Some simple pleasures and ordinary joys:
💚 Knitting a snuggly cowl out of luscious soft yarn (the knitting was a pleasure and now I get to enjoy wearing it!)
💚 Reading a good book with a hot cuppa and a friendly cat
💚 Coming home to a sun-warmed house on a chilly day
💚 Discovering other people who care, too
💚 The crispy magnificence of a frosty morning with all the plants rimmed with ice
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What are some of your simple pleasures and ordinary joys?
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Some simple pleasures and ordinary joys:
💜 Realising your nails match your favourite socks!
💜 Watching the moon grow in fullness
💜Chocolate!
💜 Taking time to read a novel
💜 Casting on a new knitting project
What are some of yours?
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Some simple pleasures and small joys...
🐱 Pawsies (especially toe beans)
🐱 Planting something in the garden (fingers in the soil, hopes for thriving, blackbirds standing by to mess up the soil)
🐱 The colours and light shifting as day turns to evening
🐱 Sitting down with a cuppa (snacks optional, but recommended!)
🐱 Fluffing up the pillows before getting into bed
Time for some more ordinary joys....
💚 Watering my far-too-many indoor plants
💚 Having a big afternoon nap & waking to find our cat curled up beside me
💚 The smell of colouring pencils - and the fun of playing with colour (Faber Castell Polychromos are divine!)
💚 A pot of tea all to oneself and the lovely bit when you get to refill your mug
What are some of your ordinary joys?
Some ordinary joys:
💚 Warm handknit socks and cosy slippers
💚 A pot of tea
💚 Casting on a new knitting project
💚 Watching the neighbour's cat figuring out how to get down from our plum tree (they made it!)
💚 Tui singing (and fighting over plum blossom)
What are some of your ordinary joys?
Some ordinary joys:
💛 Bright yellow daffodils on a cold grey day
💛 Those biscuits with sprinkle icing
💛 A cosy murder mystery to read
💛 Casting on a new knitting project
💛 Watching my cat sleep
What are some of your ordinary joys?
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Some ordinary joys:
💛 Snuggling on the couch with a cosy blanket, my knitting, and my fave mug filled with coffee
💛 Stroking a purring cat
💛 Lighting a new scented candle
💛 Reading an engaging cosy story (current faves include "Skunk and Badger" and "the Oxford Key mysteries")
What are some of your ordinary joys?
Some ordinary joys:
🖤 Curly pawsies and floofy tums
🖤 A cosy mystery novel
🖤 Listening to rain on the roof
🖤 Watering my indoor plants
🖤 Lighting a scented candle
What are some of your ordinary joys?
Some ordinary joys:
💛 Drinking tea from my favourite Pikachu mug
💛 The evening light fading over the hills
💛 Lighting a candle
💛 Watching the cat sleep
💛 Listening to the clock steadily ticking in my study
💛 Admiring moss
What are your ordinary joys?
Some ordinary joys:
❤️ Choosing the sticker for my monthly journal (given I drew the 10 of Wands as my card for June, 'big gulp' seemed appropriate...)
❤️ Seeing my husband snoozing with the cat on our couch
❤️ Watching the smoke puff out of my neighbour's chimney and knowing her lounge will be a cosy haven for her cats
❤️ Sipping rooiboos tea from my favourite mug (the bright yellow Pikachu one)
❤️ Eating a bowl of ready salted crisps
What are some of your ordinary joys?
Jay (they/them)