening) for a few hours, and i've had a very nice and long hot bath followed by a refreshing cold shower and giggly euphoria. and i did some writing. i am organising meeting up some family and friends. also writing for my czech fruity blog, and at vitarian.cz forum.

i love my peaceful and happy life

life is sweet

me with one of my favorite jack fruit at bangalow market at far north nsw the rainbow reagon. holidays with mango 2007

me and Mango, we continue enjoying delicious durians

2009-03-07T16:40:00.000+10:00

autumn is here, and it still feels like summer, days are remaining hot and sunny. just how i like it.

enjoying one fruity day after another, sharing eating yummy durians, sultana grapes, bananas, tomatoes and lebanese cucumbers, hot chilies, and Mango only tasty avos, drinking orange pineapple banana smoothies, green grape juice, mango orange smoothies, all fresh and raw.

me and mango are busy and days are passing by very fast. i am enjoying writing in the czech language, it is such a breeze compared to english, where i have to watch more closely at what i am doing, and even then i make a lot of mistakes, and i am lucky that i have my sweet Mango to help me with their corrections and that is the way i am learning to master the english language and it also helps me to let go if i am not sure while writing, and look in to it with him, it saves me a lot of time and i can write in a better flow. yeah, the czech language is very easy for me, i do not have to wonder about grammar or spelling it all just comes up/out naturally. i've hardly written anything in czech for many years now, and only lately i've been feeling the need/want for it. well, now i am doing it and it feels like i've found a new exciting skill, but i already master it.

i also returned to the czech vitarian.cz forum with a fair few raw food enthusiasts on their way to where ever they would like to be with their eating habits. i was happy see that i was welcomed back with joy and appreciation by many, especially by those who believe in raw fresh fruit and are each on their individual unique path to get there. they are some old and some new raw fruit and raw food earthlings happy to see me. it took me by surprise and it filled me with a lot of joy. and my czech fruity blog is already well visited. it is awesome to see such a big interest from such a small country.

lately i had very strong feelings that i may go this year to visit my family and friends in the czech republic, and i was pushing it away thinking to myself why do i feel this way? it is a bit early to go. but as time went the feelings were getting stronger and i stopped pushing it away and i began looking for reasons as to why i should go... and i had a few reasons in no time, so soon after i thought it may be a bit expensive to go and mango may not like the idea for whatever reason as well... and so yesterday i decided to tell him all about it and see what he thinks. he said: "if you feel like going, then go for it". so i felt relieved that there is no obstacles and i finally decided to go.

so i mentioned it on vitarian.cz forum and we are already organising with a few girls a durian get together. let's see what will happen.

i am happy i've begun to write more and read less, just as i wanted.

the healing sensations are still with me, but they don't come so often.

me and mango we are enjoying sharing our life together more and more as time goes by. i am going to miss him when i go overseas, but returning back to him is going to be very exciting and beautiful. we will keep in touch by phone and net.

and after a year or two i am back in to bananas, i crave them and eat them, at times 5-7 for a meal, or 2 soon after another fruit meal.

almost daily and it is always exciting like a brand new durian experience for us.

life is beautiful

juicy langsat creamy druitan and little me in the mirror... sweet fruit feast accompanied by sweet Mango who is close by. thailand holidays 2006

i am on top of the world :)

I've been getting healing sensations

2009-02-28T12:53:00.000+10:00

within my legs on and off since turning fruitarian, and they feel amazing. This time, after many months of absence, they arrived stronger than ever, are covering a larger area, and lasting a lot longer.. This is always very special and exciting for me. I've always believed that i would be healed one day, and i am looking forward to the time when i am going to walk as i did before my severe spinal injury in a car accident. i love walking. and jumping and running...

i love fruit as well, and i am, almost daily sharing with sweet Mango very yummy sweet and creamy full of tasty surprises, mighty durians. yum, yum, yum. many times in bed. i enjoy eating in bed, especially durian, as the bedding pick up and hold for a day or two on the sweet durian aroma. yum.

the rockmelons are also very tasty and fully in the season, and me and Mango are drinking them away, and today we ate half of a huge one each. Mango was about 4 years young, and i felt similar, and we shared some rockmelon euphoric giggles.

pealed tomatoes and lebanese cucumbers are very sweet and we chop them and mix them with very hot chilies. Mango has his with avocado.

delicious white nectarine and banana mush

after some months with no interest in bananas, i got strong banana cravings, so we got some on our last fruit shopping, and they were/are just heavenly. mango loves them with avocado mashed up by fork. and me, 2 bananas 2 white nectarines fork mashed, one of my banana favorite mixes. and at times we also eat a banana or two, as is. bananas were for many many years my number one fruit. now, i have so many favorites! i love durian, paw paw, grapes, mangoes, passion fruit, melons, figs, pineapples, mangosteen, longan, to name just few...

watermelons are waiting patiently in our shoebox to be juiced and drunk by me and mango. our regular monthly raw fresh fruit juice feast is near. we got them at a friendly price and they are fresh and very cute.

we are enjoying longans and lychees, sweet tamarind, we ate a box of sultana grapes and for last 4 days we have been drinking a second box of very sweet green grapes, yes, they are fully in season now, and very very sweet. yum.

yes, fruit is beautiful.

sunday markets were fun as usual.

sunshine is with us daily again and we regularly enjoy a lovely time at a beach just around the corner, sunbasking, relaxing, swimming, giggleling... as usual.

i've had a break from reading (too much)

i am writing a little bit more.

i love my fruitarian life.

i love sharing my fruitful fruitarian life with sweet, sweet, sweet, fruitarian Mango.

piglet is looking hungry and excited, i think he is after my raw fresh banana white nectarine mush.

love is beautiful.

czech fruitarian blog/ cesky fruktrarian (ovocny) blog

2009-02-26T17:15:00.003+10:00

yesterday with help of sweet Mango i created a czech fruitarian blog.

here it is for those who are interested:

http://ovocnakvetinka.blogspot.com/

enjoy, peace,
kveta

yes, euphoric giggles after swimming in the ocean

2009-02-21T15:55:00.004+10:00

relaxing on the fine sand, catching the sun rays, after ten rainy gloomy days it was a true delight for me and mango. so was the durian afterwards... yum, yum, yum....

we are drinking sweet and very yummy rock melons, and eating sultana grapes, durians, pealed tomatoes and lebanese cucumber, hot chili, and mango also enjoys avocados. all fruit is very tasty, each meal is a true delicious delight. only sweet juicy fruit gives me true satisfaction in all directions, my taste buds, bloodstream, spirit... all my being is satisfied. i am thankful for all yummy fresh fruit in my life.

i am reading some interesting traveling blogs in the czech language. this is one way to satisfy my traveling bug, reading experiences of other travelers. so lately i was in new york, washington, western africa and on ship as well, in south korea, india, czech republic, siberia, machu pichu, rio de janeiro, costa rica, south caroline, and so on...

life is delicious

i am feeling great, yes, lots of giggles...

curious monkey is staring at me and mango on thailand beach 2006

me and mango we shared many tasty fruity meals

2009-02-21T15:48:00.002+10:00

and drinks from all the yummy fruit i mentioned in my previous post, and when there were only sweet and juicy oranges left, sweet mango went for fruit shopping and he arrived with a box of delicious sultana grapes, one of my favorite grapes, 4 big rock-melons, longans, yum, 2 mysterious durians, tomatoes, lebanese cucumbers, and avocado. yes, i am still avocado free, and i am feeling much better for it. and amazing durians are still at their best, oh, it is even more delicious and enjoyable fruitarian fun sharing durian with mango. yes we share the durian passion. sweet, sweet, sweet.

we were less busy working, especially mango, thanks to fruitful rainy days, and we had a kind of sweet holidays, sharing more of our precious together time than usual. sweet, sweet, sweet.

life is sweet.

banana lady feeding monkeys on thailand beach 06

after 4 days sharing our mono raw fresh orange juices

2009-02-13T09:37:00.001+10:00

me and mango included a creamy durian and raw fresh orange and pineapple juice for another 3 days. the next day we were off on our exciting fruitshopping and we bought 2 trays of mangoes, a box of oranges, a box of figs, a rock melon,lebanese cucumbers 2kg, tomatoes 3kg, and avocados for mango. i am still avo free, free from craving it.

so in the last two days we drank orange and mango juices, and ate durian, figs, pealed tomatoes and lebanese cucumbers with green hot chili, and for mango only, avo. all raw fresh and yummy.

today is the fifth day of gloomy and showery weather, i am enjoying it, it is not too cold, and i love showers, and yes, i miss the beach and sun a bit.

our days are busy and nights relaxing... time flies and we are again much closer to our tropical fruit paradise. it is a big count down for us since beginning of 2009. only 7 - 8 months to go!

life is,

me in thailand with mobile kitchen i never needed

me at a fruit market in thailand 2006 enjoying fruitful holiday with Mango.

