These are a Few of my Favorite Things...

   Raindrops on roses, but definitely not whiskers on kittens...

It's odd the things you think of as some of your favorite things. 

I am naturally drawn to people when I start thinking of things I treasure 

but instead I offer you these things which serve to bring a smile to my face...

on a day when it is much needed.

Lily of the Valley

When we moved into our house twenty-seven years ago, it was August. 
The next spring the flower bed beside my back door was filled with these dark green plants that shot up out of nowhere. 
I had no clue what they were. 
Around Mother's Day, I discovered what the plants were when the fragrance nearly bowled me over. 
I was overcome with joy. I have always loved these exquisite bell-shaped flowers that hang on tiny stems. 

White thick snow that coats the branches and bends the boughs to the earth.

The sound of running water

A wonderful soak in a bathtub

An antique find.

The smell of new mown grass on a spring day.

The first daffodils

Fireflies on a summer's night

Raindrops

Happy tears

Laughing so loud and so long that it hurts.

A shared sunset 

The well-worn patina of vintage linens

A cold drink of water on a hot day

Crunchy ice.

A smooth stone

Pink peonies

Beautiful paper in a good book

Su Blackwell (www.sublackwell.co.uk) turns books into
 art using painstaking skill, and a whole lot of imagination. 

The color and feel of silk.

The smell of a new baby

The softness of old hands.

There, I feel better already. Don't you?