Totally Random Simple Things That Make Me Smile

In no particular order....

• butternut squash with real maple syrup and ground sea salt
• black people wearing brightly colored clothing (white people just can't pull it off for the most part)
• weeping willows
• winning over a chipmunk and getting him/her to eat out of my hand
• watching the flight of massive murders of crows return to Albany at dusk to roost
• the outline of naked trees against a dimly lit, colorful sky
• really good Indian food
• being braless in a cashmere sweater
• new Teva flipflops
• the smell of Stargazer lilies and fragrant water lilies
• the sounds of a cat purring
• people with good voices who walk around in public singing like no one else is there
• warm Spring days
• pictures of goats wearing sweaters
• the smell of the Adirondacks
• rainbows
• a brand new and freshly sharpened pencil
• the way my curls feel really soft and bouncy right after a haircut
• dragonflies and damselflies that perch on my pole-- or on me-- when I'm fishing (or kayaking)
• when the moon is visible during the daytime
• the first ice cream cone of the summer (and every one thereafter)
• when my friend at work drops a snack pack of macadamia nuts on my desk to make me smile on rough days
• feeding my fish by hand
• old, weathered barns
• watching spiders weave their webs
• geese flying north in the spring
• the big box of Crayola crayons
• teeny tiny toadlets the size of a fingernail
• people who smile for no obvious reason

Feel free to comment-- I'd love hear some of yours. :)