friday i'm in love

June 24, 2016 Arlene Giddings

♥ with this photo...it makes me think of fairy tales and paths that lead to dragon caves and trails of breadcrumbs left by orphans looking for witches who wear silver sparkly shoes and sing songs about pirate ships that glow in the night but disappear during the day.

♥ that i have signed up to do this read-along-course again with this girl whose blog i have adored for years...& i love the look of her brand new site!

♥ this little doll's big and bright imagination..."shark girl has the power of sharks"

♥ dan mangan has a new EP!

♥ this website...i am enamored.

♥ and this letter to the female hat wearing dog in the PD Eastman book...gold. pure gold.

♥ and this...well this....broke my heart.

♥ sunny warm fridays off with stirling manning the bbq while i play on the computer in a house that has been freshly scrubbed and laundered...my absolute favorite.

♥ finding this old wedding photo of stirling and i...this just makes me incredibly happy :) :) :)

friday i'm in love (summary::may)

June 3, 2016 Arlene Giddings

i keep a gratitude list where
i try to write 3 things every day
that make me happy.

here are some of the things
that made the cut
in May:

watercolor robots
sunshine
no headache today
game of thrones with stirling
canned corn
pc points
perfectly cold coconut cream pie from water st bakery
a good hair day
chicken fricot
polka dot rubber boots
a new space to put my pens and stuff
emma's mother's day gift...so sweet
seeing my family out in the sticks
surprise smurfs at work
emma playing purple rain on guitar
got my new bullet journal
robot shoes and mismatched socks
blackberry gingerale
my bff starting working days
bridget left me a comment
living your potential course
an unexpected and very sweet gift of a zentangle book
5 days off in a row!
emma got accepted to a school
hiking adventures with an old friend & a hand drawn map
oreo cookies
bare feet
campbell treating to ice cream at dairy bar
felicia day liked my tweet!
canned corn
overboard with emma and stirling
milk duds
giggly texts with M when i was stressed out and needed a release (& also couldn't find a bathroom...which i also really needed...)
sunshine when they called for rain
a trip to kool breeze with my mom
recreating the "little red car" photo
bob's burgers
stovetop dressing
bare legs
emma and her 8 chocolate bars
stirling's bone crushing back cracking hugs ♥

friday i'm in love (on a saturday)

May 28, 2016 Arlene Giddings

♥♥♥ i am totally enamored of these 60 second videos...so beautiful and evocative.

♥♥♥ this movie trailer...

♥♥♥ this sneak peek that might have made me clap my hands a little...

♥♥♥ this post...love the words...sigh

♥♥♥ now THIS is a hosta...so pretty!

♥♥♥ this instagrammer...so light and pretty and sweet

♥♥♥ i'm coming back to flickr...and realizing how much i missed it...it was a staple for me when i first started playing with photography....and so many fantastic awe-inspiring images on Explore. Makes me want to grab my camera and play.

♥♥♥ there's a contest happening over here on this sweet girl's website...

and i've been playing with the timer on my camera...both the phone & the big camera...it's been fun...and fun is good. :) HAPPY WEEKEND!

friday i'm in love...(the long weekend edition)

May 20, 2016 Arlene Giddings

♥ with long, extra long weekends...mine started on thursday
with a trip to moncton with my girl...
which meant two things -
one: i got to spend a full day just hanging out with emma :) :) :)
two: i can cross "drive to moncton" off my bucket list

there were teeny tiny mushrooms and lots and lots of moss...

♥ meatball subs & cherry vanilla dr pepper with my favorite guy

♥ got up early this morning & spot cleaned the house
so that i could go out hiking
guilt free
with one of my best friends...
armed with a hand drawn map, a camera, 1 banana
and a lot of enthusiasm...
we got lost a couple of times...picked up a cute beagle
for a companion for a while,
might have wandered through a christmas tree farm...
definitely trailblazed through a golf course
and one of us peed in the woods.

someone said it's not an adventure til you get lost.
personally, i feel it's not an adventure
until someone cries
in the fetal position
but those might just be my rules.

♥ this kid singing this song...he also does hallelujah

♥ writer's block

♥ still 3 more days off to look forward to...and sunshine in the forecast!

friday i'm in love

May 13, 2016 Arlene Giddings

☺ with my robot shoes...I know I have had these for a while
but I never really had the chance to share them here...
because I only had phone-photos and I felt they needed
big-camera pictures...not needed...deserved :) I would suggest
that you check out their site, but...if you are like me,
you will want EVERY shoe there.