Late Last Night

Jane and I had a micro adventure today. There's a store in nearby Westbrook called Past and Future Craft Exchange and I've been curious about it for quite some time. They take donations of usable craft and sewing supplies and resell things at low prices.

I took in a pile of sewing books and a bag of fabric to donate....and came home with some fabulous blue nubbly string. I certainly didn't need it....but it has all the colors in the cyanotypes! I do love blue! 

I sat at my work table late last night intending to tidy it up. 

The blue and white papers and ephemera were piling up and I needed to clear some space to work. But what I did instead was punch small blue squares from geili prints and other painted papers. 

Then I found a pile of butterflies that needed to be cut out.

Long story short....I still have a messy table...but now I have a sweet little page for one of the journals.

I mostly want these journals to be a blank slate for the recipient to do their own thing...but it's hard not to add a little project of my own. 

And....I got some papers in the mail!!! Margaret was one of the ones who through her name in the hat for the blue and white journal. 

Everyone was a winner......and she sent me some of her blue and white papers to include in hers. There's some fabulous stuff here....enough to share with others! 

My head is already spinning with ideas.

Micro Within Micro

It was a lovely winter day....a good day for a micro adventure. I've been curious about the store Terrarium in downtown Portland for quite some time now. I paid for an hour of parking....visited the store and walked around the city until my hour was up. I got some exercise...and had magnificent micro adventure. 

The store is a lovely warehouse type space with lots of exotic plants. But mostly it's a build your own terrarium place...with colorful tiny plants and interesting moss and accessories. There even a snack bar. 

It would be a fun place for small group gathering or party.

Colorful tiny plants in the winter are good for the soul.

I just put two and two together! It was a micro adventure....to a store with hundreds of micro plants...for terrarium building. 

Micro within a micro! Win win! 

Micro Adventures

Thank you for all the kind comments and emails yesterday celebrating the blog anniversary! Anything is possible through the lense of joy. 

Thank you to Ann for this amazing photo of the wolf moon last night through her skylight! 

As part of the New Year's chatter...people are posting and sharing all kinds of intentions for 2026. I don't dwell on those kinds of things....I'm not big on resolutions. But I briefly saw a post that mentioned micro adventures this morning...and it stuck with me. 

I LOVE the concept...and it got me thinking. 

One of the things I wanted to do during the 2025 Holiday Season was visit the lobby of The Lincoln Hotel in Biddeford. It was highly recommended by Jane....as well as Sam and Kelly (who live nearby).....especially during the holidays when the lobby is all decked out for Christmas. But I never got there. 

So I spontaneously decided to have a little micro adventure and headed south.

It describes itself as boutique hotel set in a luxuriously reimagined mill that has defined the community since the 1850's.

It did NOT disappoint. 

The best part is that Sam was able to join me...and we had some quality mother/son time. 

The lobby is huge. It's dark and moody with lots of comfortable living room type seating spaces and places. There are nooks and crannies for intimate quiet conversations for two or more open spaces for larger groups. 

There's a little cafe open during the day and a bar for afternoon and evening. It was just a delight! 

The ceiling in this little nook was covered in sparkles and baubles. 

There are a few other things on my list of local places I want to visit....and others I don't even know about yet. So this is just the first of what I hope are many 2026 micro adventures! 

I already know where the next one will be.

JOY!