Life's little things

I recently saw a movie that celebrated the little things in life--the small pleasures we get from things that make us smile that maybe other people don't notice. So I thought I'd make my own list of little things that I like (big things like foreign food and travel and marriage have intentionally been left off the list):

I like the way jar lids pop when I've canned something and then it seals. The sweet little metallic 'ding' that is so quiet it can be missed if I'm doing anything louder than reading a book.

I like the way the word "Ostereich" feels on my tongue when I say it. (That's the proper name of Austria, by the way, sans oomlout because I don't know how to type one.)

I like when people randomly use a non-English word in an otherwise all-English sentance or conversation.

I like waiting and watching obsessively for the first teeny-tiny sprout of whatever I've planted as the cups of dirt sit in my windowsills.

I like how when I'm mixing some spices to put into a dish I'm cooking, and I suddenly get a whiff that takes me back to India or (like the other day when we were making dinner for Darren & Tanya) a hostel in New Zealand or a torta stand in Mexico.

Feel free to add your own little pleasures of life. :)