Simple Things

Christina at Soul Aperture is doing a day of Simple Things that bring us joy. Please check her blog and the many people who participate in this musing today. Christina is donating money to Doctors Without Borders in Haiti for every blog that participates. The horror in Haiti continues long after our cameras move on to something else. 

The simple things. The burden many of us often feel, the turn life has taken precludes the realization of the simple things. The everyday events that make a life evade my notice, tucked up under the strain of managing. So at Christina's urging I am spending a little time thinking about the everyday things that make me smile, make me think. That make me grateful. That make me, me.

good cheer

*

good wine

*

warm soup

*

pie

horses

*

trees

*

sunshine

*

rain after it's been too dry

*

the nicker of a newborn foal

*

a mare nuzzling her baby

*

my goofy stallion

a sturdy barn
*
hay in the loft

*

freshly bedded stalls

*

enough food for all of us, on two legs and four

*

the people in my life

the unexpected surprise of nature

*

a hardworking, steady husband and partner in life

*

a child who grew into a decent, kind adult

*

my parents long lives

*

a sense of humor

*

wisdom

*

reckless abandon

*

serious thought

*

mystery novels

memories

*

loyalty

*

a wag of a tail

*

joyful barking, wiggling bodies

*

soulful eyes

a hot shower at the end of a long day outside

*

my Mac

*

a warm bed

*

strong coffee with cream

*

black tea with sugar & milk

the beauty of a rose

*

dirt under my fingernails

*

the bounty of my garden

*

the smell of leather

the sound snow makes on a sub-zero day

*
walking into a warm barn
*
horses quietly munching their hay

the joy of my dogs

*

a clean house

*

brownies

*

elastic waistbands

These are a few of my favorite things.