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friday adventures...

September 15, 2017 Arlene Giddings

sometimes the best adventures
catch you by surprise...
like when you get up friday morning
& pack up the car
with the camera and the diet coke
but your heart is
just not in it today...
the light's not right...it's too cloudy...
the car is making a funny noise,
you need gas but you don't feel like pumping it
and you feel like your hair is doing something weird
and then you think you will go for coffee
and bullet journal
but you sit in the parking lot
and think...you know what...
i just wanna go home and put on some pj pants
and doodle at my own desk.

so that's how i spent most of the day.

but i had plans with a friend to go for a bite to eat
and a walk so i left home a little early
and went to HMS and got 2 new leuchtturm1917
baby journals because apparently i'm an addict
(BUT THEY ARE SO CUTE)
and then met up with my friend for supper...
we ate at the silver fox
and seriously,
it was so good.
and inexpensive.
and no, there were no chicken fingers on the menu
but my new trick is to order the
chicken bacon wrap
but...without the wrap.
cause then?
well...it's just chicken fingers on a bed of lettuce with
some BACON.
sooooooo good.
oh...and a ceaser...also...soooooo good.
especially the spicy string bean.

so anyway.  :)
then we walked the boardwalk
and the geese!  there were so many geese.
i tried to convince my friend to
do something to make them all fly at once
so i could take a picture
but she declined all the ideas i proposed
(yelling wildly...throwing rocks)
(not AT the geese...just close...like...to make them fly...
not kill them!  sheeesh)
and yes, uncle eddie...there WERE squirrels!
gangs of them.  AND i forgot the stupid peanuts.

so anyway.  :)
then we went for ice cream at holman's ice cream parlor
and i had the strawberry shortcake sundae
and look, i'm doing you a big favor right now.
go have that sundae.
you will totally thank me.
i mean..unless you are allergic to strawberries,
then maybe you shouldn't listen to me...
but otherwise...
you should try the sundae.

In 2017, adventure 2017, summer Tags best friends HAVE to love you it's a rule, summer, silver fox, holmans ice cream parlor, summerside, boardwalk, friday adventure
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a perfect day...♥♥♥

September 10, 2017 Arlene Giddings

i love fridays
especially fridays off...
especially sunny fridays off...
especially fridays off
that happen to fall on your
birthday!

i met up with a friend and
she introduced me to a brand new trail
that i had never heard of
winter river trail.
it was beautiful...
runs adjacent to a river in places
(hence the name, i guess)
and was definitely a bit of a work out!
we did the orange trail above
but you can do shorter versions as well.

it was so peaceful and the moss and ferns
made the whole area seem electric
with color...

there were mushrooms and
tall, tall trees
and a little cabin by the water...

if you have not done this trail before
(and you are on the island)
you should totally check it out!

we came across a flock or a herd or a gaggle
of butterflies, too. 
i think they are called painted lady butterflies...
so pretty!

i came back into town
and stopped at our local office supply store
because they had emailed to let me know
that the mildliners i have been waiting for
had come in!!!
these are made by zebra
but only recently released in canada
and i have wanted them
for
so
long
that
i think i may have been a little
scary
in my
exuberance (i'm not sure that everyone
gets that excited about high lighters)
when i walked into HMS
and saw the display...
i bought one of every package.
and a little baby bullet journal!
it's so cute!

the rest of the day
was spent with my sweet husband...
chinese food for supper,
exploring a new dirt road,
ice cream drumsticks and
movies...and so many sweet messages
on facebook and text that
it took me until today to read them all
(and i am totally not complaining...
i loved them all!)

all in all, it was a pretty perfect day...
♥ ♥ ♥

In 2017, adventure 2017, bullet journaling, summer Tags birthday, fridays are the best days, friday adventure, adventure, winter river trail, pei, prince edward island, summer
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tuesday truths...

