A girlfriend sharing lunch with me. Southwest salad, with chicken and guacamole. But the best sauce was the friendship and care that it came with.
Little emails from my best friend about daily life. Not very many people care about life on that level, but that's where we live it, and a friend in the trenches is a friend indeed.
Having an unexpected, but intelligent discussion with a man about women's hairstyles.
The lilacs are in bloom, my favorites. The delicate little flowers and wonderful scent are like therapy.
My daughter's happiness. She made dean's list again, is happy to be home eating real food instead of dorm food, has her car to drive and a whole large kitchen to cook in, complete with dishwasher. I want to be her when I grow up.
The way the dog tries to bury his extra food under the throw rug makes me laugh.
A marathon day of seeing paintings, jewelry, clothing, sculpture, fabric art and handcrafted furniture always leaves me feeling exhausted and inspired with at least one small idea I can actually put into practice.
Standing on the beach, no matter what the weather. It is just where I am supposed to be - the sound of the waves soothes me and seeing the water stretch all the way to the horizon makes me feel like there's still room on the earth to breathe.
Hanging with my best friend, her daughter and my daughter. We are all enough alike to get along well, and enough different to keep us interested and laughing.
Having my daughter home. She has an amazing amount of energy and enthusiasm for life.
Seeing my kids fall back into a comfortable, friendly, fond rhythm together as we drove, ate, shopped and got ready for prom.
Taking pictures of my son's prom date and school friends. They look so different in their formal clothes. Not grown-up, not yet, but shyly approaching adulthood maybe.
The relief of finishing an assignment, a long week and realizing there is a long weekend ahead - all on Wednesday!
Pink dogwood trees in bloom.
When someone who sees you all the time still seems truly happy to see me. It always surprises and pleases me.
The friendliness and warmth of my coworker sharing her dinner with me - creamy, cheesy shrimp casserole.
The incredible cleanness of my cube after library clean up day stuns me every time I sit down in it.
Wanting chocolate and having it appear - my boss walked around to everyone's cube with a bowl of bridge mix.
Having a coffee and chocolate croissant for breakfast as I walk through the grocery store this morning makes me feel less ill-used for being there so early on a Saturday morning.
The actual physical feeling of relief and lightness in my skull when I have been writing hard for a few hours and finally stop.
My tulips have opened with the warm humid weather the last few days. I like the white with red stripes and the medium pink lily-flowered best.
The biggest kitten weighs about 16 pounds. He was so silly today - I was trying to weed the flower bed and he was between my legs, under my bottom, up on my back, pawing at the hand trowel and generally being annoying, in a cute and funny way.
My friend runs an organic dairy herd and emailed pictures of the new calf today. It's a girl!
Looking into the eyes of my beautiful friend as we sang together on the court house steps. Her joy in singing radiates from her.
All the trees are dressed in the lightest of green lacy leaves and showing the most delicate outlines of their shapes.
Mom found a bird's egg in the middle of a garden path, no tree or nest or bird nearby. It is tan with brown spots and the size of a walnut. I put it in the bird's nest that we found in the Christmas tree last December.
The ornamental trees are bursting with blossoms! Magnolia, tulip trees, weeping cherry and redbuds, full and fluffy in pink and white.
