how good things can make a good day even "gooder"

things like... 

• warm weather

• an iced soy green tea latte

• taking pictures 

• the hubby cleaning the bathroom {and doing it even better than i would} 

• the cutest little old man saying hello to me when i walked by as he sat by the open door of his very old furniture store that is straight out of the 1950s while the best 1930s music was playing over his speakers 

• finding a chic and stylish neck-scarf at the second-hand store

• feeling a sense of accomplishment from getting lots of things done over the past few days

• running into a friend while walking around to take pictures downtown 

• chatting with someone who makes me laugh 

• receiving $100 from someone who said it can only be used for a day trip to the beach two states away, and if not used for that, it has to be given back {in other words, to ensure that it gets used for leisure and r&r—not used to pay a bill} 

• wearing my favorite shoes

• realizing i have a boatload of sweet banana peppers--a second crop that is three times as plentiful as the first—growing on the two plants i put in the ground last spring 

• cutting off some stems of several plants from my herb garden so that i can dry them and send them to a friend who sent me some of his home-grown garlic 

• discovering a new artist that i really like as a result of hearing one of her songs—call off the search by katie melua {have you heard it?} 

i'd say it's been a very good day! {look below... i kind of had a feeling it would be.}