Spring Bucket List
Spring is quickly becoming my favorite season.
It’s bright, it’s happy. It’s not too chilly, nor does it feel like a sauna when you walk outside. It’s just right.
The birds are chirping, the trees are blooming (the allergies are not happy about that), but everything is painted in this pastel colored hue that feels like a Wes Anderson movie.
It’s the perfect time to go for a walk, sit on the patio and eat your breakfast in the morning or sip a smoothie or iced coffee in the afternoon as you read a book. Playlists that are giving main character energy.
It’s bike rides while admiring the blue sky and puffy clouds floating by, fresh cut grass (even if it does make your eyes water), grabbing a sweet treat (boba, yogurt or ice cream) with your friends to gab for those couple extra hours of sunlight, drives in the early evenings with the perfect playlist. It’s jumping in the field of wildflowers that only show up this time of year.
It’s Easter egg hunts and church services with family, Mother’s Day brunch celebrating the woman who gave you life, it’s reading poetry in the park or on the porch as the sunlight warms your soul. It’s Polaroid memories and laughs around the dinner table.
It’s the slivers of sunlight coming through the window, the cool breeze in evenings, garden parties, floral dresses, arts and crafts, more daylight and leaning into the brighter things of life.
Books
Light-hearted, smart, creative, poetic, cinematic-feeling reads. Think all the rom coms or stories you loved as a kid. I want to pick something up that is going to make me feel inspired the second I put it down.
The Rome Kentucky Series by Sarah Adams
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet by Shauna Niequest
Year of Yes (10 Year Anniversary) by Shonda Rhimes
You Are Only Just Beginning by Morgan Harper Nichols
Devotions by Mary Oliver
In Conclusion, Don’t Worry About It by Lauren Graham
A Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live by Emily P. Freeman
Find It In Everything Photographs by Drew Barrymore
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Pretty Happy by Kate Hudson
The Reunion by Kayla Olson
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
Chestnut Springs Series by Elsie Silver
Love of My After Life by Kirsty Greenwood
A Century of Poetry in The New Yorker (1925-2025)
Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone
Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter
Feel Your Way Through by Kelsea Ballerini
Places To Go, People To See by Kate Spade (coffee table book)
Kate Spade New York: Things We Love
Just about any coffee table book on fashion or places
Rebel Blue Ranch Series by Lyla Sage
TV Shows & Movies
Funny, easy to watch, feel good shows, escapism content that makes you feel like the lead character.
TV
Bridgerton
Hart of Dixie
Parks and Recreation
Daisy Jones and The Six
Once Upon A Time
Any reality TV show will do (The Bachelor/ette, American Idol, Real Housewives, etc.)
Gilmore Girls (the spring episodes, like A-Tisket, A-Tasket, etc.)
Hacks
Paradise
The Chosen
Love Story (seriously, are you watching this??)
Movies
Father of the Bride
13 Going on 30
Funny Face
Sabrina
Because I Said So
Maid in Manhattan
Hope Floats
Passport to Paris
New York Minute
La La Land
Fever Pitch
Notting Hill
Little Women
The Devil Wears Prada
A League of Their Own
Field of Dreams
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
A Bug’s Life
Anne of Green Gables
Enchanted
Ella Enchanted
Princess Diaries
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Just about any musical (American in Paris, Singing in the Rain)
Hop
Soundtrack
The soundtrack to spring is light, lovely and are that ‘sounds like falling in love’ kind of feeling.
Spring Bucket List
These are just a few of the things I’d like to do over the spring months while the weather is nice and the vibes are just right.
Visiting the wildflowers in the Antelope Valley area
Take some time off during spring break
Paint
Finish my Gilmore Girls Lego set
Buy fresh flowers to display on the table/counter
Go for walks
Spring cleaning/organizing (that I’ve been saying I would do forever)
Go to a farmer’s market
Make a fun “themed” dinner night
Go for a drive with the perfect “cinematic” playlist
Make more friendship bracelets…just because
Have a playdate with my little besties/nieces
Work on creative projects for my Substack/e-zines, etc.
More screen free time
Make more fun pasta salads
Make poptarts with seasonal fruits with pretty pastel frosting (or something festive like)
Schedule a few friend dates going out and doing things (try a new restaurant or coffee shop, go see a movie, etc.)
Go to Color Me Mine to paint a fun spring/Easter project
LA Times Festival of Books at USC
Plan/take a solo trip to the beach or a new town I’ve wanted to explore (or at least a visit to a museum or unique place to explore)
What are your plans this spring? Do you have any activities planned or that you look forward to?
That’s all for now,
Shelby