When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I’m feeling sad.
Dear readers, thank you for visiting today. How is it I can still remember the words to a song I learned in my exuberant youth?
I think I was living in East Vancouver and in grade 3 when Mrs. Renfrew taught her class this song “My Favorite Things”. I still smile remembering her. I got two detentions the first day of school for talking, and Most Improved Student at the end of the year. She was so nice.
Of course in my mind I hear Mary Poppins singing the lyrics – Link here “caution ♥ listening to this 90 seconds could have you singing all day!”
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite thingsCream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite thingsGirls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver-white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite thingsWhen the dog bites
The Sound of Music
When the bee stings
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don’t feel so bad
It’s not only when I feel sad that I remember my favorite things.
I love the simplest pleasures of life like walking, diving into a cold lake and standing by a bonfire with a towel afterward.
I love sunflowers, and the smell of grass. I love watching the birds jump from sunflower to sunflower and the bees that loiter and gather at each.
Queen Elizabeth just passed and she certainly had the means and access to anything her heart desired. It seems to me though that she really liked the simple things of life, walking her dogs, the countryside of Scotland. Those were her highlights, and where she had some of her happiest times.
I may be weird, but I truly believe that looking up at the sky and admiring the big dipper is a pleasure.
Happiness can be felt in the small details,
It doesn’t have to be something grand or complicated.
A warm mug of hot tea with lemon on a cold winter morning is a wonderful feeling, hard to beat.
”Comparison is the thief of joy.”
Theodore Roosevelt
I left the hospital today after my second of three appointments this week feeling very joyful. It’s a nice day, I found parking easy peasy and when I got home there was a hot breakfast and hug awaiting.
Starting each day with a long hug, and ending it the same way is the best heart medicine I could prescribe.
Life is good.
May your day be filled with a few of your favourite things also. ♥ – David
Big thank you for stopping by!
Don’t need no TV, I don’t need no phone
Don’t need a speedy car to get me home
Don’t need no nothing
All I need is time for the simple lifeGo get your butt out off that lazy couch
Put down the laptop and get out of the house
Don’t need no nothing
All I need is time for the simple lifeI got a brand new scratch on my Cadillac
Try to call the Bodyshop but my phone is dead
Tried to email my brother but the wifi’s down
This stuff is haunting me all year roundI’m fixing one thing and another one’s coming lose
Casey Adams – Simple life
It’s making me think how much it stinks
I keep on buying new things that I can’t really use
If it just gets you annoyed then what is the point?
Life and Random Thinking 
Thank you for posting this reminder. One of my favorite simple pleasures is watching the sun come up ☀️
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Aren’t sunrises amazing? First the darkness just starts to lesson, then it turns from black to blue and then the light starts to slide over the edge of the valley. You inspired me to listen to Dawn is a feeling song from the Moody Blues album (Days of Future Passed).♥
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Awesome!! 😎
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Even better is the version that includes the The Day Begins from the same album.
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Beautifully expressed, David. I agree completely. It is the simplest things in life that bring us moments of happiness and joy. Of peace. I love how you can find those moments and then share your feelings of gratitude.
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Thank you for the encouraging words. I hope it brought to mind to you some of life’s priceless but simple pleasures. – David
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It most certainly did. 😊
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I agree David, the simple things are the best by far,………and trying to keep ones life simple is a monumental task! Money is the big complication usually…..and relationships. So If you can live without money and company you will be a rich man!
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So glad you commented Wayne. I had you in mind as I wrote this because of the time you spend in nature. I felt confident that you could identify and could add dozens and dozens of examples of simple but amazing moments in nature that outshine anything manmade. – David
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What a beautiful post, David! Your favorite things are delightful and inspiring. So glad your medical appointment went well.
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Thank you Wynne ♥. I am glad you enjoyed the post and video. The lyrics for the acapella song go well with the post. – David
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Lovely video. I hadn’t heard this before. My favorite things are usually purple but I also love sunflowers, daisies, rainbows, puppies… The list goes on. Thank you for sharing your focus on the positive.
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I liked your list Linda. The video you hadn’t heard before must have been the song at the end, I enjoyed so much also. Thanks for commenting! I hope you have a great day. – David
PS – I saw purple sunflowers! I have to order some seeds!
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Purple sunflowers!!! That I need to research!💜
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Get ready to be surprised! ♥
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Hi David,
I totally agree with you. The beauty is in the small, free things that we normally take for granted.
Those sunflowers are gorgeous – they are my favorite flowers!
I am glad that you have a good outlook on your medical issues/appointments. No sense in being negative, it is best to be positive and grateful. Gratitude is the best attitude!
Wishing you a blessed weekend!
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Thank you, and blessed weekend to you as well. Hot drink in hand, feet up, binge a movie on the Women’s Network with a predictable ending or maybe even treat yourself to a rare cat nap!
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You’re so right, Dave. It’s the little things that give us joy and happiness. 🙂
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Thanks Debra! I hoped readers when they read this post would think of someone in their lives that made their day special not with a grand gesture but with the simpleness of a hug.
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I am amazed at your outlook, and what a wonderful reminder to enjoy the small pleasures of life. After all, the fact they are small makes them no less pleasurable.
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It’s true. My days start and end in the best way possible – with hugs. They cost nothing but are priceless. – David
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So glad you’re feeling joyful. Those sunflowers are just so beautiful. They really look perfect.
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I think you would enjoy them Pooja. They attract at first just bees but now they attract little birds who hop in and around to peck at the seeds. – David
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Aww that’s so nice. I think I would enjoy them too.
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