Very Small Life Pleasures

Yes - but when you get past that bit, they're small

That moment,
just after all the food you prepared has been brought to the table,
just after your sweetie has taken her seat,
just after she looks over at you and lifts her glass,
when she smiles and says
"To us."

Joe(take a sip of that, won't you?)Nation

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens . . .




Oh, wait. They're taken.

I was going to say

Four Roses Whiskey and raindrops on Kittens,

but actually only the whiskey gives me any pleasure.

Joe(or we could try to get the kittens drunk)Nation

They're cute when they're stoned.

My dog Sandpaw ate a lid once, or what was left of one. My roommate's boyfriend was really really pissed off. Sandpaw was quite mellow for a while.

Waking up and finding this note on the nightstand.

Hah - I meant to put that in the Digression thread.

Beg your pardons.

Thanks for sharing your very small pleasures. Some made me smile. Some made me a little sad--I miss having a pet around to welcome me home and snuggle up with. That's why I shlep around the Upper East Side looking at dogs.

I thought of another one:

Seeing my plants thrive.

a pair of large doves splashing and flirting in the birdbath...

(I probably would have enjoyed eating osso's lid, too...)

when mykids were small, sitting in the park eating cotton candy and making up stories.

Sailing into a new harbor with a setting sun after having been out of sight of land for a week or more.

Drinking hot mint tea in the pilot house during a stormy night at sea.

doing crossword puzzles with Mrs F

cutting dovetails

Watching my tiny tomato seedings grow right now. Can't take my eyes offa them!

Then: the taste of the very first ripe, juicy, tangy tomato in summer.

(still in the garden) bees buzzing around my lavender bushes. Welcome back, bees!

A kind word of appreciation from someone you didn't even know was paying attention.

Sitting on the back veranda drinking tea & watching the start of a new day, when everything is so fresh & still. (should do that more often).

Then the sound of the first waking birds, as they greet their new day.

Sitting peacefully on the back veranda with a glass of chilled white wine in summer, watching the sun set.

The sunrise on a clear day.

Getting a phone call from someone you haven't seen or heard from in years just because that person wanted to say 'hi.'

Browsing A2k and running across a friendly thread like this.

Ah, the joys of spring!

Yes.
It's wonderful.

1) Seeing dog owners, that are walking their dogs, having patience for the dog to do its dog thing and sniff this or that. I remember a time when many dog owners just dragged a dog for its walk.

2) Also, watching mothers treat their small children lovingly, since the whole concept of loving one's child might be sort of a newish concept in the social history of civilization. Read Dickens.

3) Watching neighborhoods gentrify. There's hope for NYC.

4) Not defining any pleasure in life as "small."

Another small pleasure is watching a dog/owner combination with the dog walking properly beside the owner without needing to be dragged along. I recently watched someone walking two dogs. The Golden Retreiver was proudly carrying its own leash in his mouth without wandering off to investigate the various sents. He did have to have a leash, of course. Leashes required in that park, and he was darn well leashed.

Finding a chocolate peanut cup behind a bag of lentils when you thought your husband had eaten them all the night before.

when the loud party next door finally ends...

Completely cleaning out my email inbox.