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! :)

whatcha readin' {goal 35::book 12}

this book.
this frigging book.

i literally could not wait to
write about how much
i loved
this book.

i really had no idea what to expect when i picked this up.
for some reason, i always thought
that this was a book of poetry
which i would have been totally ok
with but it turns out it is actually
an incredibly interesting and thought provoking,
intense and empathetic book
about anxiety…
the various forms, the degrees,
the stages, the highs and lows,
the way it presents itself differently
on the outside for people…

i think (know) i was probably (definitely)
a little bit (insanely) anxious as a child
but i don’t consider myself to be
anxious as an adult…which may surprise
some people…yet if you knew me
as a child,
you know what my past anxiety level was
that i am measuring against
(to give this some perspective,
let me remind you that my grade one teacher
wrote that I may need psychological help
in my report card….and she was most likely (definitely) right….)

anyway.
i digress. :)

all i can say is
if you think you might be a little anxious
or a lot anxious or even not at all
anxious, you should still read this book
because chances are
someone in your life is and this
reallllllly helps to see where
they might be coming from….

105♥s out of 5
NEXT UP:: A SPARK OF LIGHT - JODI PICOULT

a quiet kinda halloween-y day...

It’s been a quiet, windy and rainy Halloween Sunday.
I have spent the day decluttering
and tidying,
adding songs to my newly made fall playlist,
drinking chai tea
and stealing bits and pieces
of the halloween candy…
making lists and
plans for November…
that include
attempting to wear
real clothes
during the day
instead of my parade of pjs
and
maybe a 30 day yoga challenge.

October was a great month.
The weather was incredible….
but that meant I had a hard time staying home…
I didn’t want to miss a second of
the fall colors
and remaining daylight hours…
but today I settled back into
the idea of home…
of coziness and books and
maybe starting some new cards
and paintings…

Inktober also ended today….
I will be honest, I am a little sad to see it go.
I really enjoyed it this year,
especially focusing on little geek girl
every day…
I’m not sure what November will bring.
People have asked about
what will happen with the daily little geek girl doodles
but I’m uncertain…
and also toying with the idea of
writing group again
and maybe challenging myself that way…

I also have to do some hard core reading
if I want to reach my goal of 35 books this year…

Happy Halloween to you…
stay safe but EAT ALL THE CANDY.
:)

whatcha readin' {goal 35::book 11}

I did not expect to love this book…
or even like this book
but I totally LOVED this book.

It was so interesting!
and heartbreaking.
and exhilarating!
and sad.
and exciting!

Read it. I heard people say
that they loved the movie
and it was ok
but for me, it did not match the book…
but there is so much in the book
that you couldn’t really
portray in the movie
without making it a different kind of movie,
I think.

5♥s out of 5
NEXT UP:: FIRST WE MAKE THE BEAST BEAUTIFUL - SARAH WILSON

whatcha readin' {goal 35::book 10}

So, I can’t lie.
This is not my usual kind of book.

It was given to me
either as part of a trade
or from the sweet woman
down the street
who randomly gave me
a laundry basket full of books.

It was cute and quick,
a relaxing sweet read…
and sometimes,
that is exactly what you need.

♥

3♥s out of 5
NEXT UP:: SEABISCUIT - LAUREN HILLENBRAND