#smallgoodthings — Public Fediverse posts

Tonight, our local #RochesterNY ice cream royalty, Abbotts Frozen Custard, was celebrating their 100th anniversary. They have been an iconic fixture at Ontario Beach for generations. I've been getting frozen custard there for over 60 years, since I was a kid. For the 100th party, the Seneca Park ZooMobile came to Abbotts.

I was babysitting the munchkin tonight, so I took him to get an Abbotts soft custard cone, which he enjoyed with such relish that he got it all over his face. Then we visited the zoomobile animals. He was wowed to hear that the box turtle can live to 80 years old, delightfully grossed out by the millipedes, and hypnotized by the enormous pulsating bullfrog.

Then we went across the street, to play on the playground. He loved getting dizzy on the push-merry-go-round. He would run until it was spinning fast, then leap on, staggering to hold on, shrieking and giggling when centrifugal force won out and he slid onto his rear.

Then we walked on the beach boardwalk. He called Lake Ontario an "ocean" with awe. He pointed excitedly at sailboats. He gathered handfuls of sand and threw them in the air to watch them scatter. He collected a pocketful of fluffy white gull feathers. Then we headed home for pizza.

It was an excellent evening. We both had a great time. Life has been depressing and stressful lately. An evening of ice cream, animals, and The Lake, in the company of a funny 6-year-old, was exactly the lift I needed!

#SmallGoodThings #OneJoyfulThing #Joy

🚨 PEEPS!! PEEPS!!

My Lovely Peeps - The Nicest Place On the Internet* is coming back!!! * swoon *

It disappeared what - ten years ago? Longer? It was this beautiful place where people from all around the world give hugs to you, the viewer. 🥰

And NOW IT IS COMING BACK! 🤩

Please bookmark this for days when you might be feeling low.

Please participate if you possibly can.

I think it is impossible not to feel better after a minute or two of watching; you realise no matter what, there are excellent people in the world, and you *will* eventually find them. 💛

Quite possibly because they will find you first. 😃

(* Y'all know I *love* Mastodon - but I think TNPOTI is *even better* (albeit in a different way) - and it was around first! 😄)

Enjoy! And please spread the word!

https://thenicestplace.net/

(Edited to add URL because I was so excited I forgot to include it! 🤦‍♀️ 😄)

#NicestPlaceOnTheInternet #Hugs #SmallGoodThings

Dear Lovely Peeps,

This is from an honest & not-entirely-happy blog post by #TheodoraGoss - but I loved the imagery of this excerpt:

"One of the best things I’ve done recently is left my #knitting on the sofa. It’s a bit messy, but across the sofa is draped a scarf of rainbow yarn, green and yellow and orange and red and blue and purple, all fading into each other, like the stages of sunset.

I chose the easiest project imaginable — I’m literally just knitting one row after another, with the colors of the dyed yarn making the only pattern.

That means at any time of day, I can sit down for a few minutes and knit another row, without thought or planning. Sit, knit, watch the colors develop. Joy!"

I love this image. 🥰

She ends with:

"Small joys. Try to find the small joys. They will get you through — they are, sometimes, the only things that will get you through. And then, when you can, work for a better world."

The entire post is here:
https://theodoragoss.com/2026/03/29/small-moments-of-joy/

#Joy #SmallGoodThings

Today, I managed to write some code for the first time in about 3 months. It even compiled, *and* did what I wanted it to.

I'm going to leave it a few days and see if I get moved to do this again.

#Burnout #BurnoutRecovery #SmallGoodThings

Wonderful early morning urban skate through parklands.

#SmallGoodThings

It’s March, and things are bursting into life in the garden. This one is a tulip tree. Also, the birds are singing again.
#spring #gardening #SmallGoodThings

Small good things vol. 40

(I like to make these #lists of #smallgoodthings)
(Each line gets a little shorter just like this)
(On bird site, not enough characters)
(Mastodon is better in all ways)
My dog’s ears are so soft
Made garlic hummus
Found a gift for kid
Saw good movie
Lemon peels
Clicky pens
Frosty air
Bees