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.

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    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.

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        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.

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          That is not creepy at all! What a beautiful animal. Thanks for posting. Brightened my morning :)

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      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?!

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        O wow, that’s awesome and I’ll have to try this. We’ve got a mandolin but both of us suck at playing it :D

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    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.

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      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.

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      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!

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    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.

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    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.

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      Have you ever seen a redwood in person? That is a tree that commands your attention. I hope to see one someday.

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        Go to NorCal! My favorite place to see redwoods is Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz.

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          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.

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            There are many more beautiful places to visit in Santa Cruz, too. Wilder Ranch State Park cliffs, West Cliff Drive at sunset, UCSC campus, Pogonip, and Nisene Marks State Park, just to name a few.

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        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.

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    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.

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      Nothing has been more heartbreaking in life than sharing my love of space with someone I care about, taking them out with the telescope and stargazing and meteor showers… Only to be met with “yeah, that’s cool.”

      … My soul-crushing disappointment is immeasurable, and my year is ruined.

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      I treated myself to one of the NASA sets last year for Christmas. Sat down with my best friend and we built the moon lander. It was great.

      Treat yo’self

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      I LOVE Lego! Have you seen that awesome Batman shadowbox set? It’s stupidly expensive, but cool as fuck. I want it, but I just can’t bring myself to drop $400 on Lego.

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        I thought about it, but I already have the batwing & 1989 batmobile. I’m not really that big of a Batman fan, so I think my collection on those might be complete.

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    Not exactly childish but, assembling furniture. I’m excited when I buy furniture that arrives disassembled because I get to look at the instructions and build it myself. I guess it resonates with setting up and assembling toys, just with adult things instead.

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        Their assembly instructions are even designed the same way. Those Scandanavians definitely know how to write an assembly manual!

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      The IKEA empire is built on this feeling. If you put it together yourself, you’re more inclined to feel that it’s better quality

      In actual fact, 90% of IKEA stuff is well-designed cheaply made shit

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      There are tons of toys where the fun part is assembling them. Humans love building things. :)

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      There is nothing childish about snow. Especially since in some parts of the world, we’re the last generation that gets to enjoy it at all

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      I got to play in snow for the first time the other day. It was fantastic :)

      (Early 30’s)

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      Mine isn’t snow, but it is connected. As I can’t resist stepping on crunchy ice while walking. That crunch is just so satisfying.

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    Movies about giant monsters or giant robots or ideally both. I love Pacific Rim, Godzilla, Jurrasic Park, Transformers, Robot Jox, etc. etc. etc. I don’t care about plot or a coherent story I just want to see giant things fucking up shit.

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      I can relate to that. I recently went to the cinema alone to see Godzilla Minus One, because none of my friends and relatives were interested. Watched big lizard smash things. Felt happy for the rest of the day.

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      Transformers … I just want to see giant things fucking up shit.

      I have a beef with the Transformers movies.

      I think the last one I saw was the second Transformers movie. Did the later ones move the camera position back so you could actually see who and what was fighting and winning/losing? I remember being in the middle of what may have been an epic robot battle, but the camera position was so close you couldn’t tell which robot you’re looking at. Even slight clue what would have told you like a color or maybe some lettering on the robot body was impossible to discern because the motion blur was so high and the cuts were maybe 1 to 2 seconds before another cut took place.

      I remember looking that the screen hearing this epic robot battle and being just bored because I couldn’t tell which robot hit which robot and couldn’t tell which character was winning. At the end of the 3 minute fight scene a Decepticon was standing victorious over the Autobot he had just fought. I thought “huh, I wonder how he won”…even though the whole thing played out in front of me it was impossible to follow.

      Did that get any better in the later movies?

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      I feel that. I bought one of those gel bead shooters the other day, just on a lark.

      It is glow in the dark. The gel beads it shoots are also glow in the dark. It’s got a pair of UV LED’s in the magazine that charge them up before it fires them. It’s great; like your own little stormtrooper laser blaster.

      It was only $40. I would have shoveled so many driveways and mowed so many lawns to be able to afford that as a kid.

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        I used to be into Nerf blasters when I was younger, into my teens I would remove the air restrictors and change out the springs, other various performance modifications.

        I recently discovered the Adventure Force Aeon Pro, which is an off brand blaster that seems to be marketed for that demographic, and it certainly delivers. Playing with it practically makes me giggle.

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      Me too. Even though it means ice and slush and wet feet. And not because I own a Yes Typo (reason to celebrate right there). It’s just “yeh - snow!” somehow

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    Steam locomotives. I still get giddy like a little kid when I get to see one in a museum. Real life is even better. Heck I’ll go out of my way to see model trains if there’s a steam engine somewhere in the display.

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      If you ever visit Hamburg, this place will blow your mind:

      https://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/

      I don’t even have words to tell you how cool that place is. We went to an art exhibition in Hamburg, and kind of accidentally went to see that place too. Like, they have day/night cycle there. They have trains with little cameras on top of them so you can travel in them. They have model planes landing and they have cruise ships going in real water.

      So damn cool.

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    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.

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      I used to babysit a little girl who, if she saw someone in a skirt or dress, would run up to them and say, “Hey! Hey! Um. Does your dress spin?” And of course, even strangers knew the only correct response was to perform the most elaborate twirl and make that dress spin. Now, over a decade later, when I’m shopping for dresses, I always give them a test spin to make sure they’re wooshy enough.

      Thank you for reminding me of that memory this morning, it sparked joy :)

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      Snow days are the best! Also games, puzzles, occasional fancy dresses, puppy snuggles, etc