Sunday Scribblings #72 Goosebumps

This is a list of things that are guaranteed to give me goosebumps every time they occur.

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The movie is “Say Anything” - John Cusack and Ione Skye. Their relationship is in crisis. She is in her house and he is outside standing beside his car. He holds his boombox over his head and blasts “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel to tell her how much he loves her. Gets me every time!!

Watching the fireworks over Boston Harbor that are synchronized to fire with the cannons of the 1812 Overture that is being played by the Boston Pops.

The view from Whiteface Mountain

An Olympic gymnast executing a perfect uneven parallel bar routine and then sticks the landing!!

The scene in “Bridges of Madison County” when Francesca opens the cardboard box that the UPS driver brought her and she pulls out the silver bracelets that Robert always wore.

Being with my baby in the labor room while she was giving birth to her baby.

The end of “Alien II” when Sigourney Weaver tells the Alien that is intent on getting Newt to “GET AWAY FROM HER YOU BITCH!!”

“Nights in White Satin” by The Moody Blues

Standing next to Niagara Falls

A tickle on the back of my neck

A sneeze (Thanks, Jackie!)

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So, what gives you the goosebumps? Scary movies? Your imagination? A memorable song? If you’d like to read more about goosebumps, the people that get them and why, CLICK HERE.

Butterflies and Zinnias

The butterflies have been fluttering around the zinnias for days now — I was finally able to sneak up on one and snap a few pics. It’s a pretty little thing — I’m not an expert on butterflies, but I think it’s an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail — that’s Sadie Doo Dah on the wall in the background, washing some part or other.