What are your *random* favorite things?

[bicentennial_baby]

The smell of fresh basil

The way blueberries look at 6am, on the bush, covered in dew

The particular way in which fresh Mozzarella shreds and peels

The ocean breeze on my porch

Buying school supplies

My bf falling asleep on me while we watch a football game

Watching a thunderstorm move in from my porch

The way my dog kisses me when she sees me after a long time, and the way the other one likes to stand on his hind legs and slow dance

Clams spitting up at me when I walk near the ocean's edge at low tide




Oh, so many things...sigh :)

[GOPisEvil]

1. A few things come to mind...

Pecan pralines and cream ice cream

A well-constructed lyric

Cool, foggy mornings

Being the first one out on a dew-covered golf course (ok so we were 2nd out this morning).

Taking a long drive in the Texas hills

My mom's cooking

My dad's laugh

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Awesome list....especially the last two

What was your score today? :D

[GOPisEvil]

3. I fucked up the first hole so badly, I decided not to keep score.

It was a below-average day though. I can play much better. I'm in a tournament next week, I hope I got all my bad shots out of the way.

[bicentennial_baby]

4. I'm sure that you did

;)

Merde a la puissance treize, mon ami!! (aka break a leg in French..."Shit to the 13th power"...my French prof says it before exams :D)

:rofl:

[GOPisEvil]

12. LOL! That's good!

I hope I can remember that! :D

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

15. I agree with the golf course. Except I'm the one carrying the bag

[GOPisEvil]

16. I play at one of the munis most often.

So it was me and my pull cart. The other guys had regular carts.

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Crushing my enemies. Seeing them driven before me. Hearing the

lamentation of their women.

The glint of moonlight on fresh fallen untrodden snow on a night with no clouds, especially on Christmas Eve.

Unexpected presents.

Thunderstorms - esp. the low pressure, dark windy period right before it.

Lightning.

Watching eagles, hawks, and cranes fly and eat.

Perfect-temperature days riding down the interstate with the top down and good music playing and no idiots on the road.

The feel of well-honed steel as it eviscerates my enemy, and the look in his eye when he realizes that it was I, Rabrrrrrr, who encompassed his doom!

[bicentennial_baby]

6. You.....

:rofl:

But yes, I agree with you about the pre-thunderstorm period, yes. :)

[bluethruandthru]

7. Here's a few

Getting up early on a weekend morning to watch the sun rise....then going back to bed!

A "V" of geese honking overhead as they head south in the fall.

Christmas lights

The smell of a freshly cut watermelon

Sheets fresh from the dryer

The smell of honeysuckle on a spring evening

A cat snuggled up next to me

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Oh, I LOVE the geese!!

Yes!! :bounce:

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

8. Those fancy light up gumball machines. And thunderstorms

[WritingIsMyReligion]

9. Many things!

Getting a line just fucking right on the piano.

Finding what feels like the right meaning for me in a song.

Anything gorgeously depressing.

Getting a non-spam e-mail! :D

Daydreaming.

Writing.

Smell of newly cut grass.

Taste of chocolate.

Etc.

[bicentennial_baby]

10. "gorgeously depressing"

:P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

17. You know, something dark and beautiful.

Exquisitely heartbreaking.

I never feel so sorrowful, for example, as when I stand in the night with only the fragile glass of moonlight gilding everything. It is evanescent, and so terribly heartrending, and yet....it is glory, an orgasm in nature, a short cry and a rush of wonder as you plunge over the cliff to be greeted by the tears of the black sea beneath.

[johnnie]

13. A few

A smile from a stranger

My brother calling me just to tell me a joke and then that's it.

The smell of fireplaces in the air when winter first starts.

My mom's pot roast usually cooked just for me on my birthday

My guitar in my hands while I sing to nobody

Kisses from a baby (It just happened last week from the cutest little girl I have ever seen, she just laid one on me..lol Wetness)

Being with the guys in my band. I have known them since the 70s and they are like my family.

People here at DU when they actually talk to me. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

14. Those are all wonderful!!

Seriously!! :hug:

[Omphaloskepsis]

18. I will only add one..

I love looking at the water that comes out of the washing machine. It goes into the sink making the filth from our clothes visible.. I like how such a simple operation can take us from filthy to clean.

I was going to say something about girls in the shower.. I think I will pass.

