Friday, March 19, 2010

Things That Make Me Happy, Parte Tres

Japanese wood-block prints
Monet
Van Gogh
"Fargo"
Cherry blossom time in DC
Bats flying against the sky
Clean, ordered shelves
Greenhouses full of flowers
Curled-over potato chips
Little white frame churches
Kicking my feet through fall leaves
Woodsmoke
Pussywillows
Worn grooves in old wood floors
Hickory PA Apple Festival
Hayrides
Swimming
Hippie clothes
Fried dough & cotton candy
Jelly beans
Queen Anne's lace
Riding on ferries
Staying on islands
Grape Popsicles
Climbing trees
Singing the old hymns
Vintage leather handbags
Wading in icy creeks

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Things That Make Me Happy, Parte Dos

Daisee's sense of humor
Naked rats
Soda bread with currants & fennel
The way springtime smells
Hearing Kika's ringtone
My laptop
Having the quads crawl up onto me so trustingly
Dreaming about going to Greece
My Bible
Strawberry green tea
Anne Lamott
My Susans
Grandma's cookstove
Speaking Spanish
Raw almonds
3-mile workouts
Finding awesome stuff at the thrift store
Cuba
Seattle's Best vanilla-cinnamon rooibos lattes
Sticking my pictures in scrapbooks
Reading old letters
Finding letters in my mailbox
Indian head pennies
Old tablecloths with fruit & flowers on them
Porch sitting
Hanging out with my mom
Writing,writing, writing, writing
Easter bonnets
Apple blossoms
The sound of rain
Afternoon naps
Cary Grant comedies
Independent coffee shops
Diners
Used book stores
Finding morel mushrooms
Finding money
Glazed carrots
Root beer floats
TS Eliot
Thoreau
Dave Barry
Pizza...even pretty bad pizza
Old farmhouses
Black-&-white cows in tall grass
Black nail polish
Cilantro
Watching squirrels in the trees
Gathering hickory nuts
The smell of maple syrup cooking down
Fried cornmeal mush
Drinking tea with Tony