Bushfires in Victoria

2009-02-12T13:53:00.004+10:00

bushfires

sad,but true. my heart goes to all who have to experience such horror...

for more information/pictures just click on the picture below

"you always have that radiant glow"

2009-02-12T11:22:00.002+10:00

said the lady from the market stall opposite to us, while we were chatting after me and mango arrived... i giggled, glowing radiantly back at her, being pleased with a compliment related to my fruitarian lifestyle. yes, raw sweet fruit is visibly speaking for it self.

i never have and i do not count calories, wondering about vitamins, sugars, fats, minerals, etc. i just love and enjoy eating and drinking raw fresh fruit of my choice because that is my nature. and raw fresh fruit makes me feel great, and that is what i want. so far i've found only 2 kinds of fruit, i can't tolerate, except in very small amounts (avocado, mandarin). i can tolerate mandarins in freshly squeezed juice, mixed with orange and/or grapefruit juice. surely all raw and fresh. the problem is that when i am eating mandarins or avocados i find it difficult eating only small amount, i always want more...

i had breakfast at 12:00 on our fourth day of the raw fresh mono orange juice feast, and just a few minutes after, sweet mango arrived and i made one for him as well. he had had self made orange juice while being out for the morning. we shared another 3 yummy and sweet raw fresh orange juices (3dl each) that day.

and we broke our mono raw fresh fruit orange juice feast with mono durian meal on the day five. at the markets we were all day sharing very yummy and sweet raw fresh orange juices made by sweet mango. 4 times 1dl each. it was a hot hot day so i was happy. after 3pm, already back in our shoebox, i made for us fresh orange juice 3dl each, and soon after we shared the durian's sweetness and magic... i am enjoying so much the effect of the durian on me while i am raw fresh orange juice feasting, it gives me wings, as i pick up a lot of long lasting and steady energy...

and we shared also a yummy durian on the sixth day of our orange juice feast, we had raw fresh orange juice 4 times 3dl (each)

on the seventh day me and mango shared raw fresh pineapple orange juice, 3dl each (at 11:00) and the next one at 17:00. soon after we enjoyed a delicious sweet and creamy durian.

so it just happened that our raw fresh juice feast got enhanced and enriched by magic and still at its best, peaking with amazing flavours and textures, yummy durian. and such is my fruitarian existence also : enhanced, enriched and magic... full of amazing flavors and textures... sweet aromas... sweet sweet sweet...

life is sweet

last year at art group with friend A. my father likes my pictures and he said i should make more of them. it is rare that he gives me, or art, any compliment. so it meant a lot to me. i am planning to get in to it once we find our new home.

i had my breakfast after 16:00

2009-02-07T17:13:00.000+10:00

on our 3rd day of our raw fresh orange juice feast. oh, how i enjoyed a sweet orange drink that was more like nectar than juice. detox is only mild and gentle, and i am feeling very peaceful and content.

mango was out all day, and made himself raw fresh orange juices. then we shared the same at 16:00, 18:00 and at 7:30. all 3 dl.

i am happy that me and mango are sharing our fruitarian path, this was my dream for a long long time, to meet some sweet fruitarians in person and be with a fruitarian partner, i wanted to share the fruitarian spirit. now i have it and it is even better than i had imagined it.

the celsius has been hovering around 30+ degrees for about 2 weeks now, and i am in my element, i feel the best on hot summer days. i am so looking forward to move on and live in a tropical climate, the climate that suits me most. thankfully mango is also a tropical fruitarian. me and mango we are not keen on apples and pears, we prefer tropical durians, paw paw, cherimoya, mangosteen, black sapote (chocolate fruit), pineapple and so on, tropical fruit is rich in variety and sweetness it absorbs the most of the suns energy.

life is sweet

magic durians continue delivering the most amazing flavors,

2009-02-06T18:52:00.000+10:00

textures, aromas...they are peaking and at their bestest best, surely the king of fruit for me, durian is the special and beloved one. it takes me to special places in to my childhood and babyhood. and in presence. i always feel so blessed and special when i am enjoying yummy sweet durian. yum, yummy, yumm.

so lately me and mango we were eating a bit more durian than usual, but surely we love many other fruits, and so we also enjoyed with satisfaction lots of raw fresh orange juice, we drank a whole box of green grapes, mango munched on a few, pineapple orange is lately my favorite drinnk, mango and orange. and we ate pealed lebanese cucumbers and tomatoes with some hot hot chili, mango has his with avo, i am still avo free, white peaches, white nectarines, and some other fruits i already forgot about, yeah, just remembered apricots. and for a while now, neither of us is keen on bananas. :)

lately i have noticed some big changes within my body. it is refusing avocado, the bananas i was bananas about for good 22 years of my fruitarian life, are less and less appealing to me. and my body is detoxing while eating and drinking raw fresh fruit, before it was only while fasting or raw fresh fruit juices (mono or stereo) feasting. and for the first time ever, since i jumped right in from one day to another in to vegetarianism, soon followed by veganism, (raw and cooked) diet, i craved meat. oh, at first i could not believe, i thought it must have been some kind of hallucination, but it proved to be real, as it was with me on and off, for a few weeks. well, it was a very interesting experience for me. i felt ashamed that i ever used to enjoy eating some meats, and happy that i have been for so long free from it. and i learned that no matter how big my cravings for meat can be, there is no way i would eat it. i do not perceive meat as food. so temptation just doesn't exist. this experience gave me a lot of joy. last night (being on raw fresh orange juice only for the second day) i had detox cleansing via my bowels, i had to go poo every 10 to 20 minutes and it was almost yellow water with tiny bits of fruit and it lasted from 5pm till 8:30pm. and toward the end it sickly stank like a boiled chicken, yuck. and the day before my emotions were very high. today i feel euphoric (slightly) and very peaceful.

after giving up avos now for about 2 - 3 months (except one throwing up avo drama) i lost some kg's. i have not weighed my self but i can see and feel it. i do not have a problem with it, i do not mind to be skinny as my body wants to be. in the last two weeks i also noticed that my skin has gotten somehow looser something that happens to people who loose a lot of weight, i should say also a lot of fat. so it looks like i lost a lot of that avo fat from my body. i do not panic i have faith in raw fresh fruit and fasting and i know it will get only better as time goes, i can see some improvement already.

at times we go for our morning beach fun. we swim in the ocean and relax in the sun, i get a lot of giggles and i feel just amazing. yesterday we swam 3 times, as usual. me and mango we always enjoy our fruitarian fun on the beach.

the markets are fun as well, and things to sell continue coming to us from all directions.

i've also been feeling for some time now, that i would prefer to go and find some land and start growing fruit trees, rather than travel around oz before doing so, i would long for that land and want to grow grow grow yummy fruits. i feel i am waiting for too long and want to fulfill this fruit paradise dream of mine asap. oz, can wait, it will be there whenever i am truly ready. i spoke to mango about it, and he is ok to skip the traveling around oz and seek some land to live on and from.

i got 2 surprising emails from 2 relatives/friends, my mum gave them my email. sweet surprise, especially from my niece romana, she just got on the net, and we are both happy we can keep in touch in a relatively easy way, because we miss each other a lot. we share a very special relationship. i think we are soul twins. i shared her place with her and her 2 year young boy david for about 10 beautiful days, next time we are planning to spend more time together. in her email she also told me that since i stayed with them, they are eating much more fruit! so that is my mum and romana from my family who i have infuenced to eat more fruit, and they are in touch by phone and occasional visits and i am sure they are having some fruit sweet talks as well. my mum love to share her positive changes and experience with others. she meets a lot of people thanks to her tarot card reading gift. she is very popular and very loved by many. some people take her out for meals, plays, concerts or movies, or invite her to visit their place. she is my amazing mum. and romana is my amazing romana i am blessed to have such beautiful souls in my life. blessed sharing my life with sweet mango, the most sweet soul.

i am still reading a lot, i finished anna carenina and i enjoyed the story, now i am reading bits and pieces on lots of stuff on the internet. as far as food goes, it is rare to see honest or true information. but i do not interfere any more as i used to a few years ago, i only observe and learn from what i see. i like reading traveling blogs, and anything about nature. interesting true stories.

life is beautiful.

yeah, it is always the same, me and mango

2009-01-24T19:21:00.002+10:00

we are enjoying very sweet australian summer fruits, it is always an exciting experience, either we drink or eat our raw fresh fruit meals. i always love sharing fruit with others, especially with my sweet mango, he is a true fruitarian like me, and we share the fruit spirit. it is a delight for me to look in to the eyes of another fruitarian. mango is my mirror. when i look at him i see myself. it is a pure delight to touch the skin of another fruitarian. surely it is not only fruit alone that twines us together. to speak for myself mango is perfect for me. as soon as i met him (on the internet first), i could see myself in him. i knew he is the ONE for me. till today his website remains to be my most favorite one.

