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.