what would you describe as life's sweet simplicities? do  we all have the same sweet simplicities?  is it that just some of us take note of it, while others simply take advantage of it and just not acknowledge it?

I doubt we all have the same ones, and I bet we can have a good discussion about what the meaning of "simplicities" even is.  But I'll have a go

-my bike and riding it, nice long ride around the lakes
-walking on the beach when its empty
-sitting deep in a redwood forest when its raining
-I like it when it rains and the creek outside my balcony really starts to flow

Breathing.

Chocolate

Picking and eating blueberries right off the bush while you're tired, hot, and hungry.

Laughing and joking with my guy about stupid things that no one on earth would find amusing.  Watching a movie at night with a bowl of chicken soup in our hands and the apartment lights totally off.  Playing with my cats and getting all scratched up in the process!

tink

Totally embarrassing my 18 year old at a restaurant where he expressed an attraction to the waitress. He's so cute when he blushes.

Quote from: Katia on December 25, 2008, 11:16:51 AM
what would you describe as life's sweet simplicities?

"Stand in your own space and know you are there." The rest is and what happens.

- body functions
- I like watching my daughter breath as she sleeps
- picking my nose
- sitting in the garden I created
- Food - Fettacina tossed with a bit of fried butter, garlic and bacon topped with a touch of fresh Parmesan and black pepper, tequila slammers, tomatos on toast, home made bread and jam and other preserves, sorrel soup, capers and salmon, caper berries,  hot lamb salads with good feta and a zingy vinaigrette, artichokes dipped in garlic butter, Brie and Camembert, burning BBQ pork spare ribs, sashimi with wasabi and soy....

watching that scene in Amelie where she breaks the creme brulee, one day that'll be me, I just love the sound, I can almost imagine it perfectly.

remember or finding out the name of a song thats been in your head for a long long time.

Watching a happy dog play in the snow.

Dennis

Quote from: Dennis on January 15, 2009, 08:55:03 AM
Watching a happy dog play in the snow.

Dennis

seconded. and mine is so little, he gets lost in it.

Walking around outside on a nice day, snapping pictures that you never even really plan to look at.

The smell of wood smoke, a warm hut, hot chocolate, mac 'n' cheese, a soft mattress and a dry sleeping bag. Hard-earned.

Body:  Softly fading into sleep after a warm bath.  Far too often (like right now), I stay up until I'm completely wiped, as if to try to get as much wakefulness as possible out of my day.

Mind:  Struggling to and succeeding at understanding something difficult always makes me feel well.

Spirit:  Photographing people enjoying themselves is (while not necessarily simple -- I develop and prpint my own) amazing, for me at least.  (And no, I don't mean porn.  )

Those are mine, anyways.

A long warm bubble bath, with someone bringing refills of champagne.

Taking that first dip out of a brand new jar of creamy peanut butter. 

Quote from: Nero on January 15, 2009, 08:58:32 AM

Quote from: Dennis on January 15, 2009, 08:55:03 AM
Watching a happy dog play in the snow.

Dennis

seconded. and mine is so little, he gets lost in it.

mine is terrified of snow, he's an idiot.

Quote from: Jamie-o on January 18, 2009, 02:01:54 AM
Taking that first dip out of a brand new jar of creamy peanut butter.

haha have to agree on that! especially when you just eat straight out of the jar.