"I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a ferris wheel"
E.B White
I'm pretty sure the world would be a happier place if we all spent more time riding the ferris wheel. The feeling of weightlessness as it whisks you higher & higher into the air & then the sudden head rush when you take that first look down. Ooooo and then, just as you get accustomed to the new view? You free fall back down into the wheel spin & sudden stomach butterflies take your very breath away! And then.. It blissfully begins all over again. Yeh, the metaphors for life as it resembles the ferris wheel are never ending, so I won't bore you with all that here,
but I will talk about
COTTON CANDY & the way the gritty first bite makes you wonder why you ever liked the stuff in the first place & then as the sugary goodness begins to melt in your mouth, you remember.
And how it always reminds me of being 8 years old at the circus with my dad & watching 25 clowns squish into a toy car.
AND how the smell of Popcorn out of a paper bag evokes memories of junior high summer vacations with best friends, matching over sized roller coaster t-shirts, sunburns, laughing entirely too loud in order to get the attention of boys, strawberry lip gloss & flower painted faces.
Hepburn Hugs & McQueen Dreams
xo
Birdee