[Wapsie B]

19. The sound of a trash bag opening

a baby's cry
the cry of a lover before the moment of no return
lilacs in the spring
the smell of fresh clover
the taste of great sweetcorn
a song that touches my heart
a lover who touches my soul

[bicentennial_baby]

26. "sound of a trash bag opening"

:thumbsup:

[Wapsie B]

30. getting rid of the old,

making way for the new

:)

[grasswire]

20. Garrison Keillor's voice

french roast coffee with heavy cream

jazz -- not smooth, not modern, but funky old hot jazz

Turner Classic Movies

freshly laundered old cotton pillow cases

the "golden hour" of evening when the sun is at the horizon and the light slanting through the leafy trees is so painterly

zinnias, the crazily happy little things!

color and pattern -- the infinite variety in each moment of daily life

photos of childhood days in the happy company of a large gaggle of cousins

the bittersweet memory of a love, lost long ago

my endearing orange marmalade cat

and my favorite Saturday pastime -- estate sales

[mad-mommy]

21. right now, my son giggling like a school girl

[SeattleGirl]

22. A cool evening breeze after a hot day.

The smell of a brand new book.

Seeing the first flowers of spring.

Chocolate milkshakes (I'm having one now!)

Talking to close friends.

My red hair.

Vegas, baby!

The Oregon coast.

And many other things.....

[bluethruandthru]

23. Yum...Milkshakes!

:9

[lost-in-nj]

24. A hug

from a friend

music that moves me

full moon on the ocean at night with dh

a beach with soft sand

my children's hugs

falling asleep in dh's arms

Fall and pumpkins

if I told you this thread would get locked :)

my beagles smiling when I come home



lost

[LadyoftheRabbits]

25. I love...

The smell of bookstores, especially older ones.

The eerie feeling of driving in the middle of the night when no one else is on the road.

The manner in which a towel folds just right on the first try :)

The open spaces I have now surrounding me at my home.

Shopping for cool notebooks, pens, and college dorm stuff.

The feeling of someone's arms around you lovingly

Waking up to the sound of thunder and rain on the roof

Knowing that there's something wonderful in the future.

Sitting in a coffeeshop and watching the snow fall around Christmas time in a big city (OK, the last one I've only imagined :P )

[Neshanic]

27. Mine...

The smell of creosote in the air before a monsoon storm.

My dog licking my hand to wake me up.

The winter mornings in Phoenix.

Laying on a golf putting green at night.

Driving across the desert at night to Los Angeles.

[koneko]

28. Great thread!!!

when horses 'whicker' (what I call the sound they make when they see their favorite human - they approach & make a deep-throated 'heh-heh-heh' sound)

splashing in puddles during/after a rain storm

the sound of the music from my hometown's 'wharf dance' as it lightly resonates across the harbor

the warmth of my godson's hugs when I see him, and that his one-time 'wub-you, aunniie' is getting ever-closer to a 'love you, auntie'

chocolate jimmies (that's 'chocolate sprinkles' to the unanointed

when my mom's corgi makes figure eights in the freshly fallen snow

when my cats started trilling at the people who walk by my city apartment (whereas they used to trill at birds & squirrels when we lived in the suburbs)

the fresh smell of a newly-decorated christmas tree

[bicentennial_baby]

29. great ones!

yay!! :bounce:

[Nicole]

31. Here's mine

The first strawberries of the year, rinsed off with the hose & eaten in the garden while the warm juice drips down my chin.

Seeing my daughter's car pull into the driveway. She doesn't live here so I don't see it often enough.

A warm bed in a cold room.

Putting on a coat for the first time in the fall & finding the $20 I left in the pocket last spring.

Random acts of kindness.

Lazy days when I don't take my pjs off until bath time that evening.

Summer rain showers when the sun is shining.

Long drives in the country with a stop at the old store where cokes are on ice in a metal bucket.

A handwritten letter delivered in my curb side mail box.

[bicentennial_baby]

32. Oh yes...

#4....I LOVE that!! :bounce:

#6....me, today :D

[Nicole]

33. Me too

#6 all day long today. I bathed & put on clean pjs at 9:00 pm. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My random favorite things.......

The sun when it glitters on the sea....

Sailboats.........

Kisses.......

The feeling of freedom as I walk on the Pier to take pictures...

Being where no-one has any idea ..........

Seeing New Mail blinking on DU.......

When the phone rings, and it's someone I love........


:hug:

[babylonsister]

35. Raindrops on roses, and spitting clams, a mollusk due for the

din of history if someone doesn't save it!

You are a young one, but to know clams is to know - - heaven!

[bicentennial_baby]

36. I am with you!!!

I adore the clam...I do, I do. :)

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