Happy Things Friday

footprints in the snow
rushing brooks and dark, quiet forests beside the road
the first snow of winter
chocolate milk
afternoon naps
food that mittened hands can grasp
cloud watching
cinnabar beads
homemade soup
the need for imagination
back doors: the ones best friends enter by
the six sides of a snowflake
a seasonal collage of pictures of your house
jasmine flower
the heightened awareness of the sheer joy of nature, the stillness, the changing patterns of light and shade, the small sounds of honeybees, the gentle cooing of doves
wooden bridges
sipping a coke
variety being the spice of life
reading all the books you never had time for
and the last one in honor of this Friday........
good food for a cold afternoon: piping-hot chocolate and crispy, home-fried doughnuts