...yeah, it is always the same, me and mango we are enjoying very sweet australian summer fruits, and since the last post we shared many many and many very sweet juicy and delicious mangoes, as is or blended, some very mysterious and satisfying durians, heaps of white nectarines full of living juice and yumminess, yeah, they just melted, it was like eating juice. white nectarines are one of my favorite fruits, and i could live solely on them for days/weeks... oh, with sweet raw fruit, eating is truly a heavenly experience for me... we were drinking very tasty oranges, and green grapes, eating pealed tomatoes and lebanese cucumbers with some sweet or hot or hot hot hot chillies. avos, only mango. some juicy and almost black cherries, and another fruit i love so much red paw paw.

we were also swimming in the ocean, relaxing under the hot sun, and that is also much more fruitarian fun, when mango is around.

markets are more fun since we are in a better place.

i am still reading anna karenina

visiting friends, singing and some drawing, cleaning, washing, driving, walking, ringing my mum, reading on the net, etc... still, not much writing.

i just started tonight, to test drive a new (second hand) key board, which mango found, and i cannot stop, first i was writing some of my thoughts in czech, and then i jumped here...yeah, it is easy with my spaceship, but truly, i would be lost without sweet mango, at times, he navigates me, or even takes over, pushing the right buttons, taking me the places i want to be.

well, i had 2 avos, a few days ago, and voila, i was sick so i drank aloe, a few hours later i went to sleep and in the morning i was feeling even more sick, and i was constipated. i thought i was going to throw up, and i had to drink aloe twice and soon after the second time i fell asleep, and i slept in peace like a baby for 2 hours and shortly after i woke up the constipation left me and i was healed. oh, i thought i may try to have some avo, and see what happens, and i learned that my body is fully rejecting it. i feel like my fruitarian path has reached a new level. wow, to amazing raw fresh fruit. yum, yum, yum... so yummy and perfect. it takes me to magic places.

life is beautiful

enjoying delicious raw fresh fruit as always

2009-01-14T17:53:00.000+10:00

each meal is yummy and exciting, oh, i am so lucky that i was/am always in love with raw fresh fruit, and that this fruit love of mine revealed a new world for me. i love the love simplicity and truth i am receiving from the raw fresh fruit spirit. every fruit meal since i can remember was always very special and nothing else could give me such satisfaction as tasty sweet and magic raw fresh fruit.

yeah, me and mango we are sharing our love for fruit. and as always when mango season is on, it becomes our staple food. some days we have just mangoes, as is or blended, and there are only a few mango free days. since my last blog post, we've enjoyed heaps of mangoes, and a lot of pealed lebanese cucumbers and tomatoes, avos, (by mango only i am still avo free and enjoying the lightness and super digestion) heavenly white nectarines and peaches, amazing durians (for the first time ever for me and mango: one durian had some segments where each mouthful had a different citrus flavour, it was the best citrus i have ever tasted. oh, yum, yum, yum, i love durian. yum. no other fruit gives me such exciting flavours and aromas.

tonight we broke our mono fruit drinking feast, after 10 days of raw fresh fruit drinking we both felt it was time to chew on something and so we had some pealed and grated lebanese cucumbers and soon after some sweet tamarind. yeah, that was a true delight for me, as i was craving a sweet fruit after the whole day on watermelon skin /only me/ or cucumber juices. yesterday was a watermelon juice day, i was drinking the skin as well, and maybe lib cucumber juice once. we were drinking mainly watermelons throughout most of our fruit drinking feast, the first few days were mango drinks only, and just when we finished all of our mangoes, on the return from somewhere we found a sweet surprise gift (a box of mangoes) from one of our friendly neighbours behind our shoebox door. and they were so delicious we drank them for 2 whole days.

on the sunday while selling brick a brack at our local markets we drank raw fresh orange juice, each time from one or two oranges, about 3 - 4 times, but around 2pm we run out of oranges and i was on and off hungry till we returned back to our shoebox, and shared a very tasty durian, oh, heavens, thankyou for such delight. later on we had lib cucumber juice.

markets were great, we are in a new and more busy location. this sunday we also ended up talking to two of our customers about our fruitarian lifestyle and they were amazed and they knew it was the best thing to eat raw fresh fruit only, and they never asked as usually people do about protein etc. it was awesome to see their understanding and excitement about it. we had a very fruitful fruity conversation and then i told them my age(52) and both ladies were truly surprised and both told me that they thought that i was in my early 30's, and they were staring at me with amazement. in times like this i feel very happy, because i am sure that the seed landed in good soil. oh, yeah, they also adored our lean bodies, and yet, for some we may be way too skinny. the truth is my skinniness is getting mainly compliments.

surely, life with raw fresh fruit is sweet.

i have been reading a bit, currently anna karenina from leo tolstoy. and i am impressed. also tonight i opened the bible and the first words my eyes glanced on were clearly talking to me.

oh, i love my fruitful life. even more so since i am sharing it with my sweet fruitarian friend mango. yes, we are living under one roof for a while now (3 years in may) and loving it.

love is

we broke the liquefied raw fresh fruit feast

2008-12-19T18:26:00.001+10:00

on the tenth day. first me and mango enjoyed a very sweet watermelon drink and when we arrived home from fruit shopping we shared a creamy and yummy durian. enjoyed ok apricots, and amazingly tasty drink from pealed white peaches and orange, definitely another one to remember. i love drinking or eating very sweet white peaches and nectarines. i love the summer fruit season. we also ate pealed lebanese cucumbers and tomatoes. mango had his with avo. he had one avo while shopping and a few much later, i had durian.

yes, i am avocado free for about a month now and free from cravings. i am getting more giggly as time goes, yes, that is what i was missing at times...me avocado free.

since purely for ethical reasons i decided to live on raw fresh fruit i never look back. the fruitarian lifestyle fully satisfies me. i love who i am, the way i feel and i love to be. i am happy that i found the fruitarian lifestyle within me and not in some confusing diet books. raw fresh fruit is me, my nature, my spirit.

i love to choose all my fruit and i let only people i know including myself prepare it for me. i do not eat/drink fruit in any public place like juice bars, restaurants and so on. when i am food socialising i take my own fruit and eat it or i do not eat at all. or i eat from fruit trees. mango is the only person i let choose fruit for me. of course at times i have to make exceptions, like on long flights to europe, but i usually eat very little from an already very little meal, as most fruit provided is not ready yet.. so i always take my fruit on board with me and enjoy! or in some rare instances i have to ask someone to get some fruit for me.

today we bought 3 trays of mangoes, 3 durians, white peaches 8kg, lychees 1kg, apricots 2kg, 5 bananas, a box of valencia oranges, lebanese cucumber 3kg, tomato 2kg and avo 3kg

i love fruit and i am blessed to have sweet fruitarian mango to share it with.

life is

one of my favorite fruits - mangosteen thailand 06

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today is the 9th day of our raw fresh fruit drinking feast

2008-12-17T19:59:00.000+10:00

and it is a great and special experience as always.

this time i noticed that while we are doing mixed fruit drinks instead of mono, we both need less fruit to drink. it even makes sense to me, because with more variety there is more nutrition. more nutrition means more food.

me and mango we were drinking mainly mango and orange, mango orange and banana, mango orange and grapefruit, mango orange grapefruit and banana, and almost every night tomato lebanese cucumber and hot chili. all delicious.yum. yum. yum. yesterday we had for our 4pm breakfast magic durian, it was frozen and we did not want to wait until the next day, so mango took all the edible segments out from the spiky shell and after he removed the seeds, he blended it into the perfect and most tasty ice-cream, oh, heavens that was the best eating experience for me, as always when i am eating durian de luxe, the heavenly fruit, always new and exiting, the king of fruit. perfect baby food. perfect food for all...yum,yum,yum, i love durian.

later on we had a sweet watermelon drink and much much later juice from one orange(mango) and two oranges(me)

time flies, and lately even faster than ever, 3hours seems like 10 minutes, and i am often amazed when i look at the clock and see the "real" time. i was even suspicious that our clock is too fast, but the computer said no...i was happy, i love to be lost in time, clueless what time or day it is, when one day feels like a thousand years and a thousand years as a day...

i also like when magic happens. it occurs often. this sunday, toward the end of the markets, i was thinking oh, surprisingly it looks like the soft toys do not sell well, so i may give it a few more weeks chance and if nothing changes, we may sell them almost for free...i did not worry about anything, i was in peace with what ever...but soon after someone came and bought a lot of toys to send for some children in thailand. and soon after we were given some new stuff from a lady who had finished selling at the markets, she said she knew us from seeing us at the place where me and mango are getting most of our heavenly fruits.

and one of our regular customers said she would donate us some stuff she does not want any more...

so magic is arriving to us from all directions and me and mango we also decided to do the markets every no raining sunday till we leave sydney, and we booked a different permanent site on which we both made the same choice.

yeah, we had a very good and sunny time at our local sunday markets. i even waake up naturally on time.

