These are a few of my Favourite Things

I thought it would be fun to list some of my favourite things.  It was much more difficult than I thought it would be.  I could easily double this list and more.  I love Dan, and I love our kids - and I love these things too:

• The smell of freshly laundered linen blowing in the wind.
• The smell of linen that has been ironed with lavender water. 
• The smell of newly mown grass, and freshly baled hay.
• The sound of a skylark.
• Looking up to see fluffy white jet trails in a clear blue sky and wondering where people are headed.
• The smell of a hot horse.
• The creak of leather when you are galloping hard.
• The first pale yellow primroses sprinkled liberally under the hedges.
• Finding a Robin's nest, full of bright blue eggs, in an unexpected place like an old watering can.
• The smell of hot earth after a sudden shower.
• Watching forked lightening flash across a night sky.
• The sound of Church bells after a wedding.
• The sounds of small children playing.
• The feel of a baby's downy head as you gently kiss it.
• The sound and sight of crackling logs on our fire on a cold winter's night.
• Although she is long gone - the love and trust in the eyes of my golden labrador.
• Being tucked up in a warm bed and hearing raindrops spattering on a skylight above.
• Listening to the barn owls in the old pines outside our house at night.
• Feeling warm sand between my toes on a beach holiday.
• The feel of my grandson's little hand in mine.
• The exhilaration of galloping a horse very fast.
• The exhilaration of driving a fast car on a German motorway.  (They seem not to have much in the way of speed limits!)
• The feel of silk underwear against my skin.
• Cuddling up with Dan to watch a scary movie.
• The goosebumps I get when Dan says something that I am about to say.
• The sound of a cockerel calling in the dawn.
• The sound of a skein of geese crossing overhead.
• The first snow flakes of the winter.
• The first snowdrops of the winter bravely peeping above the snow.
• Lying on my back looking up at a palm tree whilst on holiday.
• The sound and sight of the crashing surf.
• Waterfalls - big or small.
• The sound of water chortling in a brook.
• Seeing happy children.
• My mother in law, who I have now known for twice as long as my own mum.
• Watching my children now they are adults.
• Off-road driving.
• Travelling - anywhere.
• Using proper cotton handkerchiefs with pretty embroidery.
• Wearing Light Blue by Dolce and Gabanna.
• Standing looking at the night sky on a clear night when the stars spread across it like liquid silver.
• Having such good friends.
• The taste of very dark chocolate.
• Drinking large lattes.
• Cooking meals for men.
• Christmas tree lights.
• The smell of pine forests.
• Stamping in puddles.
• Peanut butter and raspberry jam (jelly) sandwiches.
• Playing "Pooh sticks"
• Marmite
• Rainbows
• Sunsets
• Watching the moon rise

I could go on and on.  What a beautiful world we live in.