Playing along with Yano's "Ten On Tuesday" meme
and this Tuesdays' list is "10 Favorite Sounds":
This is today's edition of my favorite sounds(purposely leaving out music, singing voices and musical instrument sounds). I am just recently back from an early evening stroll with Jewel through our neighborhood, and there were plenty of pleasing-to-the-ear noises-summer noises/sounds mostly. The other sounds listed have to do mostly with summer, as well. If I did this in the middle of the winter, I am certain I would have a different set of ten favorite sounds.
1. the sound of forks on dinner plates and people laughing and talking as they eat outdoors in thier backyards.
2. a baseball game(involving the Boston Red Sox, of course) in the other room, either on the TV or radio. I have always found it to be a relaxing background noise...
3. the wind in the trees. If the sound of a breeze rippling the leaves on a tree could be a color it would be shimmery silver.
4. the crackle of a wood camp fire
5. the sound of tent flap zippers
6. a Loons haunting "laughter" and eerie cry echoing across a still lake--best heard at night. (be sure to click on the word 'Loon' to link to a page where you can hear it's "hoot", "wail", "tremelo" and "yodel")
7. soft rain falling outside my open bedroom window
8. a blender whirring up some delectable cold and frothy drink on a hot summer day.
9. Jewel's yawning noises--they make me laugh every time(often she sounds like Snoopy in those Peanuts cartoons)
10. a Whippoorwill singing in the middle of the night, even if it keeps you awake. (Gah! I just found out when I looked up this bird to find a sound clip of it's call, that hearing it's call in the night is considered a "death omen" in folklore?! I never knew that before, and will conveniently ignore that bit of information )
....and I am going to add #11....the distinctive sound of the mail delivery truck coming down my street. Hope springs eternal any time I hear it and can't wait to run out to check my mailbox to see if there is anything good inside(mail-order catalogs, samples, magazines...sometimes snail mail letters and even gifts). It's not just me in this house who loves that sound--both Mr. F and R respond the same way.
10 comments:
Oh I am with you on the rain. I was just thinking about this too. Love the rain at night w/ the windows open. Also the baseball going on in the background.
Also I love little kids talking to themselves and trying out new words. Love love love.
:-)
I love it when the mailman comes, too! It is like Christmas...although most times not much comes except bills!
The sound of a campfire is one of the best sounds, too!!
That is so true about the mail truck....have a good evening
One of the disadvantages of living in a building like this is that I no longer hear/see when the mailman coming by... I used to be so like you in that way ;-). Of course it's our love for mail that makes our heart tick a little faster when we see a mailman lol.
Your #5 of course is another beloved one of mine as well.
I was laughing about #9...even without hearing it ;-)
My most favourite sound is the sound of the waves breaking on a sandy beach or on the rocks. Now in the summer, I just love the continuous singing of cicadas hiding in the trees,the crickets in the evenings or even the happy chirping of birds that wake me up in spring - mosttly sparrows.
Ah, I love all your favorite sounds; particularly 3, 4 and 7.;))
Here is wishing you plenty of those for the rest of the summer.;))
~Erin,
Kid sounds, in general, just make me so happy...but I think I miss out on a lot of that, not being a teacher and around them much anymore. :-(
~Manders,
Don't you hate it when the ONLY thing in the mail is bills or those supermarket flyers? Bleh...
~Paula,
Thanks for visiting and commenting.. :-)
So, another one who knows and loves that distinctive mail truck sound. Sadly, this was the headline on Yahoo News when I logged on today:
"Postal Service at 'high risk'
Facing "inevitable insolvency," the U.S. Postal Service wants to cut delivery days. » And close offices"
~Cessie,
I KNEW you would understand about the happy mail delivery sound!
I wish I had a recording or two of the strange noises my dog makes.
~Anastasia,
Ah yes...the crickets and morning(and evening, too) bird song--all lovely to hear. I am not so fond of the cicadas sound, though. Maybe they sound better on Cyprus?
~Zuzana,
I don't know that I'll get a chance to hear a Loon's cry this summer(need to travel a little further north for that), but hope to hear more of those summer sounds for a few more weeks at least. Isn't it sad to think it is nearly August already? :-(
The sound of wind trees, moving their leaves, is always something great to listen to, no matter the season I think. Great list!
I love the mail person thing too. It happens so seldom.
I love this picture of Jewel. She looks as if she's laughing at us all.
my list of ten would be very much like yours. LOVE the rain (and thunder storms). i'd have to add my kids laughing, crickets, waves, and the cats purring. i also love the fire crackling.
great post!
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