The Small Things In Life. What Makes You Happy?

[Kintsugi]

Giant trees ARE wonderful. I also like trees that are bent, bowed, and seem to ripple because they're near the coast and grew in high winds. I kinda relate to them, really. >.<

All things involving Annie (my dog), which basically is my life I guess, so I should be really, really happy!
Coffee (Mmm... enjoying some now)
Scenic drives
Bodies of water (from brooks to the ocean)
Junot Diaz, Sherman Alexie, Mary Yukari Waters, the New Yorker... reading really good stuff in general! I could just DIE of joy from some of the stuff I read. I'm tickled pink by incredible syntax. :geek:
Kitties (the more the merrier!)
The Food Network, National Geographic
Old Nickelodeon shows (Rocko's Modern Life, Rugrats, Ahhh! Real Monsters!)
Ice cream
Vanilla coke
Butterflies
The wild spectrum of evening colors
Chinchillas! I have some in the room next to me at the moment and they are ADORABLE. And definitely "little things."

I encourage anyone who likes strange music to look up on YouTube the video band Pomplamoose doing "Little Things"

 

[KP the nut]

Ben and Jerry!

My daughters 2 favourite men - who never let her down :roflmao:

 

[KP the nut]

What makes me happy.

1. My H
2. My daughters
3. My dogs
4. The garden
5. Watching the birds at the feeders
6. Drinking wine in the garden with my H
7. Watching the stars come out
8. Flowers
9. Friends
10. Reading a good book with a cup of fresh coffee
11. Scented candles

Wow, I could go on. Great thread

 

[Kintsugi]

The go on and on, KP!

Your bird feeder one reminded me...

Watching hummingbirds. Love 'em. They only get enough energy from each flower to fly to the next one, and still they thrive. I did an article on neotropical birds that visit the blue ridge mountains and focused on hummingbirds. They lose half of their body weight flying from Central America to NC, and they lose a lot of birds along the way, yet still they do it year after year. I find them SO inspirational.

 

[BrazenBull]

hmmm for me it would have to be
1)hanging out at school (even though being around people freak me out, i still prefer it better then being alone at home)
2)learning new things in class
3)talking with my waifu (Im not really married but i am in looooove)
4)being crazy with other internet friends and talk for hrs about nothing
5)dancing
6)painting
7)sleeping (except when i get those horrific nightmares, even though those nightmares are sometimes better then reality)
8)getting high :C although im working on stopping that
9)swimming - a month ago i went swimming far out in the ocean with whale sharks for 3 hrs and without flippers or a snorkel, i was scared at first but it was the best thing ever and i would love to do it again
10) snuggling pillows under a warm blanket and dissociating that I'm somewhere free doing amazing things (This is usually how i get myself to go to sleep and is the most relaxing part of my day)
11)playing basketball- I usually play alone because for some reason i get pretty aggressive without even realizing it
and I think thats about it

 

[Tosh]

swimming, feeling the sunshine, a soft blanket, seeing the joy in my children's eyes that the little things in life bring them

 

[Tinyflame]

Mine are not so small but mostly intangible.

 

[Ron]

I guess it would be when I'm relaxing watching tv or on the computer and Buster and Bandid are on my shoulders(they are my pet rats)!

 

[KP the nut]

Buster and Bandid are on my shoulders(they are my pet rats)!

Eek, and me with my phobia of rodents with tails. My girls had to settle for hamsters :rolleyes:

 

[Martin Taylor]

My wife's smile, playing guitar, watching my grown children laugh like little kids.

 

[incongruent]

1. My Devil Sticks.
2. Zafuto and Greg
3. painting with the kids
4. Braille names.
5. Shawty and her bug obsession.

 

[OKRADLAK]

Kitty icons on the forum:D Too cute!!!