This challenge is simple: step back for a few minutes each week to find a lovely thing, a precious moment, anything you find lovely. Then post about it. You can just post a picture or you can go into detail and tell it as a reflection, story or poem.

It could be anything:

a smile…a rainbow…a flower…a kind act…a tasty treat

What was lovely in your life this week?

Lovely posts from last week

• Blog of Hammad Rais
• Second Wind Leisure
• Lady Lee Manilla
• Cognac Project
• Now at home
• Underdown
• One million photographs
• Philosophy through photography
• Touring my backyard
• Bilocalalia

My lovely for this week

I had a nice day with my niece making cookies and playing in the yard.

The maple tree has been a favorite of all of the kids, my son (now 33!) and all three of the girls (nieces, now ages 5 to 24). It is low enough to be an easy climb and full enough to feel like a secret, magic space.

I got a decent picture of the Great Blue Heron

And caught a beautiful sunset:

Join in!

I will post once a week, Sunday at noon in Seattle (8pm GMT) is my goal, and put a list of posts from the previous week in it. Basically using the same method I do with the Pull up a Seat Challenge. Detailed instructions are on the page: Whatsoever is lovely blog challenge.

Background

We live in a world that seems to value drama, anger, fear and violence. Being mean often passes for being smart. These are the things that “go viral”, magnified in the media. Sometimes, the things that really make life worth living are small and simple. They don’t make for good TikTok. This is a chance to share that type of moment from our lives.