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friday i'm in love ♥♥♥

May 27, 2022 Arlene Giddings

It’s a quiet, contemplative friday
in the big orange house….
rain hitting the window,
pretty music playing,
lilac candle lit…

I feel very
sensory
today…slow, calm, thoughtful.
I feel hungry
for things…in a way I can’t explain…
soft, loose clothes…
the smell of wood smoke, bubbly sprite in a fancy glass,
fresh berries, juicy jams on thick buttered toast,
books in a steamy bathtub,
misty rainy walks,
thick body creams that smell like marshmallows,
i want to lose myself in moments
by myself…wandering, wondering
and just absorbing life.

Days like this
I want to shut off social media,
I want to disappear in a little cabin
in the woods…I want to get lost in
music and books and nature.

I have been feeling
conflicted
lately…walking a thin line
between completely happy and content
and being confused and uncertain and
honestly…a little scared
but I am not even sure of what.

Age maybe.

I fear being alone
almost as much as I fear
opening up enough
to allow myself to
let someone else in.

And that
was Friday’s confession.
Heh.

Somedays I come here to write one thing
but something else comes out
and I say eff it and hit publish.

(cause maybe somebody else feels like me)

FRIDAY I’M IN LOVE WITH:

♥ this song. I love that it’s by a band called Whiskey Myers. And I love the twang. :) And the harmonica.
♥ i always love this blog but this post really struck me today.
♥ just a “nice, plain walk” - best advice ever :)
♥ yes please
♥ i got bamboo!! Hmmmmmm.

In friday i'm in love Tags friday i'm in love, rainy days, raindrops, whiskey myers
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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!

In friday i'm in love, best friends Tags pei, nature trails, raindrops, adventure, happy
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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...

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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.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
 

In spring, she's so weird, happy2016, 2016 Tags saturday sweet saturday, raindrops, green, gnomes, mushrooms, blackberry gingerale, polka dots
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