Delight

Going outside at dusk and watching the pipistrelles flying out of my roof. It delights me every Spring to know that they have overwintered well, and have returned to give birth and bring up their baby.

The wrens flitting to and fro and making a racket. I wondered if the chicks had hatched and the adults were coaxing them to fly the nest, but I didn't see any very tiny ones.
Any time I see a robin.
The sunlight through the canopy of leaves in the woods.
My DGS's face when he sees me.

How green and reinvigorated the garden looked this week after the first shower of rain in several days.Apart from saving me the job of watering the plants looked lush ,nd everything smelt fresh.Delightful.

A few days ago it was my ten month old DGD greeting me with her beautiful smile and actually struggling to get out of her daddy's arms to get to me. She finally likes me ?

Much longer ago, I remember the delight of watching a kingfisher only a yard or so away from me - I was in our narrowboat and it was on the roof of the one alongside us.
It was unaware that I was there, and stayed there for several minutes. Beautiful.

Cooler weather after a heatwave

I'm always delighted when I unexpectedly come across a loved one as I'm out and about - especially if it's The Wonderful Man. ?

I watched a puppy chasing two swans across a beach once. There was a collective sigh of relief when the birds took off just in time.

I found it delightful yesterday watching both a young sparrow and a young starling, recently fledged, being fed by their parents in our garden. Wonderful!

I was gardening this afternoon and a robin kept coming to perch on the trellis next to me.

Yes I love to see swans taking off at The Mere at Thorpeness. Their wings are really beating and they are only just above the water. You think they will never do it, then suddenly off they go. Stunning.

I also love to hear the honking of geese, I look up and see them flying high and in formation.

Smelling newly mown (mowed?) grass, hearing children and babies laughing, walking near rivers, lakes and canals.

I watched two swans flying this morning. I am always amazed that they look so wonderful in flight but look so heavy taking off.

My delightful moment was watching my husband progress from a wheelchair to a walking aid, tears of joy.

Today as I walked over the canal bridge at the back of our house, a heron flew over my head. That was delightful.