Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Introducing the cats to bubbles. We’ve never had cats who’ve taken to them before, and some have found bubbles quite distressing. So we didn’t have high expectations, but both they and we have found this a delightful new pastime. Ember spikes them like volleyballs. Coal takes turns hitting them with one paw, then the other, and then using both.

2. Salads brimming with the tiny cherry tomatoes from our garden. Nothing tastes quite so good as supper you’ve helped grow.

3. Discovering the vending machine in the food hall nearby that offers books by local authors instead of snacks. Desperately need a hit of poetry to get through a lagging afternoon? Got you covered! A y.a. novel to appease the younger sibling while the older one is getting a campus tour? Done! I look forward to finding these in more locations, like train stations and airports.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?