little things

Simple pleasures treasured today...a brilliant red geranium bloom nestled among variegated hosta leaves and ivy in a muted yellow pitcher, centered on my coffee table....relaxing strains of piano melodies intertwined with the sounds of seagulls and lapping waves...the soft scent of lavender...the taste of freshly picked basil on vine-ripened tomatoes...emails from loving friends...the soft brown eyes of my adoring dog...aroma of coffee brewing...the exquisite melt of chocolate as I savor a Lindt dark chocolate truffle...brightly-colored petunia blossoms against earthen terra cotta...the miniature pink blossom of "great-grandmother's geranium," a descendant of the plant which she gave to us in that blue refrigerator box on her ninetieth birthday twenty-three years ago...framed pictures of tea cups drawn by little hands...a beautiful card with touching and memorable inscriptions...simple, precious, little things...that make life so lovely...