life is beautiful

this month, we began with our raw fresh fruit drinking feast

2008-12-11T16:03:00.000+10:00

a bit later than usual, because on the 4th we went on a community bus trip to see some countryside, visiting some waterfalls, but this is a story for another time. me and mango agree that once freshly made juice is made it should be drank straight away, so we never bottle our juices for later, and it would be awkward to make juice on the bus so some sweet yummy fruits were organised for us.

so yesterday was our second raw fresh fruit drinking day, and we shared and enjoyed watermelon 4 times, mango orange grapefruit once, mango orange once, cucumber tomato chili once. all half a litre and all very yummy.

and on the previous days we were mainly drinking mango orange or mango orange grapefruit mix, eating lots of very sweet and juicy mangoes, pineapple, cherries, lychees, apricots, pealed tomatoes and libanise cucumbers, and some hot or not so hot chilies. mango avos, i am still avo free for about 2 weeks now, and i LOVE it. and of course the magic durian. mango had few weeks durian break and i had about 2-3 a week, then we shared few together. we slow down on durians only for economical reasons. durian is expensive and we are saving

for a trip around magic land of oz (australia), mango suggested it and i agreed with him, as this is one of my dreams for a long time, so let's see what happens. mango said that once we have our land he would like to be there with our baby fruit trees, and not traveling for a long time. and traveling around oz could take us almost a year, as oz is a big country with so much to see...wow...we also love to see tropical western australia, before we decide to settle, we may like it and end up living there instead of far north queensland...

summer is hot and today is raining, the garden is happy and growing well, so are we.

life is sweet

sunday market recycling

2008-12-05T10:48:00.002+10:00

is a great way to save some human and land resources and make some pocket money. me and mango we skipped the previous sunday as it was cold and rainy, but the sunday after was a very hot and sunny day, the sun was so strong, that my forehead got sunburned. yeah, it happens to me sometimes that i get sunburned especially when i do not move enough while in the sun, but i never make a big deal from it because i have and apply my magic fresh aloe vera plants with it's healing and pain killing powers when it is needed.

it is not only recycling i like about the sunday markets. it is also interaction with others, i find it very interesting, educational and entertaining. mango seems to have a good time as well, and we make a great team.

this sunday we were more hungry than usual and we shared twice some very sweet fresh and yummy nectarines and later on raw fresh orange juice made on the spot by mango. after markets we enjoyed mango orange drinks and then tomato with lebanese cucumber pealed and chopped for me and the same with avo for mango. yes, i am still off the yummy avocados, because my body mind and spirit say no to them. yes, taste buds say yes, but i say no.

summer time is here and we love it.

yummy mango at kingsford markets

and me...come and see us :)

my mum made me happy

2008-11-29T08:23:00.000+10:00

i rang her last night and she told me she was busy and she had only 20 minutes for me, i said i am glad she had some time for me and as it happened we ended up talking for 80 minutes. she spoke to me about her secrets, our family, friends, and she also gave me a report on what she is eating and how she feels. years back, when she was telling me how sick she was i used to tell her how only changing her eating habits could save her. oh, she would get at times angry at me, and told me one day to stop nagging her. so i thought well, the truth is that she has heard it all, so i thought i will just stop telling her, which i did, and from that time on when she complained about her health, i just said i am sorry to hear that, i would not say much more...only a few times i told her to cut the fat out. she did not like it...yes, because she loves the fat. i understand it is not easy for her.

well, after some time, she began voluntarily to give me reports on what she was eating, and how she felt after her meals without me asking, and i always praised her positive fruity progress. yes, magic sweet fruit is increasing in her diet. and finally i am hearing what i wished to hear for such a long time, last night she said to me, "oh, a few days ago i sinned" then she paused and i was thinking i wonder what this is about, not showing any curiosity, waiting in silent excitement for her confesion...not for long, in a few seconds she continued: "i ate some stroganof i made, i had only a little bit, and very soon after i felt very sick, i could feel how much fat there was, how heavy it was, and even when i had only steamed chicken breast with vegetables i felt sick after that as well, so i think i cannot eat meat any more..." oh, how i was happy to hear that her body is saying no to meat and heavy fatty foods. i knew it would happen, as she is now eating mainly raw fresh fruit and raw or cooked vegetables for about the last 7 months and she lost over 10 kg. so i explained to her what is happening and that that is very good news, as her body is stronger now and quicker to recognise and reject highly toxic "food". what she is telling me makes sense to me and i believe her. but when i hear or read somewhere stories like that someone was fasting for 40 days and then had a steak and felt great, but after eating banana was feeling sick, it is clear to me that that is a statement of pure nonsense. just like most of the info on what and how to eat/drink i have ever seen. no wonder almost everyone is so confused, there is so little truth, and so much misleading information.

those who knows the truth, recognises the lie. truth/clear mind opens eyes, lie/confusion closes them.

my mum is 72 and it seems like her life just began
my mum is 72 and she feels like her life just began
my mum is 72 and her goal is to live a long healthy and peaceful life
she is my sweet mum.

and she now boasts to others, about how i helped her, advising them to eat more fruit and veg.

i am enjoying summer watermelon

avocado and me

2008-11-25T14:38:00.003+10:00

we are not the best of friends. the longer i live my fruitarian existence the more my body rejects one of my favorite fruits. i give up on eating avos a few years after i became an ethical fruitarian. i just find them difficult to digest. i do not have this obstacle/discomfort with any other fruit. well, i used to eat avos now and then, and at times i would go a long time without. since my fruitling mango moved in with me, i got in to eating avos again, as he loves them and eats them almost daily. my body was ok for some time, and then i would observe not only physical but also mental discomfort and that made me slow down on avos or have a few days break from them. hmmm...it was not so easy, as my appetite for avocados was growing...and the ones we get are just heavenly...yum, yum, yum.

happy sunflower in our garden

well, i came to the point once again, that i better say no to tasty yummy avocado, so i can enjoy my fruitarian existence to its full potential. yes, my fruitarian existence without avo is more joyful, euphoric, light, positive, bright...and so on :)

i observed, in the good old days of the fruitrevolution forum, that most people said they also have some negative experiences after eating avocado fruit especially when eaten in excess.

i believe that everyone has a slightly or more different avocado experience. mango seem to have no problem with them. so i think the best is that everyone make their own personal avocado test. experiment and observe, listen carefully to what your body mind and spirit tells you and learn from it. the best way to learn is via experience.

a few days ago me and mango we enjoyed a sweet time on the beach. the ocean was not so cold so we had 2 long swims. we always relax under the sun before and after each swim. the day was hot with blue sky. the other days were showery or too cold for our beach siesta.

sunny sunflower in our fruitarian garden

the coldest and rainiest day was on sunday and that is why we skipped our market day. we had a lovely busy and lazy day and we went to get some tomatoes, mangoes (at the moment6 boxes are with us) :)a few bananas some apricots and so on, and as we drove around our market we could see only 3 stalls, well, some people are very tough.

me and mango we are sharing yummy orange mango drinks, we ate some very yummy cherries for the first time of the oz cherry season, and almost daily yummy apricots, nectarines, drinking pears apples mixed with orange and mango, yum, yum, yummmy, yum.

mango is having some break from durians, and i had one yummy creamy and sweet one, i ate one half and the next day the rest. today i have sweet durian free day.

i said good buy to avocados.

the digital photography course is over, it was fun, and we learned a bit more...so there are a lot of nice pictures ahead...

raw fresh fruit drink to remember: apple mango orange and grapefruit mix.

our garden is beautiful and happy.

fruit is it!!!

fruitarian life is sweet

sweet sweet sweet

i love sunflowers in our garden

9 days on raw fresh fruit juices

2008-11-15T17:36:00.000+10:00

were easy enjoyable and very beneficial as always. raw fresh fruit juices are easy to digest, they enter the bloodstream faster, and therefore fresher, than when the whole fruit is eaten, even when it is well liquefied in the mouth by chewing. i am aware that they are some who think, usually after reading somewhere about it, that raw fresh juices are not "healthy" or recommended. i am sure, if they would only have a go at it, they would see in a very short time, the TRUTH about raw fresh fruit juice goodness. well, it can be that some highly toxic people can feel a bit uneasy at times, but that is only due to detox, as while raw fresh fruit juices are entering the bloodstream, the body is happily detoxifying.

it is only the second time that me and mango drank a variety of raw fresh fruit on our regular monthly raw fresh fruit juice feast, usually we drink only oranges, grapes or watermelon. i observed there is not much difference if i drink mono or if i mix my raw fresh fruit drinks. i began to think that it may be the juices alone from which the body truly benefits, and not so much the mono regime.

we broke our yummy fruit drinking feast with magic durian, yum, yum, yum, and we continue to drink most of our fruit as always. some may think that drinking fruit is unnatural. i on the contrary, think that if i live in more natural surroundings, i would be in a paradise fruit forest, with such an abundance of yummy raw fresh fruit. because i do not believe that dried fruit or fruit frozen for too long, is truly fresh and therefore should not be eaten. in my abundant fruit paradise i would naturally want just the best of the best that fruit can give me: its raw fresh juice.

the sunday market was fun and i am ready for the next one tomorrow.

the day before yesterday was a beautiful beach day, me and mango had 2 long swims even though the ocean was more cold than usual, and we charged our 'batteries' with powerful sun rays. yeah, the ocean was cold, but so beautifully blue and calm as a lake...and as always i felt amazing afterwards.

and we had fun on our digital camera course.

every day is sweet with yummy raw fresh sweet fruit
every day is sweet with my sweet sweetie mango
and it was the mighty raw fresh fruit that guided me to his life.

hallelujah

ps: today we just finished a very yummy "one apple one orange juice and almost one durian" mix. the durian was not particularly sweet and creamy, that is why. yum. i could eat it again. a not especially good durian became something rather special. durian is magic.

seventh day on fruit juice.

