it’s floppy hat season {photoaday}

It’s June. JUNE! Geez. I can hardly believe it but here it is so let’s just embrace it, ok? Kicking off another month with fat mum slim and her instagram photoaday challenge. It’s not too late to jump in. It’s so fun to see my friends’ interpretations of the prompts AND to see the other participants’ photos. There are thousands of images submitted each month and a fun community of folks just snapping their little hearts out. And guess what? Instagram isn’t just for those with iphones anymore…now droid users can play too. Come on in, the water’s fine.

morning: the morning drive to work… no traffic. aren’t you commuters jealous?

empty: an empty dishwasher? This never happens.

on your plate: creme de menthe brownies. oh my goodness. a little bit of heaven here on earth. (thanks, Renee!)

close-up: I’m still l.o.v.i.n.g. my olloclip. It makes even the most mundane things look pretty darn cool.

sign: a vintage sign in the little town near my office. In fact, there are a couple others similar to it along the main road. I love that the current businesses have left them untouched.

 hat: it’s floppy hat season! I bought one last year for the cruise. It’s time to bust this bad boy out, don’t ya think?!

I’ve said before but I’ll say it again, life moves pretty fast… wait. wait. wait. thought I was Ferris Bueller for a minute there. I meant to say: if you decide to play, find me on instagram. As always, I’m auntwithgum

81/365 – 2010

*  vintage stuff at the shop shot 1: fire extinguisher *

There’s a ton of old things around the shop that my boss has collected over the years. Some of it came from a hardware store owned by his family that finally closed down a few years ago. You wouldn’t believe some of the stuff that was in there. My boss is a true Atlanta native and has so many stories and knows a lot about the history of the area: families, businesses, etc. The hardware store was one of those places where you’d see old men just sitting on the stoop talking about whatever and they’d know everyone that came by. His grandfather also sold explosives and some of those stories are rather entertaining (scary, but entertaining). Sometimes I wish we had remained in one place so we’d have history like that; but then again, I wouldn’t be where I am today if we hadn’t moved around. Another reminder of God’s providence and how good He is!

Mar 22