summer reflections

and some shadows

• i’ve eaten all fruit no veg

• setting sun on water [Stone Harbor, Avalon, Lake Ariel, Lake Carey, Griffin Pond Reservoir, Sandymount Sea, various lakes, streams & oceans - but all Atlantic except the Irish Sea]

• I’m lucky to be the only in my family to have knee & knuckle freckles

• pines on pool

• butter on bagels is just as great as cream cheese

• all of us in the rear-view

• tail lights in a turnpike summer storm

• my book + the road via my sunglasses

• i’m a writer and creator by trade

• pups in the back seat

• touching grass is It

• greens on blues

• August is my favorite summer month

• my bright blonde hair never really suited me

• nor did 7 years of SPF-less tanning

• the sun ricocheting off my golden eye patches

• I have a gravitational pull to gingham

• bangles can be in if you want them to be

• trees

• Sundays are for treasure hunting (at least in my brain)

• you can buy from Zara and H&M if you wear it to The Death

• seeing winter during a hot, hot summer via Parc’s cozy windows & warm, yellow lighting

• blue sky on water

• my twin below me in the Irish rain

• rainbows

• I have time

• Clyde’s monster shape on the road during sun-setting walks

• there exists no better snack than pretzels

• spiders aren’t scary

• the stained glass double adorning our Dublin Airbnb’s foyer

• this is everyone’s first time living and no, they don’t have it figured out

• I don’t need to buy crocs..

• no plans is kind of fun

• us on sand

• I actually did need a black bag in my life

• I can relax if I want to

• 5 umbrellas crowded in a downpour

• the summer sun puzzle-piecing on my bathwater

• and on the mosaic bird bath bowl a few houses down

• it’s not that serious (it never was)

• any light off my dewey skin

• walks are OuchBalm for the soul

• not all margaritas are created equal

• gold isn’t my metal

• I always knew I’d marry him

• I shouldn’t wait

• beach sun in my sand-buried plastic champagne glass

• the sparkle of my ring creating little baby rainbows

• luck is real and also a gift

• fluorescent lighting in my post-dermaplaned+facialed-face

• it’s fine to say i’m not a fan of a person

• cheap swimsuits are often the best ones

• tail-wags in the lake

• Spironolactone works

• pine needles breezing on my sci-fi pages

• my workoutwear can survive an accidental dryer-throw

• the kitchen light in a game of spoons

• trees abreeze in water. something I can never look away from

• I shouldn’t brush my hair when wet

• running asphalt twins

• expensive does not mean better

• I actually do love the color (bright, fire, poppy) red

• I need to call my grandma more

• birthdays should always be a big deal

• I hate big gowns and trains

• I have more than I need

• Fishing lines dangling lifelessly

• Trees in my rose glass

• those little bits of silvery-blue in ice cubes

• working makes me happy

• purple skies are my favorite. next to orange

• I don’t like La Colombe draft latte cans

• Lily on the big boat

• the island on the lake

• I love a list

• my ring jelly cat on my windowsill

• trains are FREAKING AWESOME and i’d love to commute

• i’m successful and I should be proud

• i’m kind and I should be prouder than I am of my success (I am)

• studio light in all the glassware at Shoppe Object

• Onyx’s black salt mocha was and will forever be the best coffee i’ve tasted

• a boathouse painter’s tireless shadow

• light through a fence or railing

• Shake Place’s neon glow

• dogs do bite

• my summers will be spent laking

• I only allow myself to write when I love myself

• i’ll paint if you put it in front of me

• turning off technology is therapeutic

• the 16th Ward is my favorite NEPA restaurant

• rude baristas are everywhere ?

• I should eat corn on the cob more often

• pedicures are a waste of money

• cardinals aren’t just winter birds

• I love nonchalance

• I couldn’t have asked for a better second family

• outside silence is my happy

• magnesium daily may not do much for me

• I won’t hyphenate my name

• just because my Apple Watch is dead doesn’t mean my steps didn’t count

• oil over lotion

• string lights in my martini

• there’s nothing better nor more dependable than a white tee

• I miss biking

• I don’t like the smell nor taste of passionfruit. just the name

• NYC isn’t for me

• i’m happiest when there’s a fiery smell in the air

• there’s nothing like fiction

• I like things casual

• farmers markets will never not be great

• hydrangeas’ pink through our front door windows

• evergreens dancing on my sci-fi pages

• good enough is most-times great

xox, abby