- sleepy puppies
- purring kittens
- all kinds of kittens
- early mornings
- late evenings
- honeysuckle
- chicken salad sandwiches
- swings
- lake swimming
- birdsong
- whippoorwills
- freshly washed sheets
- picnics and picnic food
- waterfalls and streams
- trees and treehouses
- children's literature
- Beatrix Potter
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- Pippi Longstocking
- fresh-baked brownies
- fresh-baked everything else
- breakfast
- French toast
- homemade waffles
- omelets
- blueberry and lemon poppyseed muffins
- scones
- books
- new
- old
- in general, their smell and pages and the weight of them in your hands
- snail mail
- writing compliments
- windchimes
- rag dolls and stories about them
- waking up in the night and realizing there are hours left to sleep
- the smell of plants and damp earth
- babies
- smell
- soft heads and skin
- warm weight
- funny little noises
- laughter
- pinwheels
- writing during thunderstorms (see also: being a nice cliche)
- tea sets and tea set jewelry
- fairy houses
- anthropomorphic animals
- bells
- the change from summer to autumn, the world breathing a sigh of relief
- the change from winter to spring, the world stretching and opening its eyes and starting to dance
- Neil Gaiman's lovely voice
- musicians who are so good it physically hurts to hear them and try to comprehend their perfection
- the moment of just waking up, before you remember that you're a person with a name and a life and things to think about
- craft fairs
- Halloween
- Christmas
- bare feet on warm earth
- brightly painted nails
- sundresses
- sunshine and sun-warmed hair
- strawberries
- lemonade
- trains and train whistles in the distance
- laughing so hard that you forget what you were originally laughing at and end up laughing at yourself for laughing
- people who encourage you to be and make you feel comfortable being wholly yourself, and who bring out the best of you without even trying
- having a clean house
may 19 2011 ∞
apr 21 2015 +