Yesterday, I read a piece about some butterflies and it reminded me of the simple bliss that I find every day, so here’s my list…
- when the chickens come running
- when the chickens sit on the window sill and watch us and we’re like chicken television
- watching the chickens chase butterflies
- warm nights in bed
- Tilly getting all giddy to be awake
- knowing that Tilly knows what petting is about these days
- Tilly trotting in to bed
- cold floors when you’ve got hot feet
- unexpected bursts of sunshine in October
- watching my freezer fill up
- watching the butterflies dancing in the asters
- picking out seeds for next year
- going to little festivals where a display of enormous pumpkins is about all to be seen
- seeing a lovely, weed-free patch of soil and knowing the effort that went in to it
- reading a good book on the hammock in the later afternoon autumn warmth
- bright blue skies
- watching a flock of birds dive and swoop over the fields
- seeing an old lady in a pinny and a huge straw hat and hob-nailed boots
- old-fashioned stuff
- baskets of apples
- apple pies
- apple crumbles
- all things apple!
- huge pumpkins
- working out a complicated knitting pattern
- sharing a little something cool with friends who get excited about it
- quiet Sunday mornings when the only sound is the snoring do
- collecting seeds
- starting on new, exciting projects
- cycling in the sunshine
And not on my bliss-list… mosquito bites. It’s October. Go and hibernate or something.
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