2008-11-08T17:41:00.001+10:00

raw fresh fruit drinks are yummy, refreshing, life giving, and provide a way for the body to detox and heal itself more successfully than if just raw fresh fruit is eaten. it is almost like fasting, only more gentle.

today is our seventh day on fruit drinks and each drink is a treat. in the last 2 days we were drinking orange and mango, pineapple apple orange, orange mango kiwi, cucumber with dash of tomato (only once), cucumber wit dash of zucchini (only once)

the day before yesterday we had sweet fruitarian fun under the sun on the beach. the ocean was a bit wild and cold but we had 2 good swims, it was a hot day, even though at times cloudy. on our way back we found some treasures to sell at the market.

enjoying every day, sun is shining, birds are singing, it is warm or hot, fruit is plentiful and delicious, me and mango we are enjoying our days and each others company.

life is beautiful

free monkey. thailand holiday with mango 2006

the fourth day on our traditional monthly raw fresh fruit juice fun

2008-11-05T09:09:00.000+10:00

began with a yummy mango orange drink, still our favourite, the mangoes are just heavenly and the valencia oranges sweet as...

the first day was a local sunday market one, and we had our first drink around 1pm, it was a freshly squeezed orange juice by mango, we drank one orange each. we arrived back in our shoebox around 3pm and we had several orange mango drinks til 6pm.

we prepaid for a spot at the local markets for 13 sundays, it was a good deal plus we have some stuff to sell. i truly enjoy interacting with other people and having a "little shop". i used to play as a kid at my grandmas making my little shop selling goods to my imaginary customers it was one of my many favorites, i never was and i never am bored. well, it is nice to be able to do what i always enjoyed, only on a different level and different form, i am more life experienced and my customers are not imaginary. i like the markets better than a shop because i can be outside.

on monday, the second day, we drank orange mango mix all day. on tuesday, the third day, we enjoyed a few mango orange drinks and two drinks made from raw fresh pineapple apple orange and kiwi, and one from pineapple apple orange mix. all raw fresh and very tasty. all 1/2 litre at times bit over as always.

yesterday, the third day, was for me a bit dramatic, i went trough mild detox, i had a few short mood swings, my emotions were running high, i wished i could stay in bed with a book, but i went along with mango to our second session of the digital camera for beginners course. we had a good time despite my "moods", we took some nice pictures and we learned some new stuff. from about 3pm my mood swings left me and i was back to myself.

all last week was peaceful relaxing and at times busy.

on the monday we had three awesome swims, the ocean was cold at first but in a few seconds very enjoyable, i was moving fast so i was able to stay in the water as long as i could. i love swimming. sun ray catching, relaxing, enjoying mango's company, we also munched on one big mango each and we used the skins for our skin.

on tuesday (last week - still) we had our first digital camera course day

on wednesday i visited a friend

on thursday a sweet day with mango only

on friday i visited another friend, i was traveling on public transport, i got a sore back from the bus seat and headache for a half hour from the city pollution

on saturday i visited the same friend as on wednesday.

all last week, before we started drinking only raw fresh fruit, we drank mostly orange mango mix, and we ate some avos, tomatoes, cucumbers and a few not so hot chillies. and a fair few magic sweet and yummy durians yum, yum, yum...

life is yummy.

monkey in thailand 2006 holiday with sweet mango

community center garden for children

2008-10-26T17:50:00.000+10:00

so they can learn about the life of plants from experience is a great idea of j who runs the center, and me and mango, we are a part of this project...

and it began like this: it is a while ago now, a month or two, i was visiting my mum overseas and mango told me on the phone that our spaceship crashed, so he visited our nearby community center to send me an email etc, and that is how he met j, and one thing lead to another, and i and mango joined as volunteer workers to create a little garden for little children. yes, very sweet...

and yes, today, me and mango, we planted a cute baby lemon tree, a cute baby mandarin tree and a cute baby passion fruit vine. the choice of fruit was made by j. i would have gotten persimmon, mandarin, orange, passion fruit, paw paw, blueberry... oh, yes, if i was the decision maker i would make a fruit and aloe vera garden... back to reality, me and mango, we are happy that fruit was included in the plan for the fruit, veg, and herb garden.

i so enjoyed planting the trees, and also visiting the nursery, admiring so many beautiful plants and i was in bliss when we were in the baby fruit tree section, oh, i am so looking forward to growing the trees i want to in some tropical haven... along with sweet mango for sure...

and we continue mixing mangoes and oranges in to delightful raw fresh fruit drinks daily, two or three times a day and we just cannot get sick of it. the same with durians. hass avo, tomato, cucumber - all very yummy.

mango also wrote an article on healthy eating that was published in the community center newsletter with a very cute picture of him, and there may be a few people interested in mango giving a speech and i am sure i would join him as from my own experience i noticed that people take my fruitarian lifestyle more seriously since there has been another fruitarian, mango, with me. two people who fully agree on the fruitarian lifestyle are naturally twice as convincing

me and mango we are not afraid or in any way uncomfortable to confess that we are fruitarians, we are not hiding it and it is interesting and at times amusing to see how others react. in most cases they just don't believe it. some like to debate it a bit and some some more...but it is so rare that i am sure they are wondering, it is so rare that i am sure they are pondering at times...and almost sure that the idea of letting go of all they are eating is almost beyond their imagination, a way too big sacrifice, or just impossible.

like with this man who held a market stall near us and he at times came over to our stall and chatted with us, and when he heard we are fruitarians, he said he knew about it but he could not do it, and he said that only very strong people can. i told him i believe that the strength comes with strong reason.

the spirit of love

was my reason for choosing a fruitarian lifestyle.
i am proud to be an ethical fruitarian.

days and nights (plus karel capek)

2008-10-23T13:34:00.001+10:00

are passing by one by one, and me and mango are enjoying them, sharing our fruitful fruitarian life, each day unique, special, beautiful...

...enjoying daily our mangoes blended in orange juice two or three times a day, very yummy hass avocados, tomatoes, lebanese cucumbers, and some not so hot chillies and some a bit hot. we are also sharing almost daily one magic durian or two... they are very yummy and yum yum yum, yes. and today it was a very uplifting pineapple banana orange drink. all our drinks are a half litre or a little bit over.

yesterday i finished reading 2 books by karel capek, in the original czech language (also translated into english) the absolute at large (tovarna na absolutno) 1922 and war with the newts (valka s mloky) 1936 (the year my mum was born). i found them very inspiring. karel capek is my new discovery, i knew about him, but i never came across his books before. one book was given to us with some other books and the second one is here

the past few days were nice, warm and sunny and today the temperature dropped down to 15+ celsius and it was a real winter rainy day with some snow in the blue mountains located abut 80 km away, yes, it was freezing

but we had a lovely day anyway...

thailand holidays with mango 2006

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sunday continued...

