a few of my favourite things

in no particular order

• nice bedding and soft blankets
• my daughter's drawings
• the smell of a clean baby
• the ocean
• a great found treasured object
• nostalgia
  
• fresh scents
• making a new recipe and having it turn out perfectly
• the sound fall leaves make when you walk through them
  
• a massage (with no strings attached)
• flip flops
• an honest to goodness romantic love letter
• drawstring pyjamma bottoms
  
• simple silver jewellery
  
• Jane Chocolate lipstick (which sadly has been discontinued - it smelled and tasted like heaven and the colour - was perfect)
• open spaces with grass and trees - really big trees
  
• the way a tree's leaves look when a wind blows really hard through them, and the accompanying sound
  
• a night out with friend(s) where you laugh until it hurts
• a well put together outfit
• really kick-ass shoes (to go with an outfit - that had to be purchased to go with shoes)
• Fresh flowers (no red roses or or fake multi coloured carnations please)
• the smell of coconut suntan lotion (always reminds me of vacation)
• my daughter's smile - the one where her dimple shows
  
• those huge snow flakes that fall gently from the sky that look like they are in no hurry to get anywhere
  
• clutter free
• slow dancing with the perfect partner
• the smell of a woodstove on a crisp cold day
  
• dragon-flys
• my MAIDEN NAME
• real surprises (I am very hard to surprise because of my intuitive nature)
• a good chick-flick
• my daughter's eyes when she is excited
  
• the look of earth toned slate tiles
• Sangria
  
• a great book - the kind you can't put down
• music
• lilacs and lily of the valley (reminds me of home)
• rhubarb pie
• candlelight
  
• the prospect of travelling to a new place - one day
• fresh cherries
  
• my bowl of polished river rocks
• my dark chocolate brown, perfect leather chairs
• my birth stone (garnet)
  
• new beginnings