Simple pleasures

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Not AIBU but ...

What are the simple things that bring you joy/ satisfaction?

I'll start

The heel/crust of a seeded granary loaf with lots and lots of butter.....

The morning cup of coffee before anyone else wakes up and the house is still....

Wandering around a bookshop

Relaxing in the spa

Stroking my little dog's long fur. It's so soothing.

Sitting in the sunshine in the garden with a cold drink and listening to the birds chirping.

The cleaners leaving and enjoying a very sparkly house having just got back from work.

Getting into a fresh, line dried linen bed.

Going for a run really early in the morning through our local park. This morning all of the ducklings were out on the lake, I always come home with a glow (even though the run is hard!).

I also wake up at 5am some mornings and love sitting outside with a cuppa whilst the world is still asleep. It feels so tranquil.

Fresh bedlinen. Hot bath on a cold day. Cold shower on a hot day. A day off with all the chores done.

5am run when the birds are singing, the sun is just rising and the ocean is still.
Just me, the road and the breeze.

Watching laundry drying in the breeze. Walks with my dog in empty countryside. Enjoying a really good book. Eating a sandwich that’s been made for me (they always taste better!) Taking photographs. Watching the wild birds feeding in my garden. Baking bread.

Seeing my ddog's tails wagging when I go into a room.

Sticking my hot hands under the cold tap - bliss

The smell of the garden after rain

Booping my cat's nose

Loving all of these

Particularly@bookh the bed linen can't believe I didn't include that have to be freshly showered and in fresh PJ's also.

Hot white toast, proper butter. Or crumpets.

The sound of the jackdaws in the chimney over the lane fledging their second brood of the year - God they're noisy buggers.

Bees. I love bees.

Lighting the fire on an autumn afternoon.

Oohh also the weird pleasure/pain thing when you wring out a flannel under very hot water.

I’m strangely excited at the thought of shopping purely for cleaning materials tomorrow.

Clean bed linen and pjs after a really long shower.
Fussing a purring cat. Who actually wants you!
A really good cuppa.

Finding a book that's on my to read list in a charity shop.

Really buttery toast.

Watching the house martins swooping around above my house and garden.

Checking the time and it being 12:34. I do this surprisingly often.

Leaving dinner cooking for a while then walking back into the kitchen just as the timer starts beeping.

A thunder storm after muggy weather .

Also watching the hedgehogs eating in the garden late at night.
Have a lovely mix of baby and huge hedgehogs

Ah lots.....

Climbing into bed with Fresh bed linen
First cuppa of the day
Listening to blackbird and thrush song on a warm evening, glass of cold wine in hand.
Finishing a book and deciding what to read next.
Sinking into a hot deep bubble bath after several hours gardening in winter
Taking my bra off at the end of the day!
Choosing new art materials
Browsing secondhand bookshops
Singing loudly and without inhibitions when no one else is around

Im sure there are more that I'll think of later...

Pre-work walks in the park listening to podcasts or audiobooks.

Lots probably, but at the moment sitting in the garden watching the bees flying to their nest and looking at the pretty flowers, listening to the birds.

I used to walk home after work past a house with a jasmine in the front garden. The scent was lovely especially on a hot day.

Just Reading these makes me feel good 😊

The first coffee in a morning before everyone else is up has to be my absolute favourite small pleasure. Better still if I can sit outside in the sun with it. But just as nice clasped in cold hands on a dark winter morning.