After the Storm

Frequent Photo

In the wake of  the storms that have poured much needed water over the North Coast, sunshine is a simple pleasure that I’m reveling in.  In the wake of the Haitian earthquake, one writer/photographer is reveling in a long list of simple pleasures.  AND she’s willing to pay for reading my list. (h/t Daily Vignette.) She’s offering to donate a dollar to Doctors without Borders for every blogger who posts about the “simple things in life that we appreciate.”

Sunshine.  And rain (the way it turns the Humboldt hills into a garden with green lawns and waterfalls in exotic locations).

Warm house and warmer hearth ( and flames flickering on a rainy night.)

Grumpy old men (They can always be counted on to help when a something bad happens.)

Handsome young men (especially my sons)

Broad shoulders

Big hearts

Friends

Chocolate chip cookie dough licked from a little boy’s finger.

Forests breathing out long wisps of fog on rainy days.

My husband.

Weddings and beautiful brides (Sappy, I know, but God, they are both so beautiful and hopeful).

That my son is alive.

One hawk spiraling

Living in the most beautiful place in the world.

Kind people.

My Mother.

Deer dipping dainty hooves into long grass.

Getting paid to write!

People who make me laugh

My Dad.

Good books

Good neighbors (bless the one that chainsawed the tree in the photo)

Good sleep

My sons.

You all.

Thanks for reading.  Add your list of simple things you are grateful for if you like.