Here are a few other Film Fridays to peruse at your leisure.

1.

2.

3.

4.

All images were shot using Kodak Portra 400 using a Canon A1 50mm 1.4.

This week started off with a block party. Which, in my opinion, is a perfect way to start your week. Pizza by the slice, beer in the sun, bright balloons, friends mingling, kids freely running amok, ice cream, macarons, and little white dresses stained with tomato sauce.

A good week also involves the learning of new things. This week I’ve learned (or re-learned in some cases):

_

I am not perfect, nor do I want to be. So stop trying and stop the dissatisfaction when the perfection is not there – because it won’t be.

_

Cardamom, espresso, dried cherries and chocolate make a winning combination when bound together with butter, flour and sugar in a cookie.

_

Everyone’s journey is designed for them. I have my own. Stop wishing for a new route  because this one was designed for me.

_

Being happy for people is a lot more fun than envying them.

_

I am in more control of my life than I let myself believe. But I can also rest assured that ultimately it is not me that is in control.

_

Thoughts can be good or bad. Stop the bad ones and turn them into good.

_

Sweet potatoes roasted with paprika is gosh darn amazing.

_

When in doubt, read a good book.

_

Somewhere there is a balance of contentment while maintaing a wild imagination that creates lofty dreams. Maybe someday I’ll find it.

_

Sometimes the answer is to stop thinking and start doing for other people.

_

From now on finely julienned fennel will always be found in my coleslaw.

_

Even though our little house lacks in space, enough chairs, and is cluttered with kids and all their things I must open my doors and invite people in and feed them. It feeds me.

_