#tbt

June 9, 2016 Arlene Giddings

remember that time...
when the smurfs came to visit...

all the things i didn't do...

May 14, 2016 Arlene Giddings

i had big plans when i got up this morning.
plans that involved
tackling the mountain of laundry
and cooking healthy food...
washing up a sink full of dirty dishes
and whipping the house
into a clean, uncluttered home.

none of that happened.

instead,
i found myself at my desk with pen & paper & plans of a different sort.
i went on a successful search for blackberry ginger ale...

i read blogs and pinned miniature doll house furniture on pinterest...
and then the rain stopped,
so i put on my polka dot rain-boots

and went hunting for
raindrops...

i found gnomes and budding bleeding hearts
and hostas pushing through wet earth...

real hostas this time...
not tulips like the last time.

and now,
i am going to curl up on the couch
for movie night with S
and drink blackberry gingerale floats...
i love saturdays.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

so...pilwinkle stopped by...

July 2, 2015 Arlene Giddings

i was looking for four leaf clovers in the garden
and thought i saw something out of the corner of my eye...
hoping that the smurfs were back,
i checked around the rock
but instead of smurfs...
i found a gnome!!

he says his name is pilwinkle
but folks just call him pilwinkle...
{which i thought was kind of obvious
but didn't want to be rude}

he seems a little shy...
and maybe a little odd...his only friend seems to be a little baby bluebird...but...
who am i to judge...heh.

i'm kind of hoping he will stick around...
maybe the fairy will stop looking so mopey then...
i mean...i know she has broken wings...and feet...
but still.