Music to My Ears

Ari over at A Prawn of Fate is hosting Mon Funday once again.  And, while we're on the subject of hosting, someone needs to step up to the plate and host for February.  Who's next ?

This is what she asked today :
What is the most beautiful sound in the whole world ?
Once you've told us that, give us the flip side, too: What is the sound you dislike the most?

lub-dub-lub-dub-lub-dub . . . the first time hearing the sound of my unborn babies' heartbeats that echoed throughout the examining room . . . filling my ears with love . . . that gasp of air . . .  and then the cry when they were born . . . their o-o-o-ing and c-o-o-o-ing . . . Ma-Ma . . . Da-Da . . . their laughter . . . and still today . . . their sweet voices when I hear them say the word, "Mom."

hearing the words, "Gammy, I Love You."

laugher of children . . . breathing of a sleeping child . . . yawn of a baby . . . rain on a sheet iron roof . . . crackling fire . . . bacon frying . . . my dogs barking with excitement at my return . . . racket hitting a tennis ball in the sweet spot . . . purring of a kitty cat . . . Hans snoring . . . sigh from a hug . . . howl of a coyote in the distance . . . a-capella voices singing . . . rolling surf . . . crickets chirping . . . Aussie Aussie Aussie Oye Oye Oye . . . scraping of a plastic spoon against a styrofoam cup . . .Bobwhite quail and Gamble quail calling to their mates . . . thunderstorm rolling in . . . whoo-whoo-hoot of an owl . . . flute music of R. Carlos Nakai . . . voices in my head . . . bugle of an elk . . . windchimes . . . chorus of frogs . . . croak of a bullfrog  . . ."you've done a good job"  . . .  firecrackers . . . rustle of leaves . . . pages turning of a good book . . . cock-a-cockle-doo of a rooster early in the morning . . . school bell ringing it's time to go home . . . fighter jet above my house . . . choo-choo of a train . . . crunch of snow underfoot . . . tree falling in the forest . . . fingernails on a chalkboard . . . scream of an eagle . . . waterfall . . . squeak of new tennis shoes . . . friend's voice on the phone . . . a lullaby . . . a fart in an elevator . . .tinkling of ice in a glass . . . jingle of bells on Santa's sleigh . . .  "thank you and please" . . . church bells . . . Andrea Bocelli singing A Child is Born . . . memories of my parents' voices . . . the words, "Your cancer is in remission"...

the . . . sounds . . . of . . . silence . . .

 

Comments

[Sandy]

Beautiful, Swampy. I used to lie awake in my bed as a child listening to the raindrops falling on the fiberglass carport roof next to my room. I still love that sound.

[Sayre]

One of the reasons we got our metal roof was for the noise when it rains. I sleep so well when it rains!!!

All of those are wonderful sounds. Are there any you DON'T like?

[Janis]

I think you covered all sounds...those are sweet music to the ear!

[~sWaMpY~]

SANDY: That sound is still so soothing for me. If it ever rains here in the High Desert, I go out to our bunkhouse just to listen.
SAYRE: The ones I don't like are the ones that are marked out.
JANIS: I had fun listing all of those. There are more, but decided there had to be a stopping point somewhere.

[Jill]

So many good sounds.

[Pamela]

I didn't play -- but had it written something, it would have been this.

[faye]

Great(?) minds, Swampy. Hard to beat the sounds of silence except if it's the sounds of those people and things that we love. For sure I thought we might get a re-run of the famous boxer snoring youtube video. Who was the star of that one? Remember being impressed.

[Kim]

Lovely answer. Yes, yes, ditto, ditto. You never cease to amaze me.

[Molly]

Lovely answer or should I say answers. Chorus of frogs,chirping crickets, the sound of thunder or many sounds of nature are indeed wonderful.

[church lady]

You covered all the good sounds. I love to lay in bed and listen to the rain, only when I don't have to get up!

[Trish aka Foxymoron]

Beautiful list of sounds. I could almost hear them all. :)