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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.

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