I like sunsets.
I like chocolate, and white wine, and blue fingernail polish.
I like boots. All kinds of boots.
Leather jackets.
Clover.
The smell of snow.
I like classic cars.
'67 Chevelles with black cherry paint.
I like Christmas lights.
Twice baked potatoes.
The smell of book ink.
The sleepy sounds of a barn bedded down for the night.
Everyone is full to bursting with inane little aesthetic favorites: things that only those closest to them know or understand. They're insignificant to strangers; but sometimes, learning that someone likes the smell of diesel fuel and cries through the last ten minutes of Seabiscuit brings about a certain closeness. They can make friends out of acquaintances. They can also make friends out of characters.
Characters need quirks, too. It takes them to the next level - transforms them from names on paper to living breathing people with which an audience can connect.
I like a lot of what you like!
ReplyDeleteIn addition I like:
Flowers, most any kind, I love to plant them, look at them, shop for them, smell them, water them, etc. I think that is what they call an addiction!
I like kitty cats, they are like potato chips, you can't have just one. I like to see all the different colors there are in the same litter.
I love dishes and stemware, I think I could fill a large room with all the patterns and styles that I like.
I love sitting on the front porch on a beautiful morning and watching the birds at my bird feeders.
I love fountains and koi ponds.
Best of all I love my children, my spouse and my family!! Without them, none of the other stuff would be as sweet.
Ooh, I like when people participate!
DeleteI haven't been bitten by the china pattern bug...yet. The older I get, the more I find myself liking domestic things.