I Love…

 I love stretching luxuriously in bed in the morning when I don’t have to get up quite yet. 

I love how happy & jaunty & excited our dogs are to greet me.

I love honey-nut Cheerios. 

I love wrapping my hands around a hot mug of cappuccino. 

I love basking in the sun. 

I love stretched out birthday wishes. 

I love the smell of chlorine & sunscreen & summer. 

I love fresh hand-cut french fries. 

I love audiobooks with British or Australian narrators. 

I love the sound of the exactly-right pen moving across the exactly-right texture paper. 

I love libraries with rolling ladders. 

I love book stores & book shops & bookshelves. 

I love the smell of coffee brewing. 

I love the sound of rain pattering on the window pane.

I love meeting myself for coffee.

I love the sounds of August as summer starts to wane and cicadas sing in rhythm.

I love hydrangeas along the fence.

I love green growing things ~ the lawn, the leaves, the buds, the blooms, the plants.

I love memory videos sent from my daughter.

I love the hiss of the instapot & the ease of prep.

I love Mary Oliver; the call to detailed attention.

I love brainstorming with Allison.

I love the melt of chocolate on my tongue.

I love clean sheets, fresh & crisp.

I love my bookmory app.

I love long hours with nothing to call me away from creativity. 

I love envelopes in the mail covered with loopy handwriting & pretty stickers.

I love the Mr. Rogers postage stamps.

I love the basket chair in my book room with the color striped pillow and Hello Kitty red and white blanket.

I love the blown glass ornament in my china cupboard gifted to me a Thanksgiving ago. 

I love the gorgeous Harry Potter editions on my bookshelf.

I love sipping from plastic cups with the strawless sip lids. 

I love updates & hellos showing up in my text threads.

I Iove the sound of my son’s guitar.

I love space & musing & contemplation.

I love books & bookspines & text & texture & pages & ink.

I love pencils & markers & pens.

I love walks in the park.

I love croissants & butter.

I love sandals.

I love the porcelain praying little girl nightlight from my childhood.

I love opening the drawer & choosing a mug for my coffee every morning.

What do you love?