Walking in a foothills summer village at dusk.

Sleeping in a tent

Seeing bats

Seeing a bald eagle and a blue heron

Petting a puppy that runs up to you all excited

Petting a cat while you are out walking

Your kids talking nicely to each other

Running with 350 women beside the bow river on a hot morning

Strangers taking your picture and cheering for you when you are running in a race

Finding a few good magazines in a library's free magazine bin

Going to other libraries in your library system just for the fun of it (borrowed books from 4 libraries other than the one I work at so far this summer!)

Sunflowers are blooming (first time in 3 years - they were killed by hail the last 2 years)

Picked enough green beans from my garden to eat platefuls and can 14 pints - also the first time in the last 3 years I've gotten more than a handful due to hail.

A glass (or more) of wine at night to dull the pain of living.