2008-10-17T20:00:00.001+10:00

sunday local markets, selling brick a' brack that got slowly but surely in to our shoebox from different directions: as gifts, or found by the rubbish bins, usually by mango as he is looking for recyclable metals to sell at a recycling plant, so he brings some other stuff, and because the saying one mans rubbish is another mans treasure is true, me and mango decided to hire a stall at our local sunday markets. i like recycling, especially when some pocket money comes out from it.

it was very interesting to see how much i was able to learn in one day from the experience. experience is the best way of learning. just like with the all raw fresh fruit lifestyle, anyone who has the same experience would agree with me, that it is the most beautiful and giving way of living for ones whole being.

we did not eat/drink at all, to avoid the need to visit public toilets, so we could fully attend to our stall.

it was a hot day and it was fun, and around 1pm mango went to buy a few oranges as we both longed for orange juice. i got some juice from one orange mango from two, they were not so juicy, but even a little bit of raw fresh orange juice rejuvenated us... at 4pm we were back in our shoe box, and we both truly enjoyed a 1/2 a litre glass full of clear raw fresh orange juice, then about an hour later the same again, and soon afterward a sweet durian... i am sure we enjoyed some other fruits that night too.

hot day 26+

monday was a beautiful beach day, so me and mango went to visit one of our local beaches. yes, the sun was shining like there was no tomorrow, we could not have wished for a better day. we had a magic relaxing time sunbasking and an amazing swim twice. the ocean had warmed up since last time, so we could swim for much longer than previously, and that was a big joy for me, i had so much fun swimming in the tingling pacific ocean, giggling afterward... me and mango we shared one mango and a bit later another one...

we are drinking and eating raw fresh fruit only as usual, durian, and mango blended in orange juice, are my favorites right now, all the fruit we are eating is so yummy i also love sweet paw paws

yum yum yum...

tuesday:

sleeping in, visiting friend, sharing raw fresh sweet fruits with mango

wendesday:

reading, sleeping, reading (in bed) eating and drinking raw fresh fruit yum yum yum

life is beautiful

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eating all raw fresh fruit again

2008-10-13T17:41:00.001+10:00

after 8 days of raw fresh orange juice feast was very exciting. we got 3 boxes of mangoes, 5 paw paws, bananas 2kg, tomatoes 2kg, avos 2kg, strawberries 3/4kg, 2 big rock melons, 1 small watermelon. mango found 2 big honey dew melons and there are still a lot of oranges left over, getting sweeter for sure.

well, we drank blended mangoes twice, 1/2 liter each time. and we ate a big and so yummy durian, avo and pealed tomato mix

i was feeling great all day and night, but when i woke up i felt a little bit sick, i was constipated and i went back to sleep for about an hour and then when i woke up i felt more sick like throwing up and my tummy was sore like bruised.oh, and i felt week, i sent mango for an aloe leaf, and i blended and drank the gel and about half an hour later i went back to sleep and i slept for another 4 hours and when i woke up i was feeling ok and the constipation was gone, but i had no appetite.

i think that for the first day after light orange juice days i ate too much (2) heavy oily avocado. i think i was not thinking.

at 4pm when i came back from visiting a friend i was hungry so me and mango shared a very tasty durian yum yum yum. a few hours later we had strawberries blended with bananas. before that mango had blended mango and some avos later.

we enjoy all we do

sunny 21+

another day closer to our tropical fruit paradise...

well, late at night when i was already in bed ready to sleep,i began to feel a little bit sick again, so i had a small glass of raw fresh orange juice, and i felt better, but not for long, so i got up again and i blended the gell from an aloe vera leaf and drank it, and i felt back to normal and i slept in no time like a baby.

i woke up to cloudy sky,and i felt great and full of beans, later on sunshine arrived and me and mango had our mango drink out in the sun, relaxing afterwards just like yesterday, we had a lot of fruitarian fun under the yummy sun

me and mango shared busy fruitful and beautiful day

sweet sweet sweet

we drank rock melon, rock melon, mango, mango, and we ate tomatoes, avos, paw paw

yum yummy yummmy yummy yum :) and giggles :)

cloudy sunny 22+

SLEEPING

i was waking up slowly, when mango whispered in to my ear: "it is time to wake up" oh, yes it is sunday, i thought and i got up to a sunny day, it was about 6am, yes, this is very

UNUSUAL FOR ME

to wake up like this, as i almost always wake up naturally. i love the slow awakening and i never feel the same when i get disturbed from my sleep. i feel sick like throwing up, i do not have appetite and i may have mood swings (poor mango); feeling a bit down at times. oh, yes,

LACK OF SLEEP

affects me deeply and negatively. i am lucky i can almost always sleep as it suits me. i was lucky i was waking up slowly for some time when mango wispered in to my ear...so i could truly enjoy a very busy day.

...oh, yeah, i was excited, as soon as i got out of the bed, i was looking forward to go on our first...

to be continued...

harvesting aloe vera gel

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sixth seventh and eighth day on RAW FRESH ORANGE JUICE

2008-10-09T14:42:00.001+10:00

were magic and each different.

on the sixth day mango drank 5 times and me 4 times yummy orange super power

on the seventh day we both drank 4 raw fresh orange juices sweet and full of sunshine

on the eighth day the same as on the seventh day

we drank all the raw fresh orange juices straight away after we hand squeeze them, and then pour the juice trough the sieve because we both love only clear orange juice, free from tiny orange bits. we usually take our juice out in the sunshine, relaxing afterward on blanket on the lawn next to our happy garden.

last night i rang my mum, she was happy to hear from me and even though she was busy, we ended up talking for 20 minutes.

last night i was craving strawberries

life is sweet

love, love, love...

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fifth day on RAW fresh orange juice

2008-10-06T11:31:00.001+10:00

was awesome, giggly and peaceful. me and mango we both had 5 RAW fresh orange juices. sweet and yummy.

i love my fear illness and medication free existence.

i love my partner mango who is sharing the same fruitarian lifestyle with me. in the way it is a miracle, as i find most of fruitarians are confused about it.

i love myself.

me and fruit

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fourth raw fresh fruit juice day

2008-10-05T13:10:00.001+10:00

was very peaceful and relaxing, mango had 2 orange juices and 1/2 a banana blended in orange juice, i had 1orange juice and 1/2 a banana blended in orange juice

the last two boxes of oranges were a bit sour, they will need about a week or so to sweeten up, so today we got some sweeter ones, ready to be squeezed in to sweet raw fresh orange juice, the true life giving orange liquid entering our digestive system and bloodstream, to give us the best drink under the sun. there is no better drink than raw fresh fruit juice made of any juicy raw fresh fruit.

i love the unfortunately rare moments when i squeeze for some one fresh fruit juice, and they have never had one, only the old rotten ones everyone can find not only on thesupermarket shelves, and as soon they have their first sip they tell me with a big surprise: "this is very different to any bottled juice i get in the shops, hmm this is so much nicer...hmmm..." i usually say something like: "fresh is the best". or "fresh is alive the old is dead"... the bottom line is, that most of them say something like this: "yes, but it is too much work to make it", well i think, people like that have to work first on their mind and then on their diet.

rain 20+, garden is happy, so are we

"rock climbing" by me while getting to the lookout (czech republic 2006)

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benefits of the fruitarian diet

2008-10-04T18:28:00.001+10:00

i find this article interesting and i thought it would be nice to share it with you

benefits of the fruitarian diet

Fruitarians are one step up from a Raw Food diet. They focus on eating only raw fruits and seeds. [i focus on raw fresh fruit only] Fruitarians, along with Raw Foodists believe that eating cooked food is harmful and that cooked food actually causes disease to develop due to toxic build up in our bodies.

For Fruitarians, cooked food is an addiction that needs to be broken in order to truly experience the euphoria of perfect health and freedom. There is a lot of weight in their addiction argument, looking at how many people have issues with overeating and emotional eating. It is evident that people do have emotional ties with food that go beyond eating for survival. Eating a fruitarian diet is meant to allow one to face life's events and issues without turning to comfort foods to fill the emotional void.

Although the road to becoming a Fruitarian can be difficult, there are some serious benefits in following the path. Benefits you can expect to receive among others:

- A perfectly calm and clear mind that will allow ideas and creativity to abound. The detoxification process allows for perfect harmony between all of your bodily systems allowing for the highest degree of cooperation and balance within yourself.

- Healing from all wounds and diseases that may be in your body. You will even experience healing of developing problems that you had not even discovered yet.

- Freedom from constipation, insomnia, depression, stress, and fatigue.

- A huge increase in the strength of your immune system allowing your body to be much more resistant to allergies, bacteria and viruses.

- A return of your libido and a boost to your fertility.

- In appearance you will notice clear skin, bright eyes, strong nails and soft shiny hair. You will also notice a huge decrease or even elimination in body odor. Your self-esteem will dramatically improve as you feel a love for yourself and your body that is very difficult to describe.

- Your body will be rid of all excess weight and your cellulite will disappear. Your body will take the form that it was meant to be, which may be considerably different than how it is now.

The empowering feeling you develop in choosing to eat a fruitarian diet will help you to make better choices for yourself in all of your decisions. You will develop a much greater sense of self-control.

- You will see a dramatic improvement in your ability to work long hours without feeling run down.

- The ability of your body to recover from injury will be rapidly increased compared to someone who eats a cooked food diet.

Imagine walking into your home and you seeing it full of garbage. Imagine trying to be healthy and efficient in such a mess. That is how our bodies feel when overloaded with toxins from the processed foods we have been consuming. How much better would you feel to be in a home that is spotless, organized and bright with no clutter at all. That is how you can feel about the inside of your body. Eating a fruitarian diet will make you feel like a kid again and you will find yourself being able to keep up with little kids when playing. What is also pretty amazing is that you also start to get that child-like imagination and wonder back into your thoughts which makes life a lot more exciting to live each day.

