Let's talk life's simple pleasures

[swimmy]

At the top for me has to be cruising around that first truly nice day of spring with your favorite tune cranked and the windows rolled down. Man what a great feeling.

Bonus if the dog gets to participate as well.



What say you?

 

[JACKspASS]

Grilling on a nice spring/summer evening with a cold beverage

 

[Matt B]

Cheeseburgers and fries by the river on a sunny spring day.

 

[rattlesnake]

That spring day when it seems like everything finally came back to life and all the greenery. I know spring happens every year but it always makes me happy when it ‘happens’

 

[swimmy]

I'm already diggin' where this thread is heading.

 

[Scott Salzer]

The arrival of migrating grosbeaks and tanagers showing up at the suet after traveling from Central America.

 

[Mossback]

Sitting on the bench in the back garden...

 

[swimmy]

Yeah I want to do something like that in my backyard.

Awesome.

 

[HauntedByWaters]

Looking at my yard after a fresh mow. My yard is a 45min mow so it’s just right for a chore after work and then a chill in a lawn chair to appreciate it.

 

[DoesItFloat]

My 2-year old daughter, oh maybe once a week, will randomly walk up to me and go, "I love you, daddy." Can't think of anything better.

Also, finally being able to do this on the porch:

 

[Scott Salzer]

Mossback - very nice garden. We have too much shade to have plants like those.

 

[Dr. Magill]

Sitting on the covered deck, having a cocktail , and watching my wife mow!!

 

[Salmo_g]

When the first strawberries of the season are ripe! Strawberry shortcake for dessert is a simple pleasure I always look forward to.

 

[Dogsnfish]

seeing the needles on the tamarack in our yard make their first appearance of the year!

 

[krusty]

Being done with employment...now about 5 months into retirement, and enjoying every minute of it.

 

[Old Man]

Your grass looks a little raggedy. I could probably use a little fertilizer to perk it up.

 

[smc]

Sitting in the late afternoon sun, on the grass with shoes off, playing dog's favorite game.

 

[Trout Trekker]

On a one hundred plus degree weekday with the smell of sage in the air, windows down, I start the ninety-minute cruise up a little used windy steep road. As my rig chugs up the grades, I can feel the temperature drop. I hit the summit at 9,200' and it's sixty-two degrees in the sun, still a few splashes of icy snow left in the shadows, a light breeze and the smell of conifers fill the air. Tiny Trout streams work their way through the landscape, it's the gateway to the Golden Trout Wilderness and no one else seems to be there.

Gas can go to $10.00 p/gal. I'd still make the trek and smile all the way.

 

[Robert Engleheart]

Sitting on the covered deck, having a cocktail , and watching my wife mow!!
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my yard is only about 1/2 acre but with summer temperatures often over 100 here, it was drudgery to mow until wife bought me a riding mower for Father’s Day about 20 years ago. After the POS Craftsman mower gave it up I got a Deere and she took over the mowing duties. She says it’s her zen. I do the pruning, take care of the pool, appliances, hvac so it’s pretty even trade. I’d never get her a skid steer unit, she’s afraid of them.

 

[Robert Engleheart]

Take a short run up to Sequoia-Kings Canyon or Yosemite in shoulder season, some great twisty roads. No need for music, the supercharger whine is intoxicating.