Aaaaah, simple pleasures. What are yours?

I just had this: hot tea with lime and sugar (okay, Equal) on a cold evening. Just beautiful. Anybody have any similarly simple pleasures? I got some good news today and I'm just in a mood to hear people talk about what makes them happy.

putting my cold feet in warm slippers

feeling my long skirt blow around me on a windy day

holding hands with my honey

those are a few of mine anyway

:hi:

Did you just watch Amelie? Well, if not, put that on the list of things to do.

Here are a few of mine:

Listening to Garrison Keillor do The Writer's Almanac on NPR each morning.

A very large mug of hot English breakfast tea with milk.

Having the newspaper delivered every day.

it makes my day whenever i catch it

A walk in the woods.

Puppy kisses.

He cannot start the day without curling up in my bed with me, even if it is just for two or three minutes. I have a new queen bed with new mattress and box springs. Very cozy and a humbling and heart warming way to start the day. Definitely tells you what your priorities are.

That's what makes life worth all the hassles.

And it's caffeine-free! :)

The first cup of coffee in the morning.

Waking up to a rainy or a snowy day, opening all the curtains, and enjoying that first cup of coffee in the ambient light of a dark kind of day.

Overcast days.

Winter.

Being warm in the winter, and cool in the summer.

T-Bones or Ribeyes off the grill.

The pleadings of the old guy to let him live, please, God, let me live, after you've thrown him down the stairs and sprayed him with a Powdered Copper Class-D fire extinguisher.

Oh, hell, a good book any time, anywhere, even if doesn't come with a glass of brandy or a fireplace. There is little better than a good book.

Spending all day inside, staying in one's pajamas and not doing anything productive.

A walk in the woods.

Holding hands with a loved one.

Aaaahhhhh....

or a sharp chedder cheese & cracker with my beer.

a good cup of coffee

a good piece of chocolate

a good...oh. wait. nemmind.

:blush:

and merino wool socks

What a wonderful beginning to a day

that's hidden from most of the rest of the world, in the summer when it's warm, on a float reading something interesting. too cold now, so I guess I have to say sun with cold weather.

George Shearing's music.
Listening to my front yard creek when it is running.
A thunderstorm when I'm safely inside.
Wind through pine trees.
Learning the identity of some new plant or animal.
Making a new friend.
A cooling summer breeze.
Re-reading Walden.

sitting in front of my warm and cozy fireplace

listening to my children laughing together

the taste and smell of my first morning cup of coffee

a loving hug from MrShine

looking at all my healthy houseplants in the living room

most of our simple pleasures are pleasures of the senses, aren't they? We have a lot to be grateful for....

:hi:

and the squirrels, too. :hi:

Charles De Gaulle said

How can you govern a country with 245 varieties of cheese

I'm moving to France

never mind

it's too complicated to explain

Yum. :9

my dad's baked chicken. my mom's cobbler. snuggling with the kitty i raised from a kitten (and the rest of the furmonsters)

homemade pancakes with butter and syrup, a good night's sleep are some of my simple pleasures.

...and interacting with them.

:bounce: :D

All three at once.

the first cup of coffee in the morning

Sunday mornings - my breakfast, the paper, a roaring fire

snuggling with my beloved husband :loveya:

warm towels straight from the dryer, piled all over me! :-)

Having my GF fall asleep in my arms while watching tv or just sitting in front of the fireplace relaxing...

When that happens I usually pull a blanket over us and let her sleep and hold her while reveling in how lucky I am to have such a sweet, kind, wonderful and beautiful woman in my life.

and sipping a bailey's coffee