Transitioning to a Fruitarian diet from a Standard American Diet (SAD) can be difficult. Detoxifying physically is hard enough in itself, but you have to realize that you will also need to detoxify emotionally. When you are forced to leave your comfort foods behind you may find yourself scared and almost "naked" because you have nothing left to hide behind. Take all this into consideration when deciding to take the plunge, research and fully understand what is going to happen to your mind and body during the transition.

sweet fruit me and mango shared in thailand (may2006)

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third day on raw fresh fruit juices

2008-10-04T08:56:00.001+10:00

was a very good one, me and mango shared raw fresh orange juice five times. i am feeling every day better, i enjoy the physical and mental lightness; the constant natural high, with euphoric outbursts, oh, how i love fruit euphoria, i am so in love with my fruitarian lifestyle, the mighty fruit gives me satisfaction.

yesterday was also a very hot day 35+, and me and mango visited the beach, the water was so freezing, so mango had 3 very short swims and i had one short swim and twice i just jumped in for a dip to cool down. it was like a real natural sauna. yeah, the beach is always good, i felt so renewed afterwards as usual.

we also got 2 boxes or life giving raw fresh oranges

we shared a lovely and peaceful day

in a orange bliss

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second raw fresh fruit juice day

2008-10-02T22:24:00.001+10:00

today was the same as yesterday, mango had orange juice 3 times, me 2 times and we also had an apple orange drink.

as always i am truly enjoying raw fresh fruit juice days.

i had a great day, i had a nice very early morning wonder walk with a friend and her dog, we visited a nearby beach and we had a good time. afterwards she took me with her to her place for some time, then she took me back home again, and i arrived at the same time as mango, he had been swimming in the ocean. the rest of the day and night we spend together in love and peace. today was 30+ hot and sunny

life is yummy... :)

beach horizon

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first day on raw fresh fruit juices only

2008-10-01T22:32:00.001+10:00

for me and mango. this time it worked out on the first day of the new month. i think mango had 3 orange juices, me 2, and we both had orange apple juice. i had my first drink after 2pm, shortly after arriving back from the beach. it was a nice hot day, the ocean was very calm and freezing, so i had only one short swim, mango had 3. i was too cold to go in again, but i truly enjoyed the buzz after my first swim in our swimming season. mango had his first swim a few days ago...

i have been going to sleep early these past 3 days, yesterday already at 7pm. that is why i haven't been posting...

i spoke with my mum on the phone, she had an amazing holiday in spain with her special friend, i am happy for her.

me and mango we are having lovely busy sunny and fruity days.

love, love, love,
and fruit
kveta

mango and beach

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my english is

2008-09-27T22:53:00.001+10:00

improving bit by bit, especially from the time i am with mango, he is showing me all my mistakes, and because i have used them for such a long time, it is taking time to change the bad habits. i can see how i am programed like a computer and i act like a robot, doing things automatically. i reached the point, where i feel uncomfortable to write in english, as i am aware of how many mistakes i am making and how much more i still have to learn. i spoke about it with mango and i asked him, if he would help me to correct my blog posts, he said yes, so we did the 2 last posts today. i am so lucky to have such a helpful sweet heart. he is sleeping now, so we will correct this text tomorrow.

today was another warm and sunny day with an all blue sky. our first meal was a very sweet orange juice, a durian picnic next to our garden later on was a big disappointment, as the durian fruit was almost tasteless and sweet less, so we exchanged it for a sweet yummy one...and we ended up eating it in the park just above the beach, with a beautiful view. the ocean was so calm and so blue and the shallow water was so green, the durian was magic, so was the long relaxing time afterwards. about 2 hours later we agreed we would like some orange juice so we left our special place and arrived at another one..and yes, we had an orange juice, and a bit later we had a paw paw picnic under the sun, yum, yum, yum...in our backyard, and some kids arrived and chatted with us, and a 4year young boy told us that he want to kill all aliens, and it was almost impossible to talk him out of it...

when the sun left we left as well and mango made for us an apple orange banana drink and we watched some movies

life is

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i was shot today

2008-09-26T21:57:00.001+10:00

it happened very fast and it took me by surprise, i was enjoying the warm spring sun on me, around me...my hair flying in the gentle breeze and my hands were busy hanging some freshly washed (in cold water only) clothes, looking forward to meeting sweet mango in the garden as soon as i finished, to join him in some gardening, smiling feeling so blessed and suddenly i can feel someones eyes on me, so i turned my head in that direction and i saw just for a split second about a 5year young small boy with his mum, in one hand he held hers and in the other hand he had a gun, and as soon as i looked at him....he shot me...it felt like for real, only pain and death were not present and i thought to myself, oh, how easy it is to kill someone, and so fast that one does not have time to say goodbye...it is not just the kid with his toy in my eyes, it is clearly a conditioning of the mind.

besides that, today me and mango enjoyed: orange juice, orange juice, 5dl and raw fresh, avo, tomato, and very yummy paw paw... raw fresh fruit every day, magic durians, strawberries, rock melons, oranges, tomatoes, avos, all so yum!

i do not have gun.

all raw fresh fruit lifestyle is about love

for all :)

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the zakynthos holiday with my sweet mum

2008-09-24T23:29:00.001+10:00

was very successful, oh, yeah, we were looking forward to our love sun sea and raw fresh fruit holiday as always, because we always have a beautiful time.

the greek island zakynthos, we had seen from air just few minutes before landing, welcomed us with very hot 40+ sunny morning, it was the most hot day of our stay, it was usually around 37+, me and my mum we love hot sunny days. it is interesting for me to see how she always changes, it is like she raised from death. she is so happy she is almost always smiling, she often repeats that she does not need much to be happy in her life, just love, peace, sun, sea and yummy food...

well, some "food" she eats i consider stinky and yucky, just it's smell can make me sick, but she ate very little of it. in the 11days she had 1can of dead sardines, and 50g of some long lasting salami. rest of her diet was 80%raw fresh fruit including juices, 10%steamed vegetables, 10%bread, margarine, black coffee. she lost 4kg in 11days

swimming as she does, holding onto her air pillow , happy just like the little kids around us, she spend most of her time in the sea, while i was relaxing on the sand enjoying the hot sun, taking a few swims for around 20minutes or so. we were on the beach every morning after showering and breakfast, then we had a shower again and something to eat/drink, followed by a siesta in bed (full on relaxation) at times chatting, then shower, beach, shopping, shower, eating/drinking reading tarot cards, chatting, singing, often siting on our balcony.

we went twice for a walk but we did not like the place so much: too many buildings, not enough nature.

the turtles were too far away for us to see. we could have gotten a boat trip to do so, but we were told about the the noisy engines and the loud music and a probable hot day on the ship without a swim or shower, so we decided to spend our day as usual, to make sure it was going to bee a good one...

nectarines, grapes, watermelons oranges and grapefruits, all local, were so much sweeter and yummier than the once we were getting in the czech republic. we juiced and drank all the citrus fruit, and most of the very sweet watermelons

yum yum yummy yum...

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i am back in the sweet land of oz

2008-09-23T13:56:00.001+10:00

the place on earth i always miss when i leave for overseas, back in the sweet arms of sweet mango, the sweetest person i ever met.

i flew with russian airoflot from prague to china, but as soon as i boarded the qantas ship, i was at home, feeling so happy to see smiling friendly people again, even my fruit platter meals improved, still they were bit tragic, as some melons were a long way from being ready, hard and tasteless...but that is ok with me because i am an experienced air traveler, so i know what to expect and i take my raw fresh fruit with me. i do that even on earth, when i am visiting other earthlings, or i just do not eat.

the trip was very long: i left my mum on wednesday early morning and i arrived to mango on friday around midday. i spent the whole day in shanghai airport, but i did not mind, i was so glad that i was leaving for the place where i truly wanted to be...

happy lucky blessed me

enjoying and sharing magic durians with sweet mango...

