Number 1: I took my daughter to the pet store and we watched all kinds of critters frolicking around (oh the things you can come up with on a freezing day in the city). I found myself really drawn to the textures on the animals' coats. There was this amazing dalmatian I couldn't stop looking at--aren't the patterns and contrasts on some animals just amazing?!
I also thoroughly enjoyed watching animals being groomed, losing what seemed to be pounds of matted, dirty hair and emerging so clean and light. Watching hair get shorn off relaxes me, what can I say.
Number 2: My daughter later had an old friend over for a play date. At six years old, an "old friend" means someone she hadn't seen since the end of kindergarten, last May. It was so beautiful watching her get all excited, then become almost painfully shy upon actually seeing her friend face to face, then lose all inhibitions and romp around with this girl like they were separated at birth. They really are two of a kind. It did my heart good to see my daughter interacting with another child in a way that clearly made her happy. And the changing moods and worlds of a young child are so fascinating to watch unfold.
So, puppies and kids being who they are. These things delighted me today. What delighted you today?
Delight of shoveling snow away from the sidewalk, seeing the grey concrete dry as the sun shone, then watching it turn dark as the snow melted along the sides and washed the sidewalk in Winter Wet.... only to Ice Up when the sun went down. Black Ice.... dangerous but beautiful. This morning we woke to seeing the icy sidewalks covered with another blanket of snow... so today we get to watch this beautiful winter event happen all over again! :) I may rather watch a dog get shaved or play with a dear old friend, but Hey - when in Winter!!!!!
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