Turnipseed Travel's List of Cozy Things

• Finding a great piece of beach glass
• Roasted marshmallows
• Unexpected lattes in unexpected places
• Bonfires
• Friday night arts walks 
• Seeing dogs happily going about their day
• Cats on windowsills
• Finding something you were excited about thanks to a good guidebook listing and it’s just as good as you wanted it to be
• That perfect sleep after you finally get to your hotel after a long flight
• Deep bathtubs and really hot water
• Taking a tour of a farmers market and chatting with vendors
• Bread pudding!
• All things gingerbread
• Apple butter and apple crisp
• Narrow lane ways
• Popcorn (especially hotels offering free microwave popcorn)
• Huey Lewis and Maud Lewis
• Tiny stone carvings
• Streets decorated with twinkle lights
• Cooking classes
• Melted cheese. Baked cheese. Grilled cheese.
• Old fashioned mashed potatoes. Scalloped potatoes too.
• Organizing a pile of freshly laundered clothing and refilled travel supplies
• Quiet time in laundromats 
• Anything related to Anne of Green Gables and Nancy Drew
• When there’s no one next to you on the plane
• A smooth, easy border crossing
• Discovering a wee bakery that’s oh so right
• Buying a new travel notebook that’s exactly what you’re looking for
• Tiny gardens and community gardens
• Small sandwich shops 
• A high quality in-room coffee station
• When hotels pack you a little breakfast to go when you check out early
• Hotel rooms with nightlights. 
• Hostels with specially configured bunks so everyone has a nook by their head
• When the train attendant comes back around and asks if anyone would like more bread
• Hair conditioner in hotel bathrooms
• Arriving at a museum JUST before the free tour begins
• Plum jam
• Truck stop turkey dinner special platters
• Ghost walks
• Little birds stealing crumbs at cafes
• Hot drinks in the early morning at the start of a road trip
• Visiting new bookstores
• Chatting with hotel bartenders​
• Houses with grey shingles and bright yellow doors
• Quilts
• Wrapping up in soft scarves
• Gas stations that sell homemade food
• National Parks
• Tiny things, like cabins, gift shops, and frites takeaway shops
• Giant things, like cinnamon buns and towering coconut cream pie
• Hotel and hostel pets
• Afternoon high tea
• Florentines and madeleines 
• Shakespeare in the Park performances
• Ordering the house wine
• Lists
• Managing to wear the exact right thing for the temperature
• Fancy pancakes and French toast
• Lighthouses, especially little ones
• Libraries and ESPECIALLY little libraries
• Things made of pewter
• Handmade pottery
• Wind chimes
• Owls and foxes, grackles and sand dollars
• Old fashioned milkshakes, root beer floats, Orange Julius, and Italian sodas
• Trivia night victories and watching Jeopardy
• Sitting at outdoor cafe tables while wearing sweaters in autumn 
• Talking with restaurant owners about their wines and recipes 
• Watching kids watch buskers
• Finding old men playing public games like chess and boules 
• When the hotel housekeeper arranges the dog toys *just so* on your dog's bed
• Seeing farmers fields and backyard pools from the airplane window
• A-frame triangle buildings
• Scarecrows - as well as crows themselves. Ravens too. 
• Post offices and small hardware stores
• Visible mending
  
• Walled cities
• Public pianos
• Retracing your footsteps
• Turnips. Yes, turnips are cozy.