I love bridges. If I see a cool looking bridge, I want to cross it, especially if it goes somewhere that I’m not familiar with. Same with stairs outdoors. They feel like an adventure to me.
My neighbors have a turkey. Every time I walk through the kitchen I look out the window to see if she’s in our yard. If so, I run out to pet her.
Also, if I’m working outside she trots over to see what’s going on and, of course, I have to stop to pet her for 15 minutes.
She just walks up to me and sits down expecting pets.
I don’t know why it’s so fun, but my day gets better every time I get to pet a turkey.
Let’s see if this uploads… It’s a picture of her after 10 minutes of pets
Edit: may look creepy, but she seems to be so comfortable that she’ll close her eyes and just chill. But I’m no turkey scientist. I imagine if she didn’t like it then she wouldn’t run up to me.
Do you play an instrument? Or just own a flute or harmonica? The turkeys at my wife’s uncle’s place LOVE music, they even sing along. Gobbelgobbelgobbel. Hilarious! There’s a German word,“Truthanschottigkeit” - it means the sudden urge to play the bagpipes for a turkey. …nah, there isn’t, but would be nice if there were, right?!
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.
Zoo’s and aquariums, fucking love animals.
A few years back my mom wanted to take a day trip to San Diego to sight see, I told her, the only sight I want to see is the Zoo so that’s where we went. I go to the zoo in every state I visit, big or small.
You been to the St Louis zoo yet? It’s not quite San Diego but it’s damn good - and free! (Paid parking tho)
About a month ago I planned an entire day trip to the Living Desert Zoo in Palm Springs for me and my husband. I got to feed a giraffe and pet a rhino. I was so freaking happy!
I loved it! Totally recommend! Whenever I visit a zoo or aquarium I always check for any animal encounter programs they have to ensure I get to pet as many animals as possible.
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.
Trees! Those big, old giants which make you feel like they are indeed harboring some ancient wisdom, being there, in the same spot years before you, barely brushed by the passing of time. And then if they are evergreen not even season affects them - they just keep on existing, all tall and gracious. How awesome is that.
Have you ever seen a redwood in person? That is a tree that commands your attention. I hope to see one someday.
Go to NorCal! My favorite place to see redwoods is Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz.
Lived in Bay Area for some time and been up to the Redwood National park but not to Santa Cruz! Just checked it out and now I have another reason to visit again. Honestly, I would have even stayed there - NorthCal’s nature is simply breathtaking - but unfortunatelly so are the living costs around there.
Yes!! Funny story, I learned about redwood from a boardgame when I was six and thought they are some trees from this magic game world that don’t exist in real life. You can imagine how excited I was once I realized they are real and more so when I first saw them! Californian ones are the most impressive, no debate there, but I actually found quite a few across Europe too, often in super random places. So maybe you will also find some around where you live? You never know.
