What brings you a little bit of joy?

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What are the things / moments / experiences that bring you a little bit of joy?

It could be anything from growing your own garden flowers from seed to having a collection of mulberry handbags.

A few from me:

Occasionally I get to have an afternoon nap
In bed and I love that hour or so just resting in the daytime.

Any pudding when eating out. I'll often check the menu and plan my main meal so there is room for the desired dessert.

Seeing daffodils spring up and having a feeling that soon we can spend more time in nature and the garden with lighter and brighter days.

Real butter

When my cat nose boops me

The sound of rain on a car roof

The smell of real Christmas trees

A new notebook and pen

A day when there's a big dump of snow (happens here about once a year). The look on DS face when he wakes and I can tell him to look out of the window and see it!

Lovely thread

Early mornings
Sunrises / sunsets
The sea
Road trips
Spending time flying alone leaving the rest of the world behind
Giving away a home made cake / biscuits
Giving to others
Helping others
Clean house / cleaning house
Clean fresh bedding
Visiting ancient sites
Time with partner
Cuddles with partner
Lists making / ticking off
Clean car
Sound of wind in trees
Uncluttered house
Planning things
Numbers , great dates ie 12/12/12 or 22/02/2022

Yes to all of yours OP, especially naps!
Also the first cup of tea of the day, DC laughing together, the smell of freshly cut grass, going out for tea and cake, starting a new book, petting a dog, watching Bake Off.

I get lots of these but oddly equally lots of these really give me the ick.
I think my number one would be a cup of fresh coffee.

@jaundicedoutlook

Your name fits! Why try to spoil a lovely thread?

A pot of tea
My cat
My dd9
Finding things in the sale that you had your eye on previously
A glass of malbec
A hot bubble bath

First coffee of the day
The changing seasons
Sitting front of the fire when it’s stormy outside
Wind in the trees
The smell of my horses when I had them
Seeing my dog stretched out in front of the fire
Cold frosty days

What a lovely thread… it seems that we find joy in similar things.

lit candles in a clean house
cappuccino before anyone else awake
rain whilst sitting in the conservatory
cuddles with DDs
hot bubble bath with a hot cup of tea
kir royale in a coupe glass on a Saturday night
skincare routine
Cosy chiristmas movies and books
fleece lined leather gloves

At the moment, I really enjoy the end of a shower when I turn the water fully to cold. Every morning, burst of cold to wake me up and I stay there for 30 seconds. Love it.

(I have had periods of time when the shower broke and had to have fully cold showers. I got used to it.)

I also get great joy from seeing deer near me - I went for a run the other week and crossed a road and a deer was standing in the middle of the road. It felt magical.

30 seconds! Eek!
Did you have to train yourself? What benefits have you found from it? (thinking about this for New Yer but maybe too much of a wuss)

Clean bed
Clean PJs
Clean me
Candle
Good book
Music
Cats

All together. Makes a nice, relaxing evening.

Spring/summer….things/flowers starting to poke out of the soil and birds starting to nest.

A nice view….walking up a big hill and looking down on the world.

The sun coming out and the sky being blue.

Being able to cook ( afford decent ingredients albeit on a budget)
My spaniel, I am devoted to him
The internet and ability to ‘obtain’ British tv
My garden and its ability to grow vegetables which end up in our meals

@TeenMinusTests

Supermarket shop coming to a whole number of £ with no pence.

Car milometer clicking over to 50000 or 12321 or any nice number.

Yes! Also spotting a Prime Number [I feel they deserve capitals]

Rare evenings when DSS is at uni and DP has gone out for a drink - as I can sit and watch crap TV and read in peace. Maybe even have a bath!

I love DP and it's great he likes spending so much time with me, but everyone needs 'me time'!

Walking anywhere amongst nature, far from the maddening crowd.
Growing big bold drifts of flowers from seed and watching the bees enjoy them.
My cats purr.
A lazy morning in bed.

A completed jigsaw

Opening the first window on my advent calendar

My baby’s smile when she sees me if I am lucky enough to catch her when she first wakes up

Watching my toddler dance

A clean bathroom!

So much! That first cup of coffee in the morning, hearing the owl as I go to sleep, reading in bed with a bar of chocolate, a really hot shower with special shower gel, and right now a bowl of twiglets in front of the tv while everyone is out!

Great thread!
My kittens sleeping on me
First coffee in the morning
History podcasts
Weeding by hand
Love notes from my eight year old
Flowers and fruit from my garden
Hearing my partner's car in the driveway
Peppermint body wash
Spotting unusual birds

Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin' Stevens

Wild animals visiting my garden. I have a disability so can't go for walks despite living in a beautiful part of the country.

Two Christmases ago a beautiful barn owl landed on the gatepost outside our kitchen window and just sat there for 10 minutes. It was Christmas Eve and it was mesmerising. I felt somehow very spiritual even though I'm not religious. The memory of it it still brings me joy.

This year, I was driving down our single track lane and was met by a mother and baby deer. The mother leaped over the hedge into the field and the baby looked terrified. Thankfully she followed her mother a few seconds later.

These little encounters stay with me for ever and truly make my heart sing

There is always a day, usually just one as a little fluke, where you realise spring is coming. Always my favourite day of the year.

The smell of my DH's neck (sorry I know that's a bit 🤮😂 but I do love it!)

When DD says 'Dadda do it' (literally once in a blue moon)

Love this thread OP

Foreign languages, the modern ones.