Nomare

Tori Amos - Marianne
Nirvana - Polly
Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
The Police - Roxanne
Robert Rodriguez - Marv
Pure Prairie League - Amy
Charles Mingus - Celia
Tony Bennett - Laura
The Smiths - William, It was Really Nothing
The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
Hole - Jennifer's Body
David Bowie - Jean Genie
Elton John - Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny)
Ben Folds Five - Kate
Tom Jones - Delilah
Stan Getz - Penny
Marry Me Jane - Tabitha
Tom Waits - Table Top Joe
Madonna - Jimmy, Jimmy
Beastie Boys - Ricky's Theme

- July 19, 2005

Bartram's Gardens

On Sunday Anne and I hit another local garden, this time it was John Bartram's gorgeous gardens just off the Schuylkill River. It was hotter than Hell out, but with crazy winds and lots of shade, we wound up having a lovely afternoon. I totally recommend visiting. It's free of charge, unless you want the house tour, which was only twelve bucks and definitely worth it, in my humble opinion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Downtown Cwood

Last Sunday I snapped these pics whilst strolling through Collingswood with m'gal pals. It's such a classic Main Street America town and I've always loved it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponge Worthy

I am trying really hard to not buy random shit online. I have had my eye on this ever since I first saw it on Fishs Eddy and it's killing me (exaggeration) to not buy it, along with about seven other things on the site. I'm gonna sleep on it and see if I can resist it a bit longer...

Sound Advice

Growing up, I needed someone that thought I was funny, that laughed when I was silly and who saw the good in odd things and in odd people. Someone that I loved and respected so much that I believed them when they told me I was good enough; that I belonged. A person that convinced me that all the bad things that people said to me and about me were lies told by mean, misguided souls. If I had this person by my side in my young life, I might not be so bitter and sad all the time. I do try like hell to be this person for my nieces and nephews, but I often wonder who I would have become if I felt worthy.

Helen's Sketches

Check out Ms. Helen Coldwell's fabulous sketches of the characters in Vikings.

(Pretty freakin' incredible, huh? I'm tellin' ya, that Helen's got mad talent.)

Binge-worthy

So Helen Coldwell, the genius behind Bad Books, had posted a few things on Instagram about a series called Vikings. Then photos of the two main actors kept popping up in my feed for the beard oil companies I follow on IG (what a shameful thing to have to publicly admit - my obsession for furry faced men knows no bounds) and so finally I started asking around. No one I knew had seen Vikings and those that had heard of it knew absolutely nothing about the show. Over the weekend I snagged a copy of season one from the library and with exceedingly low expectations (since I loathed the first season of both Game of Thrones and Outlander and can't be bothered with either series and they seem to be in the same vein as Vikings) I settled in Saturday night and started disc one. Well damn it all to hell, I actually seriously really like the series. I'm not bananas over the fact that the Vikings just sort of storm into a village, kill everyone for no reason whatsoever and then make off with the goods, but I do like Lagertha - she's my fave character - and even though the lead guy is a vicious beast in many ways and I disagree with at least 97% of everything he does, he is portrayed with great depth and feeling. Ya gotta respect the writing and acting that goes into making a bad guy someone you don't completely like, but don't despise either. Season two and three, here I's come!

(photo kidnapped from pinterest)