Little things that make me Smile!

Little things that make me smile are my favorite possessions: a green sugar bowl, a fluffy blanket, a little white stuffed terrier on wheels, my French steak knives (which cut everything easily and have colored handles and a little bee emblem), My former small collection of Whirley plastic travel mugs, which I used to drink coffee from exclusively, until I found out the plastic was probably not safe for hot beverages. My Lands End sherpa-lined barn coat, which I wore for 20 years, way past it's prime. None of my favorite things are worth any money, and I don't know they will be my favorites until I see them.

Big things that make me smile (perhaps they are only big to me) are: Robins returning in the spring to nest on my porch and pull worms out of the ground, violets dotting my yard, buds finally coming out on the trees, dancing in cloudbursts on hot days with my dog, my dog running through his tunnel and leaping into his oversized pool, a murder of crows chasing the hawk who tried to capture on of their own, walking in the woods and pastures behind my house, the piliated woodpecker who lives in my yard except in winter, blue jays eating the peanuts in shells I bought for the squirrels, finding a hollow in a tree, lying on my back on summer nights (with my dog) looking at the stars.

I don't live in that house any more, and when I did for 12 years, no one else in the family was interested in the nature surrounding us. That always puzzled me.
 
I love your post Wheaten. Like you, I like to surround myself with things that give me pleasure and they do not have to cost a lot of money. I love nature and that is probably my greatest joy, to go off into the countryside and enjoy it. We have always tried to live close to a forest and also the sea. It was not easy to find the house we now live in, but we did it! 🐦🦋🐞🌻
 

A little thing that made me smile!​


Watching a cat walking along the top of a fence, no more than an inch wide. It's sense of balance was wonderful, and half way across, it stops and starts preening itself as though sitting on a chair on a porch.
I love cats. 😊
 
Jackie23 said:
....looking out my bedroom windows at early daylight.. past my yard to the mist in the trees and pasture....sittin in my recliner just watching a new day rolling in.
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I can see that lovely picture Jackie and how beautiful it must be :)
From my bedroom window I can see the ocean. I am now getting to recognise the sounds of the various birds and it is such a joy :)
 
@Shero, thank you, good to see you! Happy and healthy New Year to you! ❤️

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Each morning I am awakened by noisy neighbors. They wake me up every day with sounds of screeching, singing, ecstatic romancing.

Haha got you! I am talking about the birds in our garden and the amorous doves particularly, have no shame, but how I love them and they make me smile so much. I don’t hear all of these but a few to start my day:

 

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