Alliston

I've been spending a lot of the past few days at the Well in Alliston catching up with old friends and thinking about the world. I love my family here- blood related and otherwise.

If you haven't been here yet, you should come. It's a warm & welcoming place (with good food!) .

I've been really busy meeting up with people but it's so good. Our conversations have been amazing. I'm learning so much about myself and my family and friends.

I'm heading back to Toronto to my boyf tonight. I miss him a ton.

Hope you guys are having a great week! Stay tuned for the 30 with 30 challenge (which starts tomorrow!!!) linking with the beautiful Katie at Loverly She.

xoxo
Hayley

Negatives

Recently I borrowed a gadget that puts your film negatives onto your computer as pretty pictures. So I found a ton of our film and found a bunch of old pictures I haven't seen in a long time.

Aj and I had our own darkroom thing happening for a while but never quite mastered it (faulty chemicals I say!). So I had a ton of negatives that I had never seen as real images. So here you go! Some snapshots on b&w (and some colour photos) film.

Sally & Ginny making cookies. 

Poor David had to be my model for a lot of my grade 11 photo class. This is him on the roof.

This bike had flat tires.

I love light leaks on photos.

Grandma gardening

First apartment. Summer. (Shirt from Honest Ed's...YES).

Taking apart some shorts.

I have a beautiful family. I miss my grandpa. And I love them.

I want to be like her.

I shared this picture before. I just love it. It's so perfect, joyful. My grandma says it's the face he makes when he's singing. 

My beautiful friend, who I miss a TON. Emily Simms.

This photo makes me die laughing. It's hilarious. Balin's stupid, destructive tail.

I'm so happy and so sad when I look at this picture.

Gibson Hills. Alliston.

The famous photo of me.

My boyf in highschool.

Thanksgiving this year at the first apartment.

Anywho. It was a weird nostalgic time. I'm going to take more photos on film and start developing it myself again. I'll let you know how that goes.

Love you all.
I'm in Alliston right now, and I'm feelin' fine.

H

Artisan's fair

I will not be at the artisan's fair. I will be working Friday and Saturday. Boo.

Aj and I also just don't feel ready. I am nowhere near prepared enough to show more than two or three pieces.

Sorry for fooling you all!

I am going to try to bring up some work anyways, but I won't actually be there. I totally encourage you all to go because there are going to be some cool artists, and a lot of neat-o stuff. So go!

May 3rd at the Well from like 10-4. GO>>>

Summer?

Well! I start work tonight. Once I'm done my training, you'll find me greeting and seating people in a kilt and knee-high socks, hair in a ponytail. I got smart-serve which I don't actually need for my job (YET). I'm hoping to get promoted to server at some point.

I also have another job interview at another place across the street from me. The lady there said that she'll wait to hear what my schedule is like at the pub and then we'll schedule an interview. I don't know what's happening but my whole summer is looking much different. I wasn't trying for this, I was trying to avoid this actually. But someone out there is pulling some huge strings for me, and opening a lot of doors, and giving me a lot of options. So thanks.

So long dreams of painting all afternoon and being a free lil bird.

I'm hoping to see people still. So keep in touch y'all.

Also. I had a sushi date yesterday with some university friends (YES I HAVE THEM!!!!!!). And the day before I went shopping with another friend from school. I think I'm allowed to be really excited that I'm making friends.

Stay tuned for the 30 in 30 first post coming up sometime this weekend, and possibly a post from AJ!


How's your week been?

H

little things

Guys, today has been really weird.
It's the first day off I've had with nothing due, or pressing to do since a long time- or it feels like it anyway.

And I don't know what to do with myself.
I laid around for a long time. I read a book (yes. the whole thing). I painted a little. I went out and bought some canvases, paints, and a few groceries. I puttered around. I haven't spoken a word since Aj left at 8ish this morning (and at that point I was in a sleepy daze)...

I thought having time off would be nice, and maybe it would be if I had prepared for it. But it snuck up on me completely. I have things I could do, but I'm just so confused about how I happened onto the time to do them that I haven't done them. I should have gone for a walk, it always clears my head a little.

At the same time I am so thankful for a bit of a break to recoup! I am definitely not bummed that I have nothing important to do.

Here are the paintings I've been working on. They're very small- 3x4" if I'm correct. When they're finished (her boobs are a little wonky, and chippy's hardly an underpainting), they'll be on sale at the artisan's fair on MAY 3rd at THE WELL. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.

I'm thinking between $30-40 depending on how much more time I spend on them.
I'm also in the middle of building a website just for art, so stay tuned.

Love,
H.

Tunes for Tuesday

SNAPS from this weekend

I take back what I said about SnapChat guys. I just had the sweetest snap experience this weekend. Kieran Ingram is the master snapper, with my sister coming in second place. Let me share:

Poor Andrew ended up starring in the majority of our fun.

This one is mine. Obviously - my father is the original OG. (two originals = very original).

My dad gets it from Grandma. Gwyn takes after him.

If you snap me now, I promise I will send you something hilarious. 

Hopefully this boosted some spirits in the midst of crappy-ness, it certainly boosted mine.

Love,

H

Things Change

When I went to Peru, our motto was "things change," and rightly so, because when you're thrown into uncomfortable, and unfamiliar places and circumstances- you often have a lot of adjusting to do. I've decided it's my life motto too, because things get ripped out from under me occasionally, just when I think I've got it all figured out.

I posted before about a nanny job I was looking forward to, and I was going to be starting today. However, last night I got two emails- one from a pub down the road looking for a hostess, and the other from the mum I was planning on nannying for. As it turned out, her mum-in-law offered to quit her job to spend time with her kid, so I wasn't needed anymore. And, I just had an interview at the pub, and I start on Friday.

It's been a strange two days, and my whole plan for the summer has had to change. I'll be working more hours (more money), but it won't be as casual- so I don't know how often I'll be making it up north, or planning weekend adventures as I had hoped.

Oh well. Things change.

XO.
H

More Snapshots from Today

My grandmother is a beaut. I want to be like her.

This picture is blurry, but so funny that I don't even care.

My brother.....

I'm so blessed by my family. I love you all.

Happy Easter everyone!