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Here are a few of my favourites.
- Watching the birds and squirrels feeding from the feeders in the garden and the little field-mice underneath the feeders catching everything that gets dropped. Sometimes, if I sit at the table on the patio and stay really quiet, they come to the feeders less than three feet away.
- Being greeted by my two dogs when I come downstairs first thing in the morning. No matter which side of bed I get out of, right side or wrong, they always make me smile. They wag their tails, they jump up to lick my face, they bark, they run round in circles and they're just happy to be alive and ready to face a new day.
- Catching sight of the woodpecker in the woods when out walking the dogs. You hear him a lot but very rarely do you see him and that sudden flash of red always makes me smile. He's a Great Spotted Woodpecker.
- Driving up a hill early in the morning when it's misty and suddenly, just when you reach the top, the mist clears and you find yourself swathed in glorious sunshine and blue skies.
- That smell just before it snows in the winter. For those of you who can smell snow you'll know what I mean. For those of you who can't I'm sorry. It's just too difficult to explain.
- The way my horse whinnies with delight and comes charging to the gate of the field as soon as he sees me. He's probably hoping that I'm going to feed him but it still makes me happy that he does it.
- Any beautiful sunrise or sunset. Whenever I see rays of sunlight coming down through the clouds I like to think of them as angel rays.
- A rainbow.
- Silence although not necessarily complete silence. The sounds of nature are allowed but there should be no traffic noises, no-one talking, no music, no phones ringing - nothing. Absolute bliss.
- Smiling at someone you don't know and having them smile back at you.
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There are so many more that I could come up with but I have to stop somewhere. I'm sure you all have many things that make you smile and I would love to hear about them if you would like to share them in the comment section below.
Until the next time,
Denise x
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