Back home after a week of camping in the Adirondacks. I feel a bit melancholy with the approaching end of my vacation and tense already being back in the “real world”. To try to hold onto the peace of the past few days, I thought I’d make a list that reminds me just what some of those things are that bring such contentment:
- Dragonfly lands on my shoulder
- Quiet of darkness
- Starry skies
- Views from the top of mountains
- Swimming in a mountain pond
- Time to play music
- Time to sit and be
- Long, long walks
- Hikes up big hills
- Soft serve ice cream
- Cooking on the camp stove
- Watching fireplace embers
- Reading good fiction
- Laughing at Zebbie’s smile
- Sleeping bags zipped together
- Summer rain showers
- Being offline for awhile
- Simple tasks around the campsite
- Having no need for “vitamins”
- Being with my bunny
And now to figure out how to keep some of these alive and well until we return again.
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