one hundred things i love {51-60}

51. the wee patio outside my kitchen door.  here lives a little herb garden, ivy growing wild and free and the rusty old blue schwin.
52. chai and rainbows.
53. that i can be in a total loser mood and force myself to think about ten things i love and the funk shifts.  just like that.
54.  heading to the karma garden first thing in the morning to water.  the combination of silence and growth makes it my favorite way to start a day.
55. wanderlust.  currently dissonantly dreaming about india and disneyland and dollywood and letting the pacific rush over me.
56.  my husband has the best voice.  seriously, sometimes he can be talking about our stock portfolio or mowing the lawn or taking the dog to the vet and i get all swoony.
57.  he reads to me in bed.  i am lucky.
58.  striped maxi skirts. 
59.  eating vegetarian.  because i can live on falafel and avocado and sweet potatoes.
60.  the traditional mennonite families that sell their fruit and veg and pie at the farmers market.  they have a quiet and solid presence that is so rare.  i am intrigued by their way of life.

one hundred things i love {41-50}

41.  thrift store glass
42.  super chewy candy:  big hunks, salt water taffy, maryjanes and the best peanut butter chews known to man
43.  the idea of having my own organic farm (i'm much too lazy for the reality)
44.  walking outside on a hot humid summer morning and being hit with the sultry scent of jasmine
45.  the discovery of a new favorite band whose music makes me feel, think, dance and sing out loud in my car
46.  my new ice cream maker
47.  the way babies say hi to everyone when they first learn how (why do we lose the courage to make friends with abandon?)
48.  do-nothing weekends
49.  having a wild imagination:  i can't think of anything more dreadful than the limits of concrete thinking
50.  that feeling of connection when someone really gets me

one hundred things i love {31-40}

31.  bokeh
32.  stacks of new magazines to pour over
33.  bikram yoga
34.  farm markets
35.  this morning my house smells like coffee and jasmine (she finally bloomed!)
36.  that first warm day that ususally falls in february
37.  pablo neruda
38.  walking through a hushed forest, the birds and my footsteps the only sounds
39.  campfires
40.  uncontained, tear-inducing laughter

(see 1-30 here.)

one hundred things i love {21-30}

21.  dancing with wild abandon, with a group of girlfriends, a lover or by myself
22.  the process of learning something new
23.  lemon cupcakes
24.  bossy little girls (because i secretly wish it was still cute to be bossy at my age)
25.  naps
26.  personality and self-awareness tests (i just discovered the enneagram and it's the most accurate and practical so far)
27.  bono's voice, no matter the song
28.  photo sun flares (these are magical to me, almost like i captured an otherwise invisible spirit)
29.  planning a trip
30.  every single thing about autumn

(friends, comments posted the week before last disappeared and i can't retrieve them.  i just wanted to let you know that i published them all, they just aren't showing up for some mysterious reason.)

one hundred things i love {11-20}

11.  hamburgers (and most especially, in-n-out burgers.  i swear sometimes i'm tempted to hop on a plane to cali for this reason alone.)

12.  groups of women in saris

13.  mojitos

14.  picnics

15.  disney classics (esp. lady and the tramp, i was amazed when i watched it as a mom and still knew all the songs by heart from childhood)

16.  stargazing

17.  diner pancakes

18.  riding the odd animal on the carousel...like the rooster or the ostrich or the giant goat

19.  manners

20.  how walking in a bookstore or library makes me feel instantly smarter

one hundred things i love {1-10}

1.   white daisies

2.   dr. pepper lip smackers

3.   karmann ghias

4.   garden shops

5.   thunderstorms

6.   stories read aloud

7.   my bed

8.   glass tile mosaics

9.   the european double-kiss greeting

10. ginger ale with crushed ice

p.s.  i do still love nablopomo, but maybe not this month...

i hope your weekends are filled to overflowing with things you love.