kids…adorable

Spotted on my way to work this morning:

a busload of adorable 6/7 year olds on their way to the Royal Ontario Museum

“Hi!!!”

“Take a picture of us!”

“We’re going to the ROM”

“Where are you going?”

The chorus of children’s voices – I can’t think of many other sounds that can compete with the aesthetic appeal of such a symphony.

We chit-chatted while we waited for the red light to turn green – and then they waved enthusiastically at me until I disappeared from the field of vision.

The romantic in me celebrated the innocence of those adorable children – to have no restraints in engaging a stranger on her bike in conversation.

It also reminded me of this favorite children’s show of mine….

Dear world,

I hope that whoever and wherever you are out there – that you are having just as amazing a morning as me!

<3

a pseudo-birthday picnic

exactly one week ago i turned 27 years young…

it’s crazy how fast time flies in retrospect – time is a fascinating concept – but i’ll leave that essay for another time

i am sure that i have oversold my fear of aging in birthdays past, but this year, my perceptions have somehow shifted with the changing tides in my life

@ 27 years young perhaps i have finally reached a level of maturity in thinking that has evaded my being and kept me “innocent” for better or worse through the 26 years prior

it is an enlightening feeling – now if only i can reach the same level of maturity in doing, my life will be complete, ha!

along with my newfound maturity has been a desire to keep things low-key and mellow – while i still hummed and huhhed about whether i should throw that “let’s go to a dive bar, listen to jukebox tunes, and down a couple shots of tequila” – the inner voice advised me against that notion and i cancelled that Facebook invite before it was too late – for that, i must thank the fate-keepers

instead, i awoke Friday morning to a weather forecast that was quite contrary to that originally predicted (24 degrees and sunny as opposed to thunderstorms) and decided on the spur of the moment that a pseudo birthday picnic was what my heart truly desired

a short message to those nearest and dearest to me later, i was formulating menu plans for an evening picnic dinner @ Dufferin Grove Park

of course, my original lofty picnic goals were brought down to common ground by a lack of time – but, i couldn’t have asked for a better outcome

we had a wonderful time, yummy food, and for myself – i now have a wonderful 27th birthday memoir