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Favourite sounds.

41 replies

ToxicBuns · 24/03/2022 08:57

Just as the title says what are your personal favourite sounds to hear. Mine are:

Car tyres on gravel.
Horses hooves on pretty much any surface.
Dawn/dusk chorus.
Tinkly bells.
Rustling paper bags.
Cats purring/trilling.
The beep at the supermarket.
Creaking tree limbs.
Logs cracking.
Crunchy leaves.
Crickets and grasshoppers.

OK. Please share.

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CailleachGranda · 24/03/2022 09:00

Car indicators

PeskyRooks · 24/03/2022 09:04

My favourite sound is one that you can hardly hear any more.
It's the sound of a new plastic straw bending at the bendy bit! I used to put it right up to my ear to do it!

Saisong · 24/03/2022 09:10

Heavy rain at night sweeping across the roof

Skyblueclouds77 · 24/03/2022 09:17

My little dogs tail wagging against something, sounds like a drum

EishetChayil · 24/03/2022 09:17

Cicadas in the trees in a hot country.

Easterbunnyiswindowshopping · 24/03/2022 09:19

Wood pigeons.

Ringmaster27 · 24/03/2022 09:19

A fire crackling.
A guitar in the garden on a summer evening.
A baby doing a full on belly laugh.

Xiaoxiong · 24/03/2022 09:40

There is a bird where I grew up called a koel, whose call I find very soothing
Water lapping on the side of a lake
A quiet room with occasional pages turning (like in a library)
Footsteps on stone in a big echoey building like a cathedral or chapel
When my kids were babies, I loved that big sigh or very gentle snore that they would sometimes do in their sleep without waking up

flashpaper · 24/03/2022 09:41

The click sound of a surgical instrument coming together.

PollyPutTheKettleOnKettleOn · 24/03/2022 09:46

Bubbles in a fizzy drink as it sits in the glass.

The wind in the trees.

A baby's laugh.

Mummyratbag · 24/03/2022 09:52

Wine glugging into a glass.
The squelch as you pull a spoon out of jelly.
Children laughing.
A distant lawnmower on a sunny day.
The peace of children finally asleep - yeah I know not actually a sound.

LaraDeSalle · 24/03/2022 11:59

Our Sighthounds lapping up water.

Walking along the shoreline listening to the sound of waves.

A horse whinnying.

Cows mooing.

Sheep baa-ing.

Cats purring.

2022sucksalready · 24/03/2022 12:59

A skylark singing (sadly don’t hear that so often any more).
My dogs tail thumping frantically against the sofa when I speak to her or stroke her.
Dried leaves crunching as you walk through them in autumn.
Certain Australian bird songs, when I hear them on a programme they take me back to when we lived there.
The chuckling noise Guinea pigs make.
A cork popping out of a champagne or Prosecco bottle.
Babies laughing.
My mobile ringing with the tone I have set for my DP calls.
Logs crackling on a fire on a cold wintry day.
Owls hooting at night.

StandardPoodle · 24/03/2022 17:14

The sound of a cricket ball being thwacked by a bat.
A lawn mower on a sunny day.

Mindtheears · 24/03/2022 17:17

Rain on the roof or a window pane. Especially at night, it makes me hurry up to our bedroom in the attic.

Mindtheears · 24/03/2022 17:18

On the other hand, I CANNOT STAND the clicky key sound option that DC keeps turning on the iPad. They love it however….

floridamanatee · 24/03/2022 18:26

Rain on a car roof
Bubbles popping around your ears in the bath
When I was in primary I loved the sounds of shoes on the polished hall floor

MrsLargeEmbodied · 24/03/2022 18:30

Birds in the woods
Waves

coulditgetbetter · 24/03/2022 18:43

A twenty second recording of my granny’s voice, recorded about a year before she died - love listening to it and remembering . I know it by heart now .

Madre123 · 24/03/2022 18:44

Dawn chorus.....

Beachsidesunset · 24/03/2022 18:48

Absolute ... silence. It's so rare.

yummytummy · 24/03/2022 18:58

my daughter's laughter. i hope she stays happy always

SquirrelG · 24/03/2022 19:05

Another vote for cicadas in the trees
Rain on the (corrugated iron) roof when lying in bed
Purring cats

SquirrelG · 24/03/2022 19:06

Oh - nearly forgot one of the best - Australian magpies

clarepetal · 24/03/2022 19:22

My boy laughing