the sweetness of sundays & the start of the wayfinders club...

I feel like I have not been here…
I have been posting a lot in video form
mostly over on Instagram
and my Facebook photography page…
this is what I do.
I get excited, I get ideas,
I spin my wheels
and spread myself too thin
in some places
and pour myself too thick in others.
I neglect one
while I barrage another.

the last of my lovely lilacs…

I shared a video post over on FB/insta
about this already but wanted to share it here…
I saw a tiktok about a girl who was
going to do a “girl guides” kinda summer
with her friends…badges and all.

And, of course, I thought
OH! I WANT TO DO THAT.

Now I knew that I would neither create
or sew badges onto anything within a reasonable
amount of time because
if you know me,
you know that my ideas burn out quickly
if I am able to over think them…
I know my flaws. Mostly.
(though sometimes I am a little delusional about them).

Anyway, I coerced a bestie into joining
my club of two (but willing to open it to more
if interested in our mania)…
imagine my surprise when I found out
I could create a CUSTOMIZED journal
from Amazon! My plan is that we will
use the journals as “field journals” to record
our lists and goals,
add stickers for achievements (an easy alternative
to badges)(plus who doesn’t LOVE stickers?!)

Here is the journal (**squealllll!!!!)

The Wayfinders Club.
I think we are all trying to
find our way…
back to ourselves, back from grief,
back to joy and friendships and exploration and adventures.

I was seriously SO HAPPY with
how this turned out.

This is the back of the book…
I wish this graphic was a little smaller
and more centered but
whatever.
I still love it.

So now I have a TON of stickers
coming sometime this week
but today…
I got this!!!

And I am SUPER DUPER EXCITED.
I have always wanted one of these but
struggled to pull the trigger and make a decision.
But I did. And I love it!
This feels like a game changer
for my journals and
for the Wayfinder project!

So I will half-heartily apologize now
for the amount of posts you will
likely see about this…
but I figure if you follow me
on one platform or another,
then you are probably ok with that
because it’s a choice.
(And did I tell you how frigging GRATEFUL
I am that you DO choose to follow me…🩷🩷🩷)

My family on the hand probably feels like
they *have to follow me…heeheehee

I hope you had a fantastic weekend
and here’s a little sunshine for you! 🌞

friday i'm in love

An extra long Easter weekend
for me as I had yesterday off, too….
a nice long drive, a dirt road even though
the timing felt sketchy and dangerously
possibly muddy but it ended ok! :)
an amazing lunch at Bogside
with a bestie,
and an appointment with a new
osteopath and big hopes
that maybe THIS will fix my headaches!
(I am ever the optimist…haha)

FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE:

🐰um…i might like to have this kitchen please…

🐰ummm. i might like to have this latte please…and I don’t even know if i like lattes but this one? this one is screaming my name.

🐰DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME. I played it and I CAN’T STOP!!! I warned you…..and I even warned you in all caps.

🐰 it’s “just barely” warm enough for deck reading (and this book is sooo good)

🐰 the photo at the very top was a leaf that fell off one of my plants and it was so frigging pretty that I had to try to draw it…I just couldn’t capture the color…

Happy easter to you and i hope
the easter bunny finds you and that he is
not as terrifying as he seems to be in all the
old photos I keep seeing online with traumatized
little screaming children.
:)

sometimes...

sometimes
i talk
too much…
a lot…
non stop…
i get excited
about all the little things
& i just want
to share
and share
and share some more…

and sometimes…
i don’t want
to talk at all.

i am sleepy
and quiet
and i can’t
find the energy
to get out of
my own way…

maybe both extremes
are ok…
two sides of my tarnished
bent and broken coin…
maybe i should just lean into it
and stop
trying to fight it….
trying to always be
energized and bubbly and creative.

it’s ok to rest, too.

especially on rainy days.
♥

also i seem
to be on a little
fairy kick…
not sure where they are coming from…
but i like that they are visiting
and that they don’t eat all the
candy…just a little bit.

sundaze-sweet-sunday...

November has been beautiful so far.
I have been exploring dirt roads
and spent some time on trails
and windy beaches and
even a little bit of stargazing…

And…
I have finally finished a new
watercolor painting!!
Inktober was really a good thing
for me this year.
If you followed along with me on
that geek girl journey,
you may recognize where the
idea for this painting came from…
:)

If you are interested,
it is listed over here.
It’s also on my Facebook photography page.
I am hoping to get back to
some productive hours
at the little blue desk
and my brain is buzzing with ideas…
I can’t promise they are all
good ideas
but ideas nonetheless.
Heehee.

Happy, happy Sunday…enjoy it! :)