Our Picture of the Week

For the King and Queen of Halloween

 

My name is Shoanna and I am a mad Instagrammer.

I love Instagram.  I try to limit my posts to no more than 3 a day.  Sometimes I just can’t help myself and I go over my self-imposed limit.  It’s then I wonder if my followers get annoyed and then I remember I get annoyed with them for not posting at least one picture a day!  I would also like to encourage more selfies.

A selfie from last week. My mom and dad sent me the mug. My dad said I make a good mug shot.

I follow one friend who does several a week.  I love them.  If you are not a selfie self-starter, grab a friend, your kid or your dog and start snapping away.  Thanks to the digital era you can delete, delete, delete until you get a good one.  Or start with your hands.  I love pictures of hands.  Hands tell a lot about a person.  I can clearly picture in my mind’s eye, the hands of both of my grammas and like to think I could pick them out of a lineup even today.  So do it.  Today.  Don’t wait!  When you are standing in line at the post office don’t check your email.  Post that selfie on Instagram.  Then post another just for good measure.  Have fun.  Laugh more.  And follow Scarlett Dalila Felt Better.  We’d love to follow you.  We are mad Instagrammers.

Celebrate the day!

Let Scarlett Dalila show you the way.

ADDENDUM to The Real Legends of the Fall

Goodbye summer, hello Caramel Apple Sugar Babies!  Reason #4 to jump into autumn.  They are indescribably delicious.  I’ve exhausted the supply at my local Old Navy (weird, I know.)  and haven’t been able to find them anywhere else.  So when this box is gone, I’ll be screaming for warmer weather.  Again.

 

Celebrate an autumn day!  Let Scarlett Dalila show you the way.

The Real Legends of the Fall

I’ve succumbed to autumn.  I resisted.  I screamed.  I cried.  I put on a sweater.  Mother Nature cannot be stopped.  I long for a kinder climate.  I’m trying to find some joy in this, focusing on the silver linings in the cold-weather clouds.  I’ve come up with a few legends of the fall:

no mosquitos,

pumpkin beer with a carmel cinnamon sugar rim,

candy corn and

no mosquitos.

That’s all I got.  I just finished a whole bag of candy corn in mourning.  I wish I was kidding…..

 What makes autumn easier for you to take?

Celebrate an autumn day!  Let Scarlett Dalila show you the way.

POTD: The Best September Had to Offer

September saw the end of summer (big sigh), the start of school (bigger sigh) and the beginning of cold weather (fall-to-the-floor wail). Here is September’s roundup:

From me to my sister:

Nothing says September like a cart full of school supplies.

The only thing getting us through the night before the first day of school.

And so it begins….

Dear Santa, this is all I want for Christmas.

Nice, but they are not flip flops….

This guy is trying to tell us something. I just don’t know what.

I spy with my little eye….

I feel like I am on an opposites segment of Sesame Street.

Paper lanterns make anything festive.

If I was fairy, I might like to live here.

Close your eyes and throw a dart.

End of summer blues.

From cream to mauve. Nothing gold can stay.

From my sister to me:

Beginning of September….

Fairy house still standing.

The evil queen got to him first. [I suspect this happened to my (Shoanna’s) prince charming. Damn fool couldn’t keep his head on long enough for me to find and kiss him. Figures.]

Friends at last.

There’s a bat up there.  See it?  To the upper right of the moon.

Apple picking time.

What did you say?

Fog

It’s that time of year.

Astro’s turn at a shadow picture.

end of September.

Good morning, moon.

Harvest

Crabapple sauce

Everyday is a celebration!  Document it.

Celebrate the day!  Let Scarlett Dalila show you the way.