Happy things

I travel to and from the city most weekdays by bus (no there's no Yuk story today). It can be a bit of a drag travelling along the same route at about the same time day after day but I try to look for things that make me smile.

I love seeing a rainbow in the morning. Not sure why the morning is better than the afternoon. To me they have a magical effect and I always think of the myth about the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  If I'm on the bus I can stare at it for as long as I like and daydream and it's a nice start to the day.

There are also weird things that make me happy. One morning while the bus was waiting for a light to change I saw about five crows on the side of the road trying to open a container of sushi someone had obviously thrown away. One crow was the lookout three of the other four tried one after the other to open the container with little success. The the first crow sort of sauntered up (I think he was top of the pecking order) and stood on top of the container and started to peck at it. In just a few seconds there was a hole in the top and the crow was ripping the contents out as best he could while the others just looked on.  Unfortunately the light changed and I didn't get to see what happened next.  Again it made me smile. I wonder what happened next  did the other crows get their share? That's one I'll never know.

Seeing hot air balloons in the morning also makes me smile and I day dream that one day I'll be up there floating in the silence. Ah bliss, I also love quiet but that doesn't happen on the bus.