I woke up to blue skies and the sun shining in my window, a perfect day for a road trip to London (Ontario). It’s worth the drive to London to attend VegFest for delicious vegan food, vendors, artisans and speakers with interesting topics.
It was especially delightful to see my dear friend Anita at one of the tables. Anita and I have been in the March to Close Down All Slaughterhouses in Toronto and to bear witness together at one of the slaughterhouses near where I live.
I’m always encouraged to meet compassionate people like Scott who used to work in a slaughterhouse and is now vegan.
Meeting compassionate people is so heartwarming.
Frog Hollow Farm Sanctuary
Cedar Row Farm Sanctuary
Follow Mercy for Animals on Facebook
How excited I was to see SEA SHEPHERD!!!
While in Seattle we got on board one of Sea Shepherd’s vessels and I’ll be writing about it soon, they are courageous women and men who take action where no one dares to go to stop the cruelty of marine animals.
Hemp hearts are delicious and nutritious. I bought a bag and it’s good to know Richardo’s is at the St. Jacobs Market near where I live. Check out all the ways you can use hemp.
Simply Plant Food
A mom and daughter team: Lori makes exquisite jewellery and her daughter helps and set up this beautiful display!
More beautiful, compassionate ladies …
And you never know who you’ll run into …
Speakers with interesting presentations…
I had many compliments on my vegan purse and had opportunity to tell people about my daughter’s eco-boutique.
Lunch was scrumptious …
So ends a fabulous day at VegFest!
fashion with compassion 
SO…WHAT DO THEY MAKE…vegan leather out of? 🙂
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It was nice to meet you too Carmen! Thanks for sharing the link. It’s a great blog post and I even got to see some things I missed at the fest!
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Thank you so much for all you are doing for the animals! We would love to come to visit before winter and bring our two well-behaved grandchildren. 🙂 🙂
❤ carmen
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It must have been a fantastic day in LONDON 😉 😀 . You look lovely – great shoes !!! I love your posts with pictures of these cute places. HAve a great day – kisses – Margot 🙂
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It was fantastic, even though it wasn’t London, England! Our London is a small hick town in comparison to England’s London. lol (My apologies to my London, Ontario friends.)
I’ve been wearing a lot of black and white; I love adding pops of colour like these vintage granny shoes that belonged to my daughter in the ’80s.
❤ carmen
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That sounds great, Love that giant carrot you ran into… Surely it was very interesting. I’m just checking out the links…
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Thank you Ute! Thanks so much for checking out the links. I’ll be taking my grandchildren to the farm sanctuaries. Children have a natural love for animals. They had such an awesome time at the Donkey Sanctuary last year.
❤ carmen
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That is a great idea, Children feel and give love to animals and us naturally, they are so honest and show their love easily. That will be a lovely outing guaranteed. The farms look great with the names animals and I felt I can see that the animals are very happy there.
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True, and if you put an apple and a bunny in the room with a five-year-old child, guess which one the child will eat and which one they will play with? ❤
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It seems a very intresting place and you sure were very happy there. It is nice to see so many people worried about healthy eating and for the defense of animal rights. As always, you looked lovely, your pants are great.
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Thanks so much Josep-Maria! I am very glad that you care and that more and more people are concerned about health, animals and our environment. We share a beautiful world; compassion and responsibility is important.
❤ carmen
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Sounds like a fantasic day! It’s always great to be with like-minded people. Thanks, as always, for promoting my store.
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It was amazing! Jo-Anne McArthur was one of the speakers. I have met her before: a remarkable animal advocate and award winning photojournalist.
I miss shopping at your store but I’ll be back! I always get compliments on everything I bought. I’m looking forward to the scarves I ordered from you and I really need some pineapple leather shoes! ❤
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very impressive, great details and wonderful adventure…
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Thank you so much Mihran!
❤ carmen
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I love those red boots! And Anita’s shirt matched!
It all looks wonderful. the photo booth was a great idea!
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It really was wonderful! The red vintage granny boots belonged to my daughter, she wore them in the ’80s and gave them to me. I’ve always loved red shoes! My husband is out right now buying red paint because I asked him to paint some of my shoes red. That will be in a future post. 🙂
❤ carmen
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How cool!! I’ve always craved red shoes. And in Alaska, I finally got some red boots!! I loved those boots!!
You can PAINT shoes???
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Looks like a great day. That’s what I like about your blog, it’s so much more than fashion. You always look beautiful while showing a compassionate lifestyle. The purse is fab, love the fringes!
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It was absolutely GRRRREAT!!! Thank you so much Emy! We agree that compassion is more important than fashion. No one and no animal should suffer for fashion. The purse is my favourite and the quality is superb!
❤ carmen
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