Stone paths. I was hiking in a large state park recently and came on a stretch of path that a seriously skilled stonemason built. It was beautiful. I stood there for ten minutes looking at how perfectly they matched the stones together.

Sunlight reflecting off water and making beautiful moving light patterns on the wall and ceiling. It’s truly mesmerizing.

I sometimes like to ignore the sat nav and take another motorway in my city that is the only one with tunnels.

The tunnels run under the runway at our airport so I also like to see the planes flying in.

My friends think I’m weird but really who’s the weird one. I’m just taking pleasure in the simple things.

Zoo’s and aquariums, fucking love animals.

Seeing the moon and stargazing in general. Oh and everytime I see a picture come back from the Perseverance Rover. I just look at them in absolute wonder and still find it unbelievable that we have clear pictures coming back from Mars. Every new picture is like Xmas for me.

My children are old enough for Lego now.

I’m more excited for their Lego christmas gifts then they will be!

Chocolate milk.

I don’t get it often, but I get psyched when I decide it’s time.

Dragonflies! They’re so cool. Their wings are amazing and it’s like they’re nature’s small attack helicopters. The body is colorful.

I still count the cars on a passing train while I wait as it goes by.

Honestly so much stuff I don’t even know where to start. The world is amazing!

Blankets, bubblebaths, colouring in, making a mess, making stuff out of mess, chocolate, jigsaws, road trips, snowy days, macaroni cheese, exploring new places, playing games, giving and receiving hugs, dancing just because, wearing big whooshy skirts and making them go whoosh, cuddling dogs, cake, rollercoasters, ok you probably get the idea.

Also I got to go on a reeeeally big boat this year, that was awesome.

Metro. Train go underground, yay! Probably helps that where I’m from they’re pretty tidy.

Mechanical items being repaired. It didn’t work as it was supposed to, now it does, magical, you healed it! (Sometimes it’s even me being the magician.)

Planes

Setting up a new computer.

Something about wiring it up, setting up the environment and configuring the desktop to do just what I want is a lot of work, but so rewarding!

I like exploring old buildings like churches and hotels. I feel like architecture has been optimized so much to fire codes that most modern buildings have pretty boring layouts. But older buildings are completely batshit in their designs sometimes. Like woah there’s a second little staircase down here that goes to a single room not accessible by anywhere else, or just random little hallways to nowhere. Also secret little closets everywhere, it’s way more fun.

In-universe lore. Of any franchise or story really. I love good world-building. Even if it’s just some funny details or references.

You can imagine the first time, as a kid, watching a marvel movie and recognising Stan Lee, I was very excited. Little did I know this was a running gag.