A.

• abandoned houses
• accents
• when I adore something or someone
• airplane meal trays
• airports
• allusions
• antimacassars
• antiques & antique shops
  • the idea from Japanese culture that, when a household item is 100 years old, it acquires a soul.
• April
• aquariums
• archaeology
• experimental archaeology
• architecture
  • Googie architecture
• art
  • Japanese
  • Chinese
  • Art Nouveau
  • Rococo
  • Early Italian Renaissance
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Early Impressionist
• folk art
  • Mexican
  • Russian
• art journalling
• asemic writing
• Asian pop
• autumn
• autumn leaves
• avocado
• things that inspire a sense of awe

B.

• babies breath (flower)
• baby animals
• Baby Kruffy
• bacon
• baking
• balconies
• bamboo
• bananas
• bare feet
• bargello work
• bubble baths
• being in bed
• beauty products
• being alone
• bell jars
• belly dancing
• bento & bento boxes
• bibliomania
• Christmas biscuits
• biographies & autobiographies
• blackwork
• snuggly blankets
• bonsai
• board games
• books
• books that smell good
• second hand book shops
• Borrowers
• botanic gardens
• bread
• Bread Top
  • twin sausage bun
  • spring onion bun
  • milk bun
  • taro bun
• breakfast
• breakfast in bed
• Brussels sprouts
• bubble cup
  • matcha green milk tea with egg pudding topping
  • choc-caramel crunchy tea with taro pudding topping

C.

• cacti
• calendars & almanacs
• candles
• capibarasan
• cardigans
• castles, preferably decrepit
• when things are categorised &/or compartmentalised
• catering
• cats
• caves
• chai
• cheese
• chilli
• chiropractic
• chocolate
  • all types
• chocolates in a box with a guide to their fillings
• seeing an enjoyable movie at the cinema
• cinnamon
• cities
• cladistics
• clawfoot bathtubs
• clean sheets
• clouds
  • lenticular clouds
• cocktails
• coffee, all kinds
• coincidences
• collections
• collecting things
• commitment
• computer savvyness
• consoles
• people who are so passionate about something that they'll make a spectacle of themselves for it (e.g. cosplayers)
• cozies
• making cozies for unexpected things
• crafts
• when I find a craft project that I made years ago, and I'm pleased by my own skill
• crochet and crocheting
• crochet hooks
• retro & vintage Christmas decorations
• Christmas trees
• Christmas tree decorations in the shape of Christmas trees
• croissants
• eating good croissants dipped in good coffee
• crystals

D.

• Daiso
• damper cooked over an open fire on a stick
• dancing, of all kinds
• dates with my husband
• daydreams & daydreaming
• DDC 21
• December
• deco tape
• deer
• deja vu
• Delfts blue china
• desserts
• dew
• digging in the sand
• dimples
• having dimples
• dinosaurs
• dioramas
• dip
• dogs
• doilies
• doorways
• drawing
• drawing paper & pens
• dreaming
• dreams that are historically accurate
• dreams where I fly
• dream catchers - the concept of them, not so much the look
• dressing in layers
• dressing up
• drifting off to sleep
• drinking games
• going on a long drive
• driving around on my own
• realising I was driving too fast and I wasn't scared
• potsticker dumplings & xiao long bao
• being Dutch

E.

• earrings
• when I have occasion to wear my pearl earrings
• the earth
• eclipses
• eggs Benedict
• elephants
• embroidery & embroidering
• gingham embroidery
• eucalyptus oil
• Europe
• the Eurovision Song Contest
• evolution
• exploring
• eye shadow
• eyes
• meaningful eye contact

F.

