Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day.
The most majestic feline I know.
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Another gorgeous mushroom! I think it’s a bloody brittlegill. But it’s always hard to be sure with mushrooms.
![Little Joys: autumn mushrooms](https://contactwithcreation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/little-joys-nature-red-mushroom-1024x791.jpg)
Rescued a wet bee. Look at its fur and delicate little feet. I put it in a flower to recharge.
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Dainty geranium macrorrhizum. The colour of those anthers!
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This evergreen clematis ‘Freckles’ is flowering like never before! It must have loved the hot summer.
![Little Joys: Clematis 'Freckles' in flower](https://contactwithcreation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/little-joys-garden-nature-clematis-freckles-1024x733.jpg)
Echinacea seeds can’t wait to get into the ground!
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Curly cloud.
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We went to see Symposium play in Islington.
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They were the very first proper gig we went to back in 1998!
![Little Joys: Symposium live in Islington!](https://contactwithcreation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/little-joys-live-music-symposium-1024x739.jpg)
St Pancras at night.
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Squiggly.
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Honeybee enjoying the mahonia.
![Little Joys: honeybee on mahonia](https://contactwithcreation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/little-joys-nature-garden-wildlife-honeybee-mahonia-1024x758.jpg)
Wonderful homegrown carrots! They are ‘Touchon’ and ‘Giant Red’ – some of my favourite heritage varieties. The November garden still gives us plenty of food!
![Little Joys: heritage carrots from the garden](https://contactwithcreation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/little-joys-food-garden-autumn-carrots-1024x715.jpg)
That cotinus obovatus again.
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Found this in my Book of Truth. When quotes or ideas really resonate with me or teach me something, I keep them in this notebook. This was from a podcast a few years ago.
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Fried chicken burger at Gordon Ramsay’s Street Burger. I realise it’s probably starting to look like I only eat burgers, steak and barbecue. That is not the case. But these things bring me a lot of joy!
![Little Joys: food from Street Burger](https://contactwithcreation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/little-joys-food-street-burger-fried-chicken-1024x737.jpg)
Saw Chris Cleverley play at the Slaughtered Lamb – amazing gig!
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He had dinosaur socks on.
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Borage in flower at the community garden. It’s a great self-seeding wildflower for gardens, and the bees love it.
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It must be nearly Christmas…!
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Finishing the week snuggled up under a blanket with a pint of ale.
![Little Joys: a cosy pint](https://contactwithcreation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/little-joys-pint-blanket-1024x768.jpg)