Raindrops on bins, slugs and snails on conifers these are a few of my favourite things

Sometimes you see something beautiful Today it was raindrops on a bin All lined up, sharing a space with a web So on the way to school we looked Finding pretty raindrops Stunningly adorning cherry blossom Dreamlike on a skeletal hydrangea Dangling from railings like chandeliers The conifers were full of colourful snails Making their way up to somewhere Plus one slug that clearly had FOMO Then I found big puddles to get the mud off my boots And my littlest one found teeny puddles so she didn't get wet socks Teeny puddles still splash I briefly attempted to demonstrate whale song as part of a game we play and was advised against it I played some on YouTube to show I wasn't actually far off But the dog wasn't keen And I'm inside an empty house now (The dog under blankets on the sofa fully aware there was once a rule against that) The rain is still falling This time I'm aware of the tune And the chill in the air But I'm glad I experienced the part of the morning that I curated for myself In the middle of everything Things are still beautiful