tuesday truths....the random edition
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.
spring-sunday...
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.
friday adventure on a saturday...
i haven’t been able to get out on as many
friday adventures
as sometimes i do have to work
and sometimes,
19 needs the car
because
he has to work…
but adventures can happen on a saturday, too…
(and maybe even on a random sunday…as crazy as that sounds!)
heehee
last saturday was sunny
but so much colder than i was expecting…
but i did get out for a bit with the camera
(and very cold hands…)
there is something about
early morning light
and blocks of earthy color against a blue sky…
rolling clouds, broken barns, loud music,
and knowing you have
absolutely
nowhere to be
that just makes me
incredibly happy.
oh…and i know that everyone here
is excited for burger love
(and so they should be…such a great event!)
but…also…
THE DAIRY BARS ARE OPENING!!!!!!
heeheehee.
i apologize in advance for the
barrage of ice cream photos to come…
i can’t help it.
you still like me though, right?
friday i'm in love...(the one where I get totally off track)...
♥ I love these little barns. And when I say I love them them,
I mean I love them with my whole heart…I love the pop of red,
the fact that they are all alone out there, but together…
a big one and a little one…that one tree…the worn paint, the doors…
I just love them. :)
I couldn’t tell you how to get to them
but I can tell you that I have taken dozens of photos of them
over the years. I kind of like that I am so bad at directions that finding them
always comes as a bit of a surprise to me…like seeing old friends at the grocery store
and being so happy that you pulled your cart/car over to catch up again.
I also love that I posted this on Facebook and so many people
not only recognized them but shared their love for them, too!
And one person even gave me a little bit of history about them…
which I love knowing. It just makes me happy.
Social media is a funny thing. :)
I know it has its pitfalls and downsides and dark sides…
but mostly…I love it….because it gives me the possibility of
connection
that a self proclaimed introvert like me
would not normally be able to make.
I’m getting off topic. :)
♥ Except that I am not really getting off topic. :)
The next thing I love is kinda related to social media, too.
For a long time, I only used my photography page for
sharing photography…and when I say photography,
I mean mainly paid sessions…and by that, I mean, mainly weddings.
And it was fantastic. I had great success with that page…
lots of interactions, connections, likes and comments
(and you know I like comments & likes! heehee)
but when the weddings stopped, I kind of stopped posting there.
I didn’t think that the people that followed my page for that
would be interested in what I am doing now…
haha….whatever it is that I am doing now…
dabbling….that’s what I am doing.
Picking at this, doodling that…little bit of writing,
a lot of random posts about mundane things in my life…
but I started slowly sharing little bits of that on my photography page
and, to my surprise and IMMENSE happiness,
not only did I not really lose any friends there,
I have actually started gaining some more! :)
And they comment and like and share and read my blog sometimes (hi there!!)
and we talk about books and cards and
where I should go on my next Friday adventure and
it makes me so incredibly happy.
Which makes me think about where to go next…
I feel like I would like to revamp that page a little…
but I would also like to revamp the blog…
and maybe start a Patreon page
which would give me another platform for sharing
some of the ideas that I have thinking about…
and might also help me be able to accomplish
some of the ideas that I have.
I feel like a Patreon page would force me to be
accountable and productive
and stop spinning my wheels and
jumping from one idea to another….
if I had paid subscribers waiting for specific things,
then that forces me to buckle down and focus…
but then…it’s about money…
and if you know me at all, you know I have issues
when it comes to pricing.
(I did my first wedding for 60.00 if that gives you an idea
of what I mean by that. Heh.)
Anyway…it’s a lot to think about and totally NOT where I
intended this post to go.
I wanted to tell you that I played Apples to Apples & Skip-Bo
for the first time last night and it was so fun, even though I lost.
And that I have a brand new bag of cinnamon hearts.
Oh…..and to say thanks for sticking with me for this long rambling muddled
post of a post. ♥