Do you already have your mother’s day gift picked out?

Today I was just browsing through “Nest” looking for ideas on what to get my mom when I ended up purchasing this delicious bath bar for myself. Sorry mom.

My new luxury bath soap is intoxicating with the beautiful smell of sweet port pear. I also love its oversized shape.    

Maybe I should get my mom a gift basket of all these lovely soaps from Kalastyle?!

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You know you live in the middle of nowhere when you get excited that the next island over is now selling “Essie” nail polish. Not to even mention the fact that my #1 place for these kinds of purchases is the BIG KMART. I’m such a classy girl! 

Do you have anything romantic planned this weekend?

I can’t think of anything more lovely than sitting with Eric on a beach and watching the sunset with a glass of champagne in my hand. What can I say, I really love the simple things.

I also can’t stop myself from wondering if I’m going to see the “green flash.” Have you ever seen the “green flash?” I’m dieing to see it. The first time I ever heard of it was when it was mentioned in “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Come to find out that it really does occur and that people have photographs to prove this amazing phenomenon at sunset as well as sunrise.

Do you remember in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” what they say the green flash signals?

This is a fun little clip of the making of the underwater scene in “At Worlds End.”

I heart this T-Shirt.


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Do What You’ve Got To Do Horoscope by Rob Brezsney’s Free Will Astrology.

I’m not sure if I can relate to my horoscope this week, I don’t feel as though I’ve hit a dead end. Take a look at your weekly horoscope this week, link here.

I do like the second part of my horoscope though:

“We need fantasy to augment the merely factual perspective. We require poetic truths to keep the rational approach honest. 

Without the play of the imagination, in fact, our understanding of the world is impoverished and ­distorted.”

(P.S. Nietzsche said: "We have art in order not to perish of truth.")

I’m trying out something new on Sage Island, Wish I Was Wednesday, a little daydream to help you through the week. I think dreaming is healthy for the imagination and motivation. So, dream BIG, your dreams might just come true.

Most of my dreams have to do with traveling and “I wish I was here….”

Croatia is on my travel list.

The photographs I’ve seen of it are just breathtaking and it is apart of the Mediterranean (I secretly think I will live there one day.) Like St John, Croatia is famous for its many national parks (technically St John only has one) and it’s incredible coastline. If I wasn’t sailing along the cost of Croatia I think I’d be on a bike in the capital. Take a look at how amazing this tour would be on a bike in Zagreb, Croatia: Wish I Was Here! 

Photo by Elizabeth Bernier

Additional post about my other daydreams (yes, I do this a lot.)

Is now the proud owner of two orchid plants. My birthday orchid is still growing strong and has new leaves. I found this encouraging to get another orchid plant and went to visit Duncan at The Orchid Shop located on St Thomas in Tillitt Gardens. He had a beautiful “Pacific Sunspots” that was ready to bloom. Isn’t she gorgeous?!

Photos of my beautiful birthday orchid HERE.

I’m starting something new this week on Sage Island + Magic Mondays!

Magic Mondays will consist of all those little things that make my week a little more wonderful, that inspire me, put a smile on my face, makes ya think, my latest obsessions, movie recommendation, the song that keeps playing in my head, and all the other stuff.

I hope you like it and it turns you on to something new.

♥ Have a great week  ♥

Aquarius Horoscope for the week of April 14, 2011.

You should look your sign up and see what Mr. Brezsny has to say about your week, click HERE.

Last week I came across a perfume called Maine on Joanna Goddard’s blog and couldn’t help myself.

Have you ever heard of MCMC Fragrances? It’s a small perfume company based in Brooklyn New York that is dedicated to creating original, natural, modern, and aromatherapy perfumes. 

Originally I was going to order their Maine perfume so that I could smell like my home state, but then I saw that they offer a sample kit for $18. The MCMC Fragrances sample kit includes 6 different perfumes: Maine, Maui, Noble, Hunter, Kept, and Garden.

My order arrived in record time on St John and I’m absolutely a big fan of MCMC Fragrances’. Don’t you wish you could scratch and sniff these photos? 

MCMC is offering the perfect mothers day gift special: personalized perfume label with your mom’s name on it!

They have a great website, take a look HERE.

Have you ever been good at something and then one day no matter what you did you where no longer good it? When I moved to St John all my herbs died and I couldn’t get them started again, I thought the seeds where bad, so I planted a lot to make up for the fact that I had failed a few times. I’ve never claimed to have a “green thumb,” there are a few things that I can keep alive, while other plants just wither-up and die if I touch them. Basil has always been an easy plant for me to grow.

If you know me then you know I don’t like to cook but I do like to grow fresh herbs and veggies to eat.

My point is that I’ve over compensated and have more basil then two people can eat. Eric suggested that I start a new business selling basil and call it “Sage’s Basil.” My thought was pesto! Again, if you know me, you know that I could eat pasta every day and be happy, really!

So like any un-chef I went to allrecipes.com and found a pesto recipe I could butcher. I added a lot more garlic, basil, pine nuts, and of course my “magic bullet” thought it was too thick, so instead of more olive oil I added a bit of water so it could turn. Long story, but it is amazing! I wish you could taste it or that I didn’t eat all of it so at least I had a photo to share ;)

Francis Bay Walking Trail

I love walking; it helps clear my head and relaxes me. When I was young my mother and I would always go for a long walk and talk about life on the old railroad bed in front of our house. These days my walks have been along the Francis Bay Trail.

The Francis Bay Trail on St John is a fabulous little walk that only takes about 15 minutes and is less than half a mile. My favorite section of the walk is the boardwalk that starts at Francis Bay Beach Parking lot and is right in front of the salt pond. The National Park put the boardwalk in to make the slat pond wheel chair accessible. The salt pond is an amazing little spot for bird watching. The National Park is offering a guided tour  by a Park Ranger this Friday. The event is called “Discover Bird Watching” and will be looking at the different species of birds found in the dry tropical forest, salt pond, and along the ocean shoreline. Please call the National Park Office for details at 340 776 6201.

The Francis Bay Trail also has some great ruins that are easy to access, click HERE to see photos of the Francis Bay Ruins.