• face washers
• fantasies
• fashion & fashion theory
• historical fashion (particularly)
  • late 14th- to early 15th-century
  • early to mid 18th-century
  • early 19th century
  • 1870s
  • 1910s
  • 1940s-1950s
• Japanese fashion
  • Mori girl
  • Fairy Kei
  • Yume Kawaii
  • Dolly Kei
  • Himegyaru
  • Oji
  • Ojikawa / Obakawa
• feathers
• ferns
• cultural festivals
• fields
• figure skating
• twee figurines
• finding things I've lost
• flaneury
• flocked things
• florals
• flowers
• when flowers actually smell like something
• flying
• flying: the moment after the plane leaves the ground
• flying: the moment after the plane touches down, especially when I'm home
• flying: the fact that, after the plane touches down, I always have silent tears streaming down my face, and my husband has never asked me about it
• fondue
• fonts
• food
• foot baths
• forest
• fossils
• fountains
• freckles
• fudge

G.

• galaxies
• open-world games
• gardening
• gardens
  • Japanese gardens
  • Chinese gardens
• garments with twee images or patterns
• gemstones
• geodes
• ghosts
• glass bottles
• glow worms
• Godzilla
• correct grammar
• graveyards
• the Great Barrier Reef
• green
• green tea
• green tea flavoured things
• grids
• when things grow

H.

• haiga
• haiku
• braided hair
• red hair
• thick, wavy hair
• wavy/curly hair
• my hair
• washing my hair
• when my hair is really wet and heavy and warm
• handmade things
• handwriting
• arriving home
• haunted houses
• headphones, big ones
• fresh herbs
• history
• historical accuracy
• holding hands
• holidays
• Hollandaise sauce
• honey
• native honeysuckle
• hot wheat bag
• hugs
• well, my husband

I.

• icicles
• icing
• iguanas
• innocence
• sudden inspiration
• invitations

J.

• jade
• jambalaya
• Japanese culture
• Japanese bath
• jewellery
• journals

K.

• kakapo
• kewpie dolls
• kigo
• kaleidoscopes
• things that come in kits
• kittens
• kiwi (bird)
• kiwi (fruit)
• knitting
• knicknacks
• Kpop
• kranskies

L.

• lace
• lakes
  • Lake Tekapo
  • Lake Zurich
• languages and linguistics
• efforts to prevent the death of languages
• laughing
• when someone has a laugh that makes you want to laugh too
• learning
• left-handedness
  • being left-handed
• libraries
• knowing where to find something in a library because I'm familiar with Dewey
• lightning
• strings of lights or lanterns
• when I hear that people like my country/city
• lip balm
• lip balm that tastes like things I should eat rarely (chocolate, fudge, etc.)
• liqueur & making liqueur
• listening to languages I don't understand
• lists, oh my yes
• tickable lists
• when I think of a good idea for a list
• literature
• living with someone
• loanwords
• looking off to the side demurely
• loose/oversized clothing
• love
• being in love
• when people acknowledge love as a vital component to the human experience
• lucid dreaming

M.

• macadamias
  • macadamia white chocolate biscuits
  • salted caramel slice with macadamias
• magical realism
• Majolica ware
• making love
• manatees
• maple syrup
• maps & globes
• marsupials
• mazes
  • hedge mazes
  • pavement mazes
• mead
• men in cardigans
• mid-century aesthetic
• Milford Sound (the head end)
• mini golf
• mini horses
• miscellanies
• Miyazaki films
• mocha cake
• Mori
• moss
• mountains
• movie marathons
• mugs
• museums
• uplifting music
• mysterious disappearances
• mysteries in general
• Mysterious Universe
• mythical creatures
• mythology

N.

• nachos
• nail polish
• names
• having a nap on a hot afternoon
• nature
• New Zealand's efforts at conservation
• Nordic patterned jumpers etc.
• not being here
• nuts
  • Brazil nuts
  • macadamias
  • cashews

O.

• olive oil
• the Olympics
• op shops
• originality
• when people refer to others in their group/family as "our ..."
• outer space

P.

