vingt-neuf

happy birthday porpoise, you're my best friend

apart

i hate goodbyes...who doesn't?
im the friend who would rather 'ghost-out' at a party than say goodbye
and i work myself up in anticipation of big sad goodbyes that can't be avoided

september had me dwelling on big sad goodbyes

i said goodbye to a life-long best friend, who is from melbourne

she was based out of montréal for some time this year

and i was lucky to see her three times during

i truly don't know when and where we will meet again

but in my heart i know that we will

she is really something special

i said hello to my loves in port stanley this past week
who i see about once a season

each visit always feels too short...but acts as a turbo boost of love
 each goodbye we have has me dreaming of moving in next door to them







i said goodbye to my bestfriend/life-love/roommate

...until december he's touring the continent

this change is especially hard...

but instead of dwelling on the big sad goodbye 
i anticipate the big happy hello...its one of the best feelings in the world

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westward

today i am escaping the big city to go on a thrift adventure westward 

i will take backroads and visit small town thrift stores 

all the way to port stanley to visit my loves

photo from kate spade westward campaign 

 

two years

 

it was our birthday on monday, but it was also a tragic day

we both took the day off of work and went to the park

we ate hot dogs and cheesy snacks, we saw a swan, 

and walked under the romantic trees

but on our way home i got a bit too confident on my bike 

and took a major spill in a major way

(proud to say i was wearing a helmet)

poor karl witnessed it all right in front of him, 

and took care of me like a mama bird

he even played eye-spy with me in the emergency waiting room

and somehow managed me make be feel beautiful in a time when 

i was feeling and looking genuinely hideous (i smashed my face)

it's interesting how sometimes terrible things like this can 

act as an important reminder of how much someone really loves you

i can't imagine how it would feel to have to see

something as awful as this happen to him

karl is an exotic bird

i am the luckiest he is my best friend

 

tinas pie

tina asked for an apple birthday pie even though she can't have gluten 

i cooked some of the filling separately so she could have some

and inserted it into the pie in a tinfoil package

champagne birthday

two very very special people were born on the same day 

(and i might be making this next part up) 

but i think they were also both born in 1986

the stars must be aligned...it doesn't surprise me that i am in love with both of them to the same extent

HBD anthony & maggie! you are two of the coolest people i know

blast from the past

i went to milton last night for a gathering of my very first best friends

it's amazing how little things can change 

(ha, and how much can change) in a year or so

it's always very comforting how very much the same 

someone you knew so well can stay

these girls i rarely see, and very poorly keep in touch with (my bad)

but when we get together we always laugh a lot, 

and there's nothing more beautiful

amy, kaydee, ashley, connie

i love you all so much!

special day

today is erin's second annual 25th birthday!

that's the way she phrased it on her b-day invite

and it took me a while, but it finally made sense...how clever

finally i will see her again on friday to celebrate
i can't wait to shower her with gifts and
hang out with all her awesome friends

i will save the mushy birthday love for her birthday card ♥


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just for you

some pretty pictures that remind me of my love erin

who is far far away being a world explorer

thinking of you daily...miss you and love you