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greek island zakynthos

2008-08-20T04:04:00.001+10:00

is my next destination, i am looking forward hot sun and blue sea to swim in. i am leaving tomorrow night along with my mum, we love each other and we enjoy our time together, especially on our holidays, were we have freedom from many tasks and others. the only 3 hours 20 minutes short flight from prague to zakynthos is going take us, to most green part of greece, on 9km long sandy beach, the home for protected turtles named caretta-caretta. and now is the time when the babies turtles going leave their eggs and we may see them on their first way in to sea of many blue colors. no engines and water sports are permitted. we are going to live in studio with small kithen shower and wc, and we are going to buy our fruit and other stuff for mum, to eat, she is eating more fruit than 2years ago, and she drink fruit juices with much biger zest, she look much better as well. while on holidays with me she eat mostly raw fresh fruit. now she is in love with

raw fresh the whole watermelon juice

it is surely very powerful stuff, i blend the pink stuff then i juice the skin in juicer and then i mix it all up. so far we are lucky, all watermelons were all sweet us can be. mum have some digestive problems and she is not regular, trying make it work with some herbal teas, but since she is drinking her favorite whole watermelon drink, she is smiling, telling me how everything is working as it should be, and she is amazed how easy and fast the whole watermelon drink work for her. she also love

raw fresh red grapefruit and orange juice

i usually made for her when i am making one for myself. today i made 1 liter and half and she had heaps. this is only juice she is making for herself when i am not here. otherwise she tell me, she is not having time. yes,

time management

is a good one to know. i do simplify and i find it very rewarding, since mum cook in stinky kitchen, inhaling so many toxins, i am on sunny veranda at near by friend's place relaxing on the sun, chatting with people whom are present. they are all busy and i have permission to be there whenever i want to. i also enjoy interesting

wander walks along or in very near by forest

and behold, today i have seen 2 dear jumping running, full of life and so beautiful, and yet, some people would shoot them and eat them...forest , their home is nice green and natural, it was obvious to me they are having dear fun under summer morning sun. i am sure they went see some dear friends. i am lucky i am so close to nature in tiny town surrounded by black forest, without shops. so

i stay here with my family /some of/ and some come visit us and some friends as well...

i am drinking lot of oranges, grapefruits, grapes, whole watermelon /skin included/eating some bananas, pears, nectarines, and

life is sweet

my hair getting lately lot of compliments...

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flight to prague

2008-08-08T19:26:00.001+10:00

was smooth, and on time. yes, the biggest problem was the air conditioning; my lips god so badly dry they turned deep red and very burned. yes, healing is still in process and i am using aloe vera to free my self from any discomfort. the fruit platter meal was better than usual, it was free from veg salads and it contain mainly raw fresh fruit, but most of it of week taste. well, it was edible juicy and refreshing, i already know that meals are very tiny, so i packed with me 3tomatoes, 3hass avos, and 1small libanise cucumber.

from prague i took taxi to karlovy vary where my mum, sister and her son picked me up. we got some fruit for me. i supposed catch the bus, but it was all sold out. that is ok, i had good conversation with taxi driver, he was traveler, interested in australia.

for first two days i was still in the air flying, and i experienced big culture shock as well, as i did enter very different world compare to one i live in.

i am munching on tomatoes, watermelons, cucumbers, orange juices, grapefruit juices, orange grapefruit juices, grape juices, watermelon juices, rockmelon, strawberries. the fruit is not so sweet and tasty as in sweet oz. nectarines are so sour for me i just cannot eat them my mouth is fully rejecting them, i have no choice, i have to spit them out. yeah, my body speaks loud and clear to me.

i am taking short wander walks to very near by forest, i spend most of the time with my mum, i enjoy specially tarot card reading sessions she does for others. we are very close and alike. surely we have big differences as well. as far hers diet goes she lives in darkness, true she is very slowly getting some light. she eats/drink more of fruit and veg and she i slowly loosing kg's. she look better and younger than 2years ago. i am very pleased with her and told her how better she look and keep going.

i am in very tiny village, and i have here one lovely friend, she is also mum's friend, that is how i met her first about 7years ago. she live very near on our way to forest i had seen her 3 times so far and we had always good time.

it is warm and sunny, today bit of rain, now sunshine. i sleep well as always, i am going sleep early and i wake up early...

i keep in touch with sweet mango via email and ph, and i miss him.

life is beautiful

me

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happy birthday sweet mango,

2008-08-01T23:27:00.001+10:00

happy birthday to you

i wish your fruitful life give you all you wish for.

thank you for you...for all sweet durian treats...and all.

may your sweetness return to you many many folds.

love always

your fruit fairy kveta

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durians, pineaples, strawberries,

2008-07-30T23:03:00.001+10:00

paw paws, oranges, pomellos, bananas, golden kiwis, rock melons, tomatoes, libanise cucumbers, chillies, all fully enjoyed by me and mango on our yummy fruity fruitful feasts. yum, yum, yum...i am enjoying my fruitarian soul and path.

after nice sunny warm days some cold and not so sunny but showery days arrived. and temperatures only around 14+, that is freezing...that is going to dramatically change for me as only in three days i should be landing in 30+hot prague, visiting my family (some) and some friends for 6 weeks. i am going miss sweet mango, australia (even the winter one), and yummy durians.

i am sleeping a lot lately, at times for 12 hours.

life is sweet

my sweet mum and sweet mango (czech summer 2006)

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fruity fruitful days

2008-07-21T22:55:00.001+10:00

passing by one by one, everyone unique and special and full of very yummy raw fresh fruitful treats, since my last post me and mango we are enjoyed many and very very tasty durians, avocados, tomatoes, cucumbers, chilies, paw paws, some mandarins, and drinking raw fresh crimson grapes, pineapple orange banana mix, pomelo orange mix, (new and i love it, oh there is always something new in fruit world) orange, orange grapefruit mix.

yeah, me and mango we got some grapefruits, only later on we discovered they are pomelos, so we decided to juice them, and they are so delicious in mix with oranges, it is now my citrus favorite drink, yum, after first sip i fell in love. durians, lately popular breakfast in bed, are as usual very amazing with many magic and most yummy flavors, at times i get in every small bite a new flavor, and they all take me somewhere...like to my childhood or babyhood...sweet sweet durian.

me and sweet mango, we had sweet sunny busy days, and relaxing nights. i slept more than usual, as part of some healing in my legs, i could also feel some healing sensations, i think that winter time (cold) is slowing my healing progress.

life is beautiful

i have a new friend, said mango...

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fruitarian interview

2008-07-14T22:24:00.001+10:00

with me is HERE only one click away. there are also interviews with some others, all organized by sweet fruitling mango :) i read them all, and it is very interesting to see how much we all have in common, but also there is obvious diversity in perception and understanding of fruit. i am happy to see there are at least few earthlings on fruit path with strong need to share their experiences with others.

today was warm sunny day so we settled for magic durian picnic on lawn next to our happy garden, but very soon we discovered that our durian is not as sweet and yummy as we wanted to be, so we decided to blend it with raw fresh crimson grapes juice and we end up with very sweet and yummy cream. yum.

durian crimson grapes cream
orange grapefruit tangerine juice 5dl
tomato libanise cucumber avocado chili
avocado
tomato

today we bought: durians 2, tomatoes 6kg, avocados try, cucumbers 2kg, apples 1kg, mandarins 2kg, bananas 2kg.

me and mango we had sweet fruitful and peaceful day...

life is beautiful

fruitarian bliss (me)

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happy fruitarian

2008-07-13T22:31:00.001+10:00

me, sharing yummy sweet fruit with yummy sweet mango:

crimson grapes juice in bed 5dl
pineapple banana juice 5dl
tomato cucumber avocado chili
avocado
tomato
tomato cucumber avocado chili

all delightful as always. all raw and fresh. love peace and happiness giving. my brain love the raw fresh fruit chemicals, and my skin, my hair, my heart, my bones....and all.

today was very much like yesterday (activities), still very different and unique. i love to be

life is precious

i love tulips, as child i use to stare in to them with fascination, my grandma did grow so many of them...

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durian breakfast in bed

2008-07-12T23:32:00.001+10:00

was very sweet and tasty, it was bit after 11am not long after i woke up. sun was shining, bit it was freezing, so i was happy i can enjoy peaceful and exciting breakfast in warm bed, soon after i jumped in to relaxing hot bath followed by at the moment very cold shower and then i joined mango outside, caching some sun powers. not long after i went see friend and it was after 4:30 pm when i arrived back to shoebox i was hungry and me and mango shared tomato cucumber and chili yummy mix, and at 6:30 pm we shared 3 tangerines and hour later i had two

i am satisfied with my fruitarian path i have peaceful mind about what and when to eat/drink, free from question marks. i am daily counting my blessings, i love the way raw fresh fruit make me feel. sharing fruitful days with sweet fruitarian mango adding sweetness to my life, as soon as i discovered his website, i new he is the one for me....

life is full of surprises

first me and mango ate yummy watermelon while sun basking (naked) by lovely lake on our holiday in czech republic summer 2006, then we massaged watermelon juice in to our skin, and mango helped me apply my watermelon mask. yes, it was hot, almost 40 plus daily...lots and lots of swims, oh, sweet past, oh, sweet present....

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last night

2008-07-11T23:53:00.001+10:00

sweet mango said that he is hungry so today we stock up with mountains of raw fresh fruit: 2 durians, box of crimson grapes, grapefruit 3kg, tangerines 2kg, tomatoes 4kg, try of avocados, libanise cucumbers 1kg, bananas 2kg, and only few days ago oranges 30kg. so mango skipped his dry fast friday and so we shared very yummy durian, soon after my crimson grape juice. oh, durian made me giggle soon after it's magic powers entered my bloodstream...my blood say thank you and send me the sweet euphoria. later: yummy strawberries, much much later we shared tomato, avocado, cucumber and chili. later half avo and one banana each. later one tangerine each.

yum, yum, yum....

life is yummy

baby avocado tree i our garden

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