• product packaging with many different languages on it
• mixing paint colours
• painting
• paintings
• apple, cinnamon and raisin pancakes
• parcels
• parks
• pastel colours
• patience
• patterns
• cat and dog paws
• peaches
• peacock feathers
• peanut butter with chocolate
• pens, esp. fountain
• people who are different
• petting animals
• petting zoos
• picnics
• comfortable pillows
• pizza
• phenotypes
• old photographs
• twee photography
• seeing a photo of a place and thinking I've been there in another life
• the planets
• plants
• small plates with sweets on them
• pompoms
• SBS Pop Asia
• portraits
• positive thinking
• postcards
• privacy
• psychology
• self-saucing puddings
• purple
• pyrex

Q.

• quiet moments
• the fact that there's only one entry under 'Q'

R.

• rabbits
• the way drops of rain makes leaves shiver
• sitting in the car listening to the rain
• lying in bed listening to the rain on the roof
• rainbows
• rainy days
• reading
• reassurance
• researching
• recipes
• ribbons
• when things are rimlit
• rivers
• roasts
• rocking chairs
• rocks
• brightly-lit rooms
• large rooms
• roses
• the concept of round robin tournaments
• rum
• the Runes

S.

• feeling safe
• saikei
• interesting salads
• cross-stitch samplers
• sauces
• a sauce that's cooked especially to accompany a meal
• saunas
• sausages
• scarves
• schnapps
• sea glass & sea ceramics
• sea mammals
• seashells
• shadow boxes
• sharing things with my husband
• shopping
• long, hot showers with my bath puff
• the side pony
• sight-seeing
• mismatched vintage silverware
• sleeping in
• sloths
• smells that bring back memories
  • mango or melon-scented hand cream makes me think of being in Japan
    • as does Anna Sui Wish
  • cafe latte-scented candles & lotions make me think of being in Amsterdam
  • the smell of Baviphat Shiny Reflection BB Cream makes me think of being at Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand
• the smell of my husband's side of the bed
• smiling so that my eyes crinkle
• snowdrops
• solitude
• when I remember a line from a k-pop song even though I have no idea what it means
• soup & toasted sandwiches
• tacky souvenirs (but only from other countries, not my own, ha!)
• speculaas spice
• souvenir spoons, especially ones with pictures on the end
• things in squirty bottles
• cake & sandwich stands (but only ones with multiple tiers)
• stalagmites & stalactites
• stars
• the steam from a hot drink
  • both looking at it and smelling it
• interesting sticky notes
• stamps
• stickers
• stories of past lives
• stormy nights
• strawberries
• stretching
• structure
• Studio Ghibli films
• succulents
• sundresses
• sunlight streaming onto my bed in the morning so I can sleep in it (I so miss that)
• bright green dappled sunlight filtering through deciduous leaves
• suiseki
• sushi
• synonyms

T.

• Mediaeval tapestries
• tao
• tattoos
• tea
• drinking tea on a slow rainy day at home
• teapots
• tennis
• terraria
• tesserae
• thesauri
• people who think
• having time to think about things
• tins
• toast
• cheese toasties
• the smell of unlit tobacco
• tomten
• tor-ii gates
• tortoises
• warm, fresh towels
• finding cultural/religious/spiritual traditions that I relate to
• travelling
• researching travel destinations
• trees
  • flowering trees
• trivia
• true crime books
• turquoise
• vintage typewriters

U.

• cute and sturdy umbrellas
• undercrofts
• underthings
• uniqueness
• urban planning

V.

• being validated
• vanilla taste & scent
• Vaporub
• Gothic vaults
• vegemite on toast
• vegetables
  • roast vegetables
  • a pan full of a single type of vegetable, sauteed with fresh herbs
• velvet
• vintage things
• voting

W.

• wabi sabi
• weddings - mainly because I love seeing all my friends beautifully dressed and happily tipsy
• walking
• warmth from the sun on a cold day
• the warmth of my Husband's hand on me
• wandering
• washing my face
• washi tape
• waterfalls
• watermills
• being well
• Wikipedia
• witty comebacks
• wrapping my hands around a hot mug of coffee or tea on a cold day
• writing in my notebook
• writing systems
• constructed writing systems
• wrought iron fences
• wunderkammers

X.

• x-rays

Y.

• well-maintained yarn bombing
• yoga
• yoghurt

Z.

• zucchini