Sam Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Dark, thick, brown coffee swirling into my cup. Long early morning shadows on the hills. The purposeful step of the deer. The slink of a cat across an open space. The aroma of freshly cut hay. The ever present attentiveness of the antelope. For these things I am truly greatful to the great I AM who made them and me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Right on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Sam What else is swirling into your cup along with the coffee this morning? It truely is the Little Things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 That is a great start Sam, this thread may go on for pages....lots of things you didn't get to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted August 4, 2004 Author Share Posted August 4, 2004 Merlin, you crack me up! No man, I promise I don't drink no foo-foo coffee. No cream or sugar or (Irish Whiskey) here. Tightloop is right, the list should be growing........ (ball room dancing with a beautiful woman) It isn't that these things are not present on any other day. It's just that today I can enjoy them. Oh, yeah. I like watching my front sight lift off a white steel plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Sam, Let's just start with beautiful women.....we can add the dancing later.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 The local Wal*Mart had a few bottles of grape Propel today, when they usually have none. To make it better, the woman stocking the shelves had an unopened case of grape ... which I now own! Woo-hoo! I'm happy right now that FOX News is interviewing a bunch of big business leaders who have announced their support for Kerry and are bashing the President. That part doesn't appeal to me, but what does is that FOX News is giving them air time without rebuttal because they really are "fair and balanced," or at least as close as we're likely to ever see. The absurd criticisms of FOX being some kind of right wing puppet media outlet don't hold much water when you see the evidence first hand. Of course, by comparison to the far-left leaning majority of the mass media (which is demonstratable by fact), they do seem somewhat conservative ... because they are close to the middle. I like that my checkbook is balanced. I like that remembered to get some fuel for my Zippo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve223 Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 I like the smell & sound of an evening thunder shower, I like to hear the bugle of a Bull Elk in the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter Grrl Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 I like new babies in the family. My niece Delaney was born at 11:15 am PDT today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
short_round Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 The smell of burned gunpowder in the morning. The sound of a slide being racked. The sound of a magazine engaging during a reload. The sound of a bullet hitting steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 Timers on Coffee makers --- for those days where I have to get up in the middle of the night, i.e. the single digit hours before noon. The breadth and shape of a strong woman's shoulders; boy am I happy it's tank top season again! Shooting a sport I've never shot before with the Canon EOS-1D, a camera that makes all of the technical difficulty in sports photography just disappear, so I can concentrate on truly seeing how to capture the magic of the event. (After 12 years as a sports photographer I shot diving for the first time yesterday!) The taste of the first sip of coffee in the morning. (That's with cream and sugar.) Watching as an unhappy little league pitcher who's already walked a couple of players, and is behind in the count, reaches deep inside himself to strike out three batters in a row. The purr of a kitten curled up, sleeping on my chest. Having an hour of uninterrupted quiet time to read an engrossing book. Waking up early in the morning and watching Carol sleep. Being surprised by what pops up in the garden in the spring, after too many months of looking at mostly dirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted August 4, 2004 Share Posted August 4, 2004 My daughter's face when she picked out her wedding dress. All my grandchildren playing in the yard. Great friends People you love Great literature Classic Vettes Northern Lights Smell of a wood fire Music The list is long....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3quartertime Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Working outside again during the serene beauty of an ever changing Indiana summer. Listening to talk radio everyday on my 'boombox' at the eternal surprize of the home owners. Rush may not be right all the time, but he sure is fun to listen to. Being in really good shape at an age when many start to give up on fitness. My job seems to fit my desire to stay fit!!! Taking my dog on walks out to the quarry behind my house. Never thought a Rotty could swim so gracefully. A warm hug from my daughters and knowing that when they say 'I love you daddy', they really mean it... Occasionally realizing that life doesn't have to be perfect to be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.e.t. Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Being comfortable in my own skin. A good woman who says she loves me and I believe her. (Had to go through a few before I found her) Grand Babies. Cold winter nights. Warm summer days. Silence in small doses. All of the small blessings that shower me each day. And the time I spend giving thanks for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Getting to go through this life being Man-Pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 OK then - the real deal...in no particular order. People with integrity Common courtesies People who CAN look you in the eye Science Fiction Old westerns - books and movies Having friends that really do give a shit if you live or die A good job A wonderful and understanding wife who puts up with my BS... Blue Bell Vanilla Ice Cream with salty peanuts and Hershey's Chocolate Syrup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dunn Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 No man, I promise I don't drink no foo-foo coffee. No cream or sugar or (Irish Whiskey) here. Sissy Chai drinker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 My wife's laugh. My son's earnestness. A good book. A well folded origami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 I like reading Orwell in Starbucks while washing down their espresso brownie bar with a mocha. I like a sitting 120 pulse. I like being able to see out of my truck after I wash it. I like flipping loaded rounds off my long ejector, catching them in the air near the ejection port after nearly sweeping my hand by the muzzle, while wearing my hat backwards, with my shorts low on my hips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 Going for a long run in the rain. The way the first good snow of winter makes the earth clean again. My dog's eternally happy face. Thick, black, succulent coffee with croissants and jam. A weekend spent with the greatest people on earth (shooters of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Buff Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 In no paricular order... The smell of the earth right after the first rain of the season in southern Africa. Night sounds right after midnight in the African bush. Fresh Kudu liver with onions and apples on the fire. Warm cup of strong coffee sitting by a fire in the feld on a cold winter night after the liver above. Quiet moment after that perfect group/CoF where everything went perfect. My daughters smile in the morning. That car that stops and lets you into traffic. The sound of jackals and lions in the night. This list can get real long if one is not careful.....Now I'm depressed. Think I'll go home, grab a gun and sleeping bag and be off for a while..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoliver Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 This wonderful forum. Thanks BE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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