(almost) wordless wednesday...the snow white edition...

March 4, 2020 Arlene Giddings

I called this almost wordless wednesday
because
there has to be some words
to explain where these came from..

a friend recently told me he was
going through some items to
donate/sell
and sent me a photo of
THE FULL SET OF SNOW WHITE AND 7 DWARVES.

(please note the all caps…
that is not a mistake…
that is how I still feel about this…
LIKE I WON THE TOY LOTTERY!)

I felt incredibly lucky that he passed these along to me.
They will be well taken care of…as long as they don’t mind
sharing the spotlight with the smurfs and couple robots…
:)

(also…there were more surprises…
but I’ll save those for another day…)

a very smurfilious post...

August 27, 2019 Arlene Giddings

i don’t pick favorites but…this one is kinda my favorite…heehee

here’s a fun fact that
maybe
you didn’t know about me…
i like smurfs.

well…all retro toys really…
but i really have a smurfy-spot
for these little guys…
maybe i identify with them
because they are only 3 apples tall…
but regardless the reason,
i just really love smurfs.

i had planned on collecting 99 smurfs
(including gargamel and azrael)
so that i could have the whole village
and maybe someday build mushrooms
out of paper mache and set up photo shoots…
yes. i apparently do have too much time on my hands.

i had been stuck at 89 smurfs for a bit…
but recently, some kind people have
passed along some new smurfs to me
so, it makes me incredibly happy to tell you
that i now have
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN smurfs!!

I can’t tell you how excited i was..and how
much i love that people will randomly
bring me smurfs…i find them on my desk at work,
in my mailbox and when I am out for walks…
but a couple of weeks ago
my aunt Marie was having a family get-together
which is exciting enough on it’s own because
yay, family!
and double yay, chicken fricot!!! just the way i like it!!

but, as soon as i walked into the house
i saw a plastic yellow bin in the entry way
FULL OF SMURFS

and not just ANY smurfs.
i mean, i love all the smurfs i get…but these…
these were SMURFS I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE!

and i seriously couldn’t contain myself…
normally, i am a little more polite and reserved and calm
but i was literally like “ummmmm….
what are these here for” and when she said they were for me
i just about cried.

these were just so smurfingly smurfulous that
i had to do a small smurfy photo session
so i could share them here…
if you are not into smurfs,
well..you probably stopped reading 7 paragraphs ago…
heehee

and i know that now that i have reached my goal
i really, really should be done
but…i can’t…especially now that I have seen these guys…
i am telling you
i would not been more excited
if someone gave me diamonds…
it was sooooo fun to go through them
and see all the different ones…
and the papa smurfs…
sigh.

so smurfingly smurfy it just makes me want to smurf… :)

friday i'm in love...

April 18, 2015 Arlene Giddings

the sun is shining
the snow is melting
and it's friday
what is not to love

what else i am loving right now:

this. seriously...how cute is that! :)
happy belated birthday to this girl...i know i am late to the party (her birthday was in FEBRUARY for crying out loud) but i still have to say how much i love this girl's words and images.
i found this song and fell in love...and then i forgot about it somehow...and then i found it again and fell in love ALL over again. and watch the video. for the love of all that is sweet and whimsical, WATCH the video. sigh.
i haven't forgotten that it is still poetry month...and i know i already shared one by neil gaiman...but this. oh this. this has to be shared as well.
i started reading this list...and then clicked on a link...and got caught up in it...and clicked on another link...and by end of it i was overwhelmed by awesomeness...how have i NOT read this book yet!?! can you explain this to me.
i have become addicted to solar powered toys...from the dollar store...but if you have going to have an addiction, i think this is a pretty sweet one to have...i even started a pinterest page for them :)