sundays are for naps & poems...& possibly doughnuts

april is
national poetry month.
i have been thinking
about it a lot
but not really doing
anything about it…
and today i decided
it was time.

i looked back at some
old blog entries
from when
poetry thursday
used to be
a regular bloggy kinda thing
and it was funny
that the first one i read
mentioned a herd of turtles
(and if you know me,
you know that also
means my dad.) ♥

in typical geeky girl fashion
i am made a list of
things i might like to do
this month
in honor of poetry…
and also have started making
a list of poets
i would like to check out.

*sidenote: I really feel
like the artist way book readings
and doing the morning pages
might be really working….
that and the change in weather.
that always gets me fired up with new ideas.
♥

so expect to see more about poetry
the rest of this month over here.

(also i just renewed payment for this site
which always reminds me that
I NEED TO USE IT MORE). heh.

friday i'm in love....

It’s Friday…
the sun was actually out
for a bit of the day
along with a little bit of rain.
I love how my front lawn
is full of these little
purple flowers
(probably because the lawn is
well fertilized courtesy of Pugsley)….
seeing them pop up
just makes me happy.

One thing I love right now
is that I spent day with my mom
and we did some shopping
and had burger love
with one of my brothers
at the starlite diner
(which was ok but I’m not really a burger-girl soooo
don’t take my review too seriously)

Another thing I love
are these dollar store journals.
And when I love something,
I buy it in multiples…
as evidenced here.
😊

♥ these photos of deserted places….ohhhhh.

♥ this album that I came across by accident

😍😍And that THIS is HAPPENING!!!!!

I hope that you are having a
fantastic friday full
of fun and french fries and
festivities (I struggled on the
last f word….)
😊

whatcha readin'? {goal 41::book 5 & 6}

I have been reading
but like
literally
everything else
in my life,
it feels scattery and all over the place.

But I do have 2 to add to the
slowly growing list.

{also, dear reader (IYKYK)
i will NOT be continuing with Jane Eyre
as I have decided that I absolutely
LOATHE it and will not be forcing myself
to read it….I learned from my
Frankenstein experience last year
that it’s ok to just say…nope. This is not for me.}

The View Was Exhausting ♥♥♥ out of 5
I did like this book…the characters
were likeable…the story made
me wonder how plausible
yet at the same time, it
was interesting to see how a
public relationship may actually
be a PR diversion tactic
which I guess I knew but
it was interesting to see how it might
play out. I did like Leo’s character a lot
and I am kind of a sucker for
enemies-turned-lovers kinda trope
so there was that.

Protecting Whats Theirs - Tessa Bailey
😈😈😈😈out of 5
I debated even sharing this one but
out of embarrassment but in the end,
it is what it is.
I guiltily read it,
I guiltily enjoyed it.
Heh.
And that’s probably all I will say about it.
It was exactly what it was meant to be.

NEXT UP:: FAYNE - ANN-MARIE MACDONALD

The Artist Way - Group Reading (& other things)....

I came across an opportunity
to be part of a group working though
the Artist Way book by Julia Cameron
online (with a couple in person meetings as well)
& immediately said hell yes, pick me! pick me!

{i am not going to lie, this has been a
rough fall-winter in the big orange house
for many reasons. So this felt like a
chance to try to push myself forward.}

I was happily successful at getting a spot in the group
and started off strong with morning pages
and saying weird yet hopefully endearing things
in the group chat.

And then I fell off the path a bit.

{did I mention this winter has been a struggle?}

Headaches and burn out, grief and uncertainty,
stress and sump pumps…my focus blurred.

But now I am back on the path…moving forward…
baby steps….knowing it’s ok if I falter again.

If you have never done the Artist Way book before,
it really is a catalyst for creative momentum…
this is my 3rd time doing the book.
The first time I did it, I really moved forward.
But I was new to it all so everything felt
fresh and exciting, full of possibility.
It was when I really delved into photography.
I was new and open and full of butterflies in my belly.

This go-round…I am uncertain.
I am not sure what my momentum needs to be about.
I have a lot of ideas but I am spinning my wheels
looking for something to grab hold, to take traction,
to bite into the pavement.

And so, really, it’s a perfect time to do this book.
To find clarity. To try to sort through the ball of yarn
and find the starting point again….and to work
out the knots and the tangles in the brambles of my brain.

A weekly online group for Island artists and creators working in any medium at any stage is being offered by CreativePEI as a Well-Being Initiative. You can find out more about it here.

❤️ friday i'm in love ❤️

it's been a quiet kinda friday
here in the big orange house.

a headache-y kinda week
likely due to the ridiculous amount
of gloomy days and rain
leading to naps & a sick day
a migraine and general procrastination
which ultimately resulted
in a sickening amount of water
accumulating the basement
which then led to a tension headache
while furiously pumping out
disgusting basement water
in semi darkness
because i was afraid to change
the lightbulb while standing
in a foot of water
…..
i know i say my boots make me
invincible
but even polka dots
have their limits.

but onwards and upwards to the list! 📋

FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE::

🎈this sweet little a-frame….
♥️ i still love this song…and the dance to go with it…sigh
🎈all this rain is making me think about gardens
♥️ a visit to the naturopath and hopes for better sleep and more energy and hopefully eventually LESS headaches
🎈finally some success at blogging from my new tablet…in bed! :)
♥️ an extra long very much needed long weekend
🎈a visit from an old friend who brought me some all natural samples to try…I can't say much about them yet (but i can't control myself to not say this…THEY SMELL SO GOOD, I WANT TO EAT THEM)

and two mourning doves that found
their way onto my deck and
hung out for a bit leaving me with a big smile.

happy friday to you and
i hope you have a long weekend too…
and no water in your basement!!
☔️