The title comes from a swoon I posted on my Facebook Page last week.
Actually it read: “Birdsong + Coffee + Back porch (after spring cleaning) = Heaven.
I had spent a good part of the previous day scrubbing and cleaning and decluttering our back porch – the catch-all spot for wayward winter accumulations. I was grooving on the spaciousness of it all: the swept floor, the light hitting the trees in the yard just so, the new wicker chairs I bought at Pier One, a freshly brewed cuppa Joe, the stereophonic sounds of birds… I don’t remember hearing birdsong like that in our home ever. The sweetness was intoxicating.
What’s your formula for instant Heaven?
The original posting generated these swoons…
- “I have been loving your first three on the list + fabulous weather!” = Heaven [from Siri]
- “Coffee & birdsong & oriental poppies” = Heaven [from Meg]
- “Picnic + family + children playing = Heaven… I jump on the swing and I swing as high as I can” [from Patti]
Plus a few more I came up with …
- Balmy breezes + night sounds + a neighborhood stroll = Heaven
- Watermelon (or Mud Pie ice cream cone) + slurping + hot day = Heaven
- Clothes hanging on the line + a day of sunshine + fresh scent of laundered fabric = Heaven
- Clean body + organic cotton softness + nightgown after it has received the royal (line-dry) treatment = Heaven
- Cold night + weary body + mix of salt and soda + candles + hot bath = BLISS!
I could go on.
How about you? What makes you swoon? What makes your heart sing?
Photo Credit: Bing Images/Coffee
