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What makes your heart sing?
In honor of my birthday, my first meme:
What makes your heart sing? It's my meme, so I think I should lay ground rules. Let's not say individuals--it can be very true, but that's another meme. I am talking about this kind of thing--
You're up in the morning, you are sleep-deprived, you're trying to get moving before work, it's already in the 80s and heading for 3 digits, you are gathering up food and papers and suddenly, from the patio, a breath of wind stirs the wind chimes out there.
They sing to you--and your heart simply leaps to hear them, in the midst of everything else.
So, what makes your heart sing? Off the top of my head, three things:
Wind chimes when I don't expect them.
Light from stained or beveled glass.
Birdsong
What makes your heart sing? It's my meme, so I think I should lay ground rules. Let's not say individuals--it can be very true, but that's another meme. I am talking about this kind of thing--
You're up in the morning, you are sleep-deprived, you're trying to get moving before work, it's already in the 80s and heading for 3 digits, you are gathering up food and papers and suddenly, from the patio, a breath of wind stirs the wind chimes out there.
They sing to you--and your heart simply leaps to hear them, in the midst of everything else.
So, what makes your heart sing? Off the top of my head, three things:
Wind chimes when I don't expect them.
Light from stained or beveled glass.
Birdsong
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that first crash of a summer storm hitting (rain and thundercrack all at once)
the sleepy mrrrowr of a feline inquiring if you're up and if you'd like to pet them now.
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(And this tree, the first time I saw it in bloom...)
A slight detour--
I should add--I woke up to purring lumps and stained glass rainbows in the first year I was alone, and I think it saved my sanity.
Now, they seem to know I'm all right. They don't sleep with me anymore--elsewhere in the house, or in their heated basket that is on the bed by day and by the bed at night. Now, they bounce up after first light and ask about skritches...
Re: A slight detour--
(that's Boomer in my icon)
Re: A slight detour--
The only reason I think about getting a paid LJ account is to have easier icon switch-outs for my cats!
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So--you gonna sing? 8^)
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Irish traditional music.
Golden sunlight, when it feels like the world is made of silken gold.
And, hi. I followed a link to a link and found your journal. And happy birthday!
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Yes, these are all that way. When the moment finally comes that Alfreda realizes she loves Shaw, he'll be playing Billy Oskay's solo from "Bring Me Back A Song."
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Catching a hawk soaring.
Silence--not the surface kind, but the deeper kind that seeps into one's bones and reminds you all is well with the world
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babies laughing
chris holding his children
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What makes your heart sing?
The sound of rain
Snowflakes in the wind
Goldfinches in a three-dimensional brawl around the feeder
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Goldfinches in a three-dimensional brawl around the feeder
::Grin::
Bluejays and chickadees having a holler-off in a hollowed pine....
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I really was charmed by those silly chicks and blues--they ended up in an Allie book!
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Now Jays are DANGEROUS they keep dive bombing me! and not just int he spring.
Yes, she's serious...
I believe you. I even have a sneaking affection for them, myself--when in very small numbers. The sun hitting their feathers is dazzling.
Hippos and birdies!
The light of a desert sunset, purple and orange off clouds.
Frost on the cactus spines.
Full moon through pines.
---L.
Re: Hippos and birdies!
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As for the meme...
1. "End of day" time with the girls, all of us snuggled under a blanket, reading books to each other.
2. Sunlight on open water
---Ell
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The first one is cheating a little, but I'll accept reading time with people who appreciate it as legit--infecting kids with books should happen anywhere, any time... 8^)
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May there be many, many more, and all of them filled with joy and laughter.
There are so many things in life that make my heart sing, I could never possibly list them all.
This morning's then.
Early morning birdsong at sunrise.
The jingle of Princesses collar as she pounces on the bed, big open mouthed tongue swinging smile on her face, to let me know a wonderful new day has begun.
A well timed uplifting e-mail from my closest friend
The purr of my little green feathered fluff ball, Smitten, as he falls asleep in my arms.
The smell of the gardens, still laced with the morning's dew.
A snail speeding across the concrete walk, and Princess carefully manuevering around him.
A lady bug lighting on the rosebuds outside the front door.
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Bright Blessings, m'dear!
As for the meme:
The crunch of snow underfoot in a frozen, hushed, star-filled night.
A squirrel chattering at the languid cats asleep in the window.
The sound of an unexpected cloudburst in the middle of a drought.
The sputtering purr from a kitty falling asleep all snug in your arms as you're drifting off to sleep yourself.
The smell of gingerbread baking.
--Lis
Re: Bright Blessings, m'dear!
I still love that kitten icon....
Thank you! You two were missed, and must appear another time!
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the wind on my body when I'm out on a long bike ride
the first taste of a vanilla latte
hearing snatches of a favorite song in an unexpected place
Happy Birthday :)
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We're getting some great ones, most I agree with--I think I need to make a list of them to post.
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That day when all of your tax forms arrive at your door and you can begin the process.
UPS or FedEx delivery truck visits.
Mornings where you get no red lights and no traffic.
74 MPH
Happy Birthday (or ya know a couple days after)
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Only a born accountant... 8^)
Thank you!