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dear candy....i kinda like you...

April 7, 2019 Arlene Giddings

this candy reminds me
of the little yellow corner store
that used to be
next to my grandparents house…
lois’s
”run over to lois’s and get a can of chicken gravy”
”can i go to lois’s? i have a quarter.”

this was always my favorite
penny candy
(back when penny candy was really
a penny
and pennies
really existed)…

i got stitches just under my eye
from this penny candy…
my cousin & i found a pop bottle
in the backyard
when i was like…5…
he would throw it & whoever got to to it first
could take it to lois’s….
and me being me…i ran out in front of him
just before he threw it…
it hit me in the face and i had to get stitches…
heeheehee.

(i normally just tell people i got hit the face
with a bottle during a fight…it sounds more interesting.
heh.)

they said my biggest concern
was that my cousin william
wasn’t going to get in trouble…
heeheehee.
he was my favorite.
which is pretty obvious from these photos…heehee

In back when, she's so weird, we are family, unfold2019, words Tags candy, looking back, memory is a funny thing, corner stores
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friday i'm in love....

April 5, 2019 Arlene Giddings

♥ i know i say this all the time but i can’t help…longer days.
i am completely, totally, painfully in love with longer hours of daylight.

♥ it’s almost LILAC TIME!!!! :)

♥ this trailer….

♥ how cute are these monster socks?

♥ and cause I can’t do friday i’m in love without something with polka dots,
look at these shoes! :)

♥ this salad sounds delicious…..

♥ this thing is sooooo cool!

♥ i am so happy that jean overall are making a comeback…
and luckily…I STILL HAVE MINE.
also…how cute is that dress?

♥ when your cousin lends you a book and drops it off in
a giant sesame street bag
and says that your other cousin
happened to throw in some SMURFS
and muppet pj pants….well, you realize you are pretty lucky.
:) :) :) :) :)

In friday i'm in love Tags friday i'm in love
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tuesday truths....the random edition

April 2, 2019 Arlene Giddings

i went all morning thinking today was Wednesday
it’s not.
it’s Tuesday.
sigh.

toaster strudels
for supper
is my
new favorite thing.

my pen bled a little on this card
which made me sad
but the ballerina bunnies?
oh….
they made me incredibly happy!

heeheehee.

this sunshine just makes me think
of beaches and bare legs,
ice cream sundaes and parades,
birds chirping outside my window,
dirt roads, air shows,
getting lost on hiking trails,
bonfires and music outdoors…
sleeping with the window open,
driving with nowhere to go
and no one expecting me…
sigh.

In words, unfold2019, tuesday truths, she's so weird, island girl, i take pictures Tags tuesday truth, pei, pei blogger, finnegan, toaster strudels, spring fever
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whatcha readin' 2019? {book 5::goal 25}

April 1, 2019 Arlene Giddings

a while ago, i read jess kidd’s
first book
”himself”
and i broke my own rule for the
first and only time ever
and wrote about a book i was reading
BEFORE
i had even finished it….
raved about it actually.

this is her second book
and it totally did not disappoint…
mysterious and gothic,
saints and stories,
characters that just draw you in so hard
you wish they were real
so that you could go visit them…

i 110% recommend this book.
i was sad to see it end.

oh! and she has a new book coming out this month!!!

5 out of 5 ♥♥♥♥'s

NEXT UP:  THERE ARE NO GROWN UPS HERE - PAMELA DRUCKER

In whatcha readin' Tags avid reader, books, all the books, jess kidd
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spring-sunday...

March 31, 2019 Arlene Giddings

i made a list
of all the things
that i needed to get done today…
not wanted…
needed.

things like
laundry
and kitty litter,
dishes
and the sweeping up never ending
furballs…

and had thought that if
i crossed everything off
my need-to-do
list, i would reward myself
with a drive with the camera
and maybe (most definitely)
a stop at the dairy bar.

well…i crossed everything off the stupid list
and i did get out for a drive
and the sun even made a few short appearances
while i was out so that was a nice surprise.

i ended up at this wharf/lighthouse
(as i often do)….
spring always brings me through st nicholas
where i grew up,
where all my best memories are still vivid
and driving through there
always stirs up
strong emotion…
happy and bittersweet/sad

and then to our beach…
(yes, yes, I know…it’s a public beach…)

where the sun started to set

and i remembered I hadn’t gotten my ice cream yet!
but as i got close to the dairy bar,
i realized there were 682 cars and 3 trucks and possibly a snowmobile
ahead of me so
i settled for the next best thing…
a happy meal with a new robot toy!

my “i kinda wanted ice cream but i’ll settle for a new member of the robot army” face.

all in all
a very good spring-sunday!
:)
(well, it would have been better with a sundae.)
sigh.

In i take pictures, island girl, she's so weird, spring, the adventure continues, words, unfold2019 Tags robots, dairy bar, ice cream, i wish i had ice cream, union corner
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