August 29, 2017 Arlene Giddings
  • the idea that summer is coming
    to a close is making me feel
    panicky and anxious
    like
    i haven't done it all yet,
    i'm not ready for it to end!
  • i loved the garden so much
    that i made myself
    sick
    of the friggin' garden.
    enough already with the
    watering
    and the picking
    and the watering...
    next year, i'm using a hose.
    and not planting 60 billion
    of EVERYTHING.
  • i want to go to the trailside cafe
    and see dylan menzie...
    because seriously...
    have you heard him?
    (and this one is in my most-favorite-church!)
  • i had a small panic attack
    and thought that EVERYTHING on my
    summer bucket list
    had to be done by labor day
    until someone kindly pointed out to me
    that labor day is NOT the first day of fall.
    heh.
    but still...SO LITTLE TIME...
    (there's that panicky feeling again)
  • maudie may have replaced the muppets
    for now as number one in my
    desert island movies...
    i know that seems like a weird contrast...
    but...if you didn't know that i might be a little weird by now
    then you may just want to stop reading...heh...
    (but....don't really stop reading!  i was just kidding!)
In 2017, she's so weird, summer, tuesday truths Tags truth on a tuesday, the end of summer, dylan menzie, new music, trailside cafe, pei, maudie, muppets
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i like loud things...

August 28, 2017 Arlene Giddings

a couple of weekends ago
on the spur of the moment
i went to the truck and tractor pulls
in crapaud.

i saw it on facebook
and thought...hmmm...that sounds loud...
packed up my camera
and bug spray
and went.

AND IT WAS SO FUN.

i only got there for the last hour or so
but got to see the truck pulls...
AND the tractors that go fast...and rev their engine
for a long time before going
making for a huge black cloud of smoke
which i know is probably bad for the
environment
but i can't help how exciting it is...
THEY WERE SO LOUD.

people told me to get ready,
to plug my ears,
you better plug your ears,
you're gonna wanna plug your ears...
and i was like nooooo...i'm fine.
i love noise.
but holy.
they were loud.
(i still couldn't plug my ears anyway...
how would i hold the camera)...

after the excitement of the tractor pulls
i took a drive around Victoria by the Sea...
one of my favorite places...

and stopped at the beach...

and then i went to Deckers dairy bar in
Cornwall for a salted caramel oreo cookie
hard ice cream in a waffle cone
and it was so good
i had to eat it all right away
and could not wait to take photos of it.
sorry.
next time.
:)

In 2017, summer Tags crapaud, truck and tractor pulls, i like loud things, beach, pei beaches, summer, deckers dairy bar
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friday adventures {part 2 - north rustico & art in motion}

August 20, 2017 Arlene Giddings

it's funny...
i go for so long and
i don't touch the keyboard,
i don't blog at all...
and then suddenly,
i'm blogging so much that i have to write
SEQUELS.

next there will be cliffhangers.
and season finales.
and fonzie jumping over a row of
flaming motorcycles...
ok...
well..
maybe not
flaming
motorcycles.

or was it a shark?

anyway...
remember that friday i went to cavendish
and took so many photos of
flowers and weeds and church like cottages
that i had to write a second part to
cover the rest of the day...
well...here it is (if you hadn't already guessed)...

i was on my way home...
but ended up in north rustico
don't ask.  i don't even know if that's on my way home
but anyway...that's where i ended up...
i was looking for food
but didn't end up eating because the
traffic was stressing me out...
but i did find a chicken...or maybe a hen...
and A BIG PURPLE JELLYFISH

when i came back to town, i went
for a walk on the boardwalk
and on my way home,
noticed there was something going on
at the lefurgey cultural center
so stopped to check it out...
all kinds of artists
set up showing how they create their art...
there were painters of all kinds
and felted wool creatures so cute
and knitted hats and blankets
and adorable stuffed toys...

then i wandered into a tent
where there was a woman
playing the cello
and i ended up staying
for 3 hours...
nathan wiley played next
and i love his songs
but i think it's his
songwriting that draws me in...
he definitely has a way with words.
logan maddix played last
and i always enjoy listening to him
as well...

and even better was that 17
showed up to watch the last show
with me.  :) ♥ :)

i love when a day
turns out to be so
unexpectedly-fantastic.

In 2017, adventure 2017, island girl, summer Tags arts in motion, summerside, pei, lefurgey cultural center, nathan wiley, logan maddix, amazing local talent, summer, adventure
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