Best Things Today 9/27/21
September 27, 2021
Best Things Today:
September 27, 2021
1. I had a moment of absolute delight today when I accidentally knocked into a milkweed plant while putting the hose back on its holder. The milkweed erupted in a wild floof of dozens of milkweed seeds on dozens of their fluffy white pinwheels and just filled the air with a cloud of milkweed, suspended in the air for a moment before dispersing in the wind. Normally when I’m doing my milkweed fairy duties I take small pinches of seeds/fluff at a time - 10 or so, say. This was like 50 or 100 all at once and it was absolutely wonderful.
2. Speaking of delight and finding things wonderful, I was listening to a podcast today and the whole concept of delight and finding a specific thing in each day to be delighted about was part of the podcast. It’s the podcast The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos (I think that’s the full name of the podcast) and the episode title is Laurie gets a Fun-tervention (part one.) The whole episode is great, but this part starts at a little past the halfway point. And anyway, the host interviews a man who has put out a book of his essays on delight and the whole thing is just delightful and a reminder of why the heck I do this.
3. Speaking of delight and best things in a day, I honestly might need an intervention but I bought more bulbs today and am particularly excited about this Blushing Apeldoorn variety of tulips because this pale pink/peach with yellow combo sings to my heart in a very specific way. In addition, while outside getting ready to plant the bulbs, a neighbor and some of her kids stopped by to draw pictures on my driveway (which was going to be a surprise but then I was outside already, 😆 so not a surprise but a surprise chance to say hello for a few minutes) - it was absolutely a delightful addition to the day. ❤
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