Growing. Me, the plants... and work? I'm home. | Alenka Mali Squamish Photography

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted something up here. I have to admit that it feels really good to be home. In Squamish I mean, I love Squamish. One of my favorite places in the world. Traveling the last half a year (or 8 months to be exact) was awesome, but it feels even awesome-er.

It’s also super fun to get back to my world pin map and add pins to the new places I’ve visited. I am proud to say that I have hit 40 by 20 in April and I hope the next milestone comes before I hit 30. But there’s lots of time for that!

Read about my trip to Portugal

Read about my trip to Denmark

No specific idea or a chance to teach something in this blog post, like I do in others.

But I do want to check in and give you the life update! I have just moved into a beautiful house in downtown Squamish, with my best friends, who are like family to me now. We are a very international house, me coming from Slovenia with Argentinian background, Andrea from Italy, Rubi is from Mexico and Marcel is German. The weather has been beautiful and with Andrea’s help, we slowly put together my room, piece by piece. Homemade desk for my office, a cute bed frame, made out of palletts etc.

So far, we opened the camping season last weekend, for May Long weekend, and this weekend we are ending the ski season for the classic Gapor day.

Our garden has been doing well as well. Planted some new things last week and I’m patiently and lovingly watching them grow stronger every day. It’s amazing how much we can get just from our own home! I’m a big supporter of growing our own things and making things from home and our kitchen, as much as possible. What we can’t grow or produce, we can also get from a locals store or weekly farmers market. I missed Squamish. I missed this domestic work, another thing I was excited to get back to.

If you are new to home gardening, you can order this kit that I’ve seen many people used before (click)

I have been making my own coconut, almond and oat milk, as well as coconut yogurt. I love to know where things that I consume come from, and what’s inside! My friend Nick and I will be hosting nutritional and plant-based cooking workshops in Vancouver this summer.

Check this page to learn more about that.

More about Alenka

My name is Alenka and I’m a Squamish based photographer. I love shooting nature, sports, sports in nature… underwater shots, adventures in the mountains and days on snow! I’m stoked. Very simply put, I am a stoked girl, ready to get up at 2 in the morning and hike for a sunrise, ready to go to the airport and take a random flight… I’m stoked on living and I love what I do for work.

Photography, web design and digital marketing have been things I’m proud to call my job! Very flexible, lots of traveling and even more adventures than when I was a kid. Here, on my website I share tips on photography, spreading awareness about the zero-waste lifestyle and sustainabilty and crazy stories from my travels. Welcome.