50 Things I Like

1. The smell of lilacs.
2. Butterflies' way of floating haphazardly yet lazily on warm breezes.
3. When dogs scratch their backs by rolling around, tongues lolling, unselfconscious.
4. Toddlers chasing bubble.
5. Sushi
6. Coffee--rich, dark, thick, creamy
7. The soft green grass under Grandma and Pop's tree.
8. Lichen on trees -- life is everywhere, life is ON life.
9. Squirrels -- mischief and fun
10. Birds -- innocence
11. Apple and cherry blossoms that hang off trees so heavily in the spring that you can shake a branch and have them flutter down like sweet-smelling snowflakes.
12. Horses' glossy necks and rolling eyes.
13. Glass bottles of different sizes and shapes
14. Star-shaped things
15. Home buying and decorating shows -- all the POSSIBILITIES of them! Which house to buy, what to do with it, so many things to discover!
16. Stuffed animals
17. Museums with old taxidermy exhibits -- animals hundreds of years dead preserved in glorious imperfection.
18. That rooting thing that toddler Juniper does when opening her mouth for a large bite of something -- a throwback to her days of breastfeeding and trying to latch onto my nipple. (It will surely vanish soon!)
19. Girls with tattooed backs
20. Grapes and berries popping sweetness in your mouth.
21. Creamy nutty sharpness of good cheese.
22. Red wine - sipping it, warming it in my hands, feeling its warmth spread throughout my body.
23. Sorrowful, wistful music
24. Bold jewelry - costume only of course
25. Sweet and salty
26. Watching a movie, then staying up all night to discuss it.
27. Ripe mango slices while reading the paper on a Sunday
28. Remembering things together - couple hood.
29. Old cemeteries -- lovely, dark, and peaceful.
30. Twisty tree branches
31. Pieces of furniture with numerous drawers
32. Round, unusual handwriting
33. Bacon that's crispy in parts, chewy in others
34. Cheap or even fake chocolate
35. Colonial villages where you can get lost in another time
36. Travel
37. Eating in restaurants -- SO MANY CHOICES! And you can have ANY of them!
38. Eating in restaurants -- captive audience for conversation
39. Coffehouses - lattes and tortes.
40. Art museums
41. Art museum patrons -- great fashion ideas in their self-consciously selected and artfully placed accessories and outfits.
42. Perfect days
43. Walking endlessly downtown -- looking at the harbor, stopping for lunch, having a coffee, shopping, etc.
44. Resale shops -- treasures for a song, and worn-in things with character
45. Smell of beer brewing
46. Remembering climbing the corn in the corncrib at Brandy's grandmother's house in completely inappropriate outfits.
47. Red shoes, mary jane shoes, especially red mary jane shoes
48. Marching bands
49. Visiting historical sites
50. Winged people - fairies, angels, cherubs...