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Like so many of you, I have had a really hard time sleeping. I can only sleep after I am totally exhausted. This mean I seldom even try to go to sleep before 3:00 am. And when i do go to bed my mind races. I feel like my head is a popcorn popper and my thoughts are exploding all over the place. I pray and I have started to make lists in my mind. I list my 5 favorites of a specific genre. This process seems to help me relax and focus on the beauty of life. I started with the 5 senses. I'll share with you, will you share with me?
To start, my 5 favorite things to hear:
1. A baby's laughter
2. Early morning bird songs
3. Waves breaking on the shore
4. The ping of canning jars when they seal
5. The gentle clip cop of a hurry and buggy on pavement
Now it's your turn. {{{ Hugs }}} ~ Bailey ~
To start, my 5 favorite things to hear:
1. A baby's laughter
2. Early morning bird songs
3. Waves breaking on the shore
4. The ping of canning jars when they seal
5. The gentle clip cop of a hurry and buggy on pavement
Now it's your turn. {{{ Hugs }}} ~ Bailey ~
A baby laughing
Thunderstorms
Rain on the roof
Fire crackling
Wind chimes
Smells:
A new baby
Coffee
Bread baking
Toast
Chocolate
Ripe tomatoes fresh from the garden
Good swiss chocolate
Home fried chicken
Spicy barbecue
Fresh strawberries
What tastes best to you? {{{ Hugs }}} ~ Bailey ~
Smell: lilacs, coffee, BUTTER, fresh cut grass, fresh air after rain
Taste: mushroom pan-fried with BUTTER, mango, anything pan-fried with garlic, hot chocolate, black pepper
Smells: the earth/duff in the redwood forests especially after a rain, mix of spring flowers wafting past on a breeze during my morning walks, clothes dried on the line, freshly mowed grass, baking bread.
Sounds: Rain on a tin roof, birds singing, winds blowing, an exquisite solo from a violin or a flute, or any instrument really, the sound of nature one would hear up on a mountain somewhere.
Watermelon
Ice cream on a hot summers day
Dark Chocolate
A crisp apple
Warm bread just out of the oven
roast beef
mashed potatoes
green beans
tiramisu
merlot
it was a GOOD day ~ 4 1/2 yrs later
oh should I add see :)
our precious grandbabies
new spring flowers
beloved's pictures
our children
nature
let's skip touch :(
btw have been taking Benadryl...for sleep can not function w/ lack of sleep !
God hold us !
Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate (oh how I miss that here in the UK!)
Pears fresh off our tree - so sweet and fragrant almost taste like roses
Strawberries and whipped cream
Strong Italian coffee
Fresh artichokes steamed with garlic and olive oil......
crisp bacon
medium prime rib
dark chocolate
of course cinnamon buns fresh out of oven
Honey suckle
Sweet shrub
Linda's coffee
Anything baking
Her perfume
Peace, Tim
Climbing the huge pine tree just north of our house in the country, far above where my little brothers could reach. The smell of the pine, the quiet and the book I was reading. Heaven
Harvesting our garden in the crisp fall afternoons the last day before frost.
Making snow forts with my little brothers and coming inside for hot cocoa.
Shopping with my mother for new school clothes each fall and then getting all the wonderful school supplies. I am still obsessed with really good pens and paper.
Going to our favorite swimming spot at the river on a hot afternoon after a day spent working in our huge garden. Oh the bliss!
Do you get the idea I am a country girl? Please tell me your favorite childhood memories. I get a lot of second hand joy from your lists. {{{ Hugs }}} ~ Bailey ~
Riding to check cows at calving time with dad.
Showing mom how to hitch team to wagon. I now know she knew the procedure but let me have my day in the sun.
Hockey anytime anywhere.
Playing with younger brother and sister my first buddies.
Sled riding after dark, the street lights made the snow look like diamonds.
Ice skating at the recreation center. The snowflakes would swirl around me.
Playing in the woods behind our house. They're long gone but I can still see them in my mind.
Swimming with my brothers and sisters in the pool my parents put up for us every summer. The sun was warm, the laughter plentiful.
2. The voices of my children and grandchildren.
3. The wind in the trees.
4. The roar of a Harley.
5. A trickling stream.