My Favorite Things ...
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Introduction
A few....
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Summer's first day
when the sun's heat soaks down to the bone...
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Summer's last day
A cool breeze blows over the dried leaves and carries the smell of fall, a promise to end the hot, dry days of summer.
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Leaves skittering across the road.
Leaves dancing and whirling like little gymnasts across roads and lawns.
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The view from a hammock
A changing kaleidoscope of clouds and blue sky between a green lacy canopy of leaves.
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Sounds of summer
Katydids, crickets, cicadas. They drone on and on, singing the endless theme song for the dog days of summer.
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Smalltown graveyards
A visit to the past, glimpse of the future
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A great book
that shuts out the world.
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Brainstorming sessions
Discussing ideas, solutions to problems, evidence of possibility
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Deep discussions
No arguments. Just for the fun of it.
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Lush, green lawns that need to be mowed.
An invitation to sit, run or lay on.
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Little kids going down a slip-n-slide.
Squeals of delight. Pure joy.
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Coffee at a city outside cafe.
Sunshine, good conversation and watching the world go by.
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Family get-togethers.
Lots of laughter, kids slamming doors, dogs running through the house. Moments to be savored in a life that goes by too fast.
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Springtime foods
Strawberry shortcake with pie crust, fresh green beans, new potatoes, fresh wilted lettuce....
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Happily-ever-after movies
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Springtime in the Ozarks
pink redbud, snowy blossums of dogwood, river bottoms of bluebells..
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An in-coming storm
dark, looming clouds, a smell of danger in the rising wind
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My dog's eyes.
Dark, luminous, trusting, innocent.
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Hysterical laughter
The kind that infects everyone around and continues and continues until at last there is a feeling of exhaustion and release.
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The colors and smells after a rain.
Deep, rich, fresh, life-giving.
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A baby's neck.
Soft, sweet and smells like baby lotion.
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Red wine and mountain dew.
Smoothness and fizz. A droop and a kick.
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The completion of a long-term project.
Relief, satisfaction, pride.
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This list.
It makes me feel good just to read it.
a very sweet list. i can relate to everything you've listed - minus the mountain dew and wine :)
This list calls on one to use all of their senses. I'm in a great mood after reading this.
it also makes me think of Sound Of Music which is one of my favorite movies.
Lovely poetic images, Kathybelle, such a lyricist you are! Thanks for sharing this wonderful list. :)
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