Things that brighten your day?

[jymbee]

Too many things to list that "annoy me". Guess I'm just an annoyable kinda' guy.

But it can be tiresome focusing on the negative when there's positive things that happen to brighten my day as well. Most always, little things. For example, walking around my garden today I noticed that the blossoms on the blueberry bushes were LUSH, hopefully signaling a bumper crop this season. The pole beans I put in a couple of weeks ago were creeping towards their respective poles and the rabbits, so far at least, are honoring our agreement not to chow down on my unfenced lettuce and I'll keep our dog Sam from chowing down on them.

After days of steady dreary, damp, rainy weather, the sun came out about an hour before sunset and lit up all the flower pots and hanging baskets we put out this morning.

When we when we went into town for Saturday breakfast, we ran into several friends we had not seen for months. Everyone's doing well.

Little things.

 

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The "amber glow" that occurs sometimes late in the day when there is still enough light after a storm passes...
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hearing a wood thrush...the sweetest (flute like) song in the woods....

 

[sseelhoff]

The cool morning breeze
The wild birds playing in the birdbath outside my window
The smell of a charcoal grill
The smell of freshly cut grass

 

[murphy1244]

Got to see baby mallards from our friends Mr. & Mrs Duck

 

[jerrybob]

Siitting here with my wife and two dogs watching an incredible sunset. Sky is orange.....we can see the river and there is a line of blue sky above the bay. Wow.....beautiful!!! Wine is not bad either!!!:thumbsup:

 

[creekbend]

Waking up to see my Wife's face and giving her a hug. Helping to fix our Son's breakfast. Having our inside Dog come up tp me, with her tail wagging. There are too many things to list. In essence, we all, take so many Things for granted. We never really appreciate OUR GIFTS until they are gone.

 

[blueriver]

New borns .. I love all babies.... human and animal

 

[Bird]

Yep, lots of things that brighten the day, and this morning it was getting up before daylight to thunder, lightning, and rain. Very glad to see the rain.

 

[farmgirl19]

When I was mowing the lane yesterday with the brush hog, a neighbor at the end of the road, came out to his fence as I was approaching. He had a Hershey candy bar and some lemonade to give me, to say "Thanks' for mowing beside his pasture, by the road too! I didn't *need* the calories, but for some reason, the stuff tasted better than usual. Simple pleasures can be best!

 

[TripleR]

The woman I have been with for over fifty years, laughter of children playing, babies, sunsets, smell of freshly turned earth, job well done and on and on; too many to list really, there is beauty and things for which to be thankful all around us.