Whilst parading around in my vintage dresses last night (a.k.a., big girl dress up), I noticed how much I loved the sound that the heels of my black suede 60s stilettos made as I walked across the hardwood floor.
Tap, tap, tap!
It wasn't an annoying "tap, tap, tap" like the one a woodpecker might make or the louder and even quicker "tap, tap, tap" my daughter makes on the bathroom door when I'm in the bathroom while she shouts, "Mommy, I need to go to the bathroom!!!!!" It was a soothing "tap, tap, tap" in which I swear I could also hear a sexy dance; yes, it was "tap, tap, tap, cha, cha, cha, tap, tap, tap, cha, cha, cha!"
There are certainly a lot of annoying, scary, and disgusting sounds in the world. To name a few for me, well, there would be my next-door-neighbor, whose house is less than 50 yards away, using the noisiest power tool on the face of the Earth at 7:30 on a Sunday morning; Liam coughing up what I know will be a record-size hairball; my alarm clock; a fire truck or ambulance (scary when you're not expecting it); any Abba song (k, pants on fire in regard to that one..."Waterloo - couldn't escape if I wanted to...Waterloo - knowing my fate is to be with you"....wooo-hoooo...err, love Abba!); fingernails on a chalkboard (I cringe just thinking about that one!); someone eating carrots next to you the whole train ride home from NYC (not that I'd know anything about that one!) and the sound of air, err, um, escaping out of either end of someone's body. Yes, I think that covers some of the basic annoying, disgusting, and scary sounds for me.
So, here are some of my favorite sounds.
Purring! (Give it a few seconds; I've got to get the motor running!)
Flip-flops!
Giggling!
Vivaldi!
Coffee!
Bubblebath!
The ocean, especially Cisco Beach in March!
Corgi Talk!
Rain, but even better when accompanied by thunder and lightening!
And, finally...Whispering! :-)
2 comments:
need to comment before the comment police come knocking on my door : - )
How sad, the dress has died, but it lived a full life....I'm sure with you it did!! : - )
additional sounds...
- the crack of a bat hitting a ball in April and October at Fenway (of course) : - )
- the sounds of my kids talking to each other calmly
- an owl at night
- and as you said, the sounds of heels, but what a let down when you turn it's some guys shoes : - )
Tom
Additional sounds..hitting that golf ball just right ..new stings on my guitars and pulling a pick over the top of them..the sound of my 1967 VW bug when I start it..and twisting a cap off an ice cold beer after a long hard day.
Thanks Tom for joining me here on the comments page, and I promise you now if the comment police ever come to get you..I will bail you out buddy! :-) Go Red Socks!
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