Lightning. I'll leave my house every time to watch a storm for as long as it keeps up. It feels like the weather in my area has changed in the last 20 years so we don't get as many, but I love storms.

Seeing that sizzling fajita plate get set at my table when I'm really hungry.

trains, squirrels and frogs

Freight trains. The funny thing is that I was never really interested in them as a kid, only once I got into my early 20s. There's tons of adults who love trains, but for some reason it's still viewed as kind of a childish interest and I'm not sure why.

The last time I drove out to watch some I was kind of disappointed though. It's been a long time, so I was actually surprised that out of hundreds of freight containers, 90% of them are now just giant Amazon logos, and the other 10% are giant Walmart logos. It kind of sucks. The engines make it worth it though.

I'm absolutely obsessed with dragons and dinosaurs. I just think big lizards go hard.

I am super impatiently awaiting a new set of wheels for my RC car to be delivered. I purchased them a while ago and it is taking ages! I want to finally finish my build and let it rip on the street!

i took my mom and grandma on a driving tour of my city yesterday and she was beyond excited that we went over 2 bridges. for me, its snow.

Poptarts, mise en place-ing what I wanna wear tomorrow, fuzzy bathrobes

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I still count the cars on a passing train while I wait as it goes by.

Plush toys. Just bought one of Spyro the Dragon and I'm waiting for production to start on the Apollo ones (if you're wondering, yeah, the one of the iOS app's mascot)

Dogs are a big one, I can be furious while stuck in city traffic and then see a dog and I'm happy for a minute. Also those pajamas that have the feet covered and everything. Also cartoons and video games but I feel like those are more acceptable adult things nowadays

Birds and wildlife in my neighborhood. I'm technically in suburbia, but enough old growth patches have been maintained that we have a surprising amount of wild animals that live in or travel through the neighborhood (Massachusetts, US)

Merlin app is amazing for identifying birds at the feeder I put on my back deck. And the rest of the animals, I mentally collect like Pokemon.

Minecraft

Abandoned buildings, especially theme parks. Extra points if its now all green. Yes there was a sub for this on the other site.

Geysers. My in-laws live in a geothermal area and there are active geysers that come and go not far from their home. I don't often spot one erupting, but it's exciting when I do.

I love blimps and zeppelins. I could live in a zeppelin.

Helicopters. Every time.

Dart Blasters.

Like Nerf, but not Nerf, because nerf sucks. there's other off brands that make far better ones. Like I just got a mini gun like one, fully automatic 80 feet range

Santa is bring the heat this year. (I try to get my sons toys out and assembled and working before Christmas because nothing is worse than a toy that doesn't work on Christmas. Plus wrapping all that? Santa got no time for that

Solar panels, electrical stations, wind turbines, giant excavators, giant holes in the ground

Time travel in movies/shows

Trains, and sirens. Their history, the way they work and are put together, the rare units, all really fascinating to me. There's so much obscure information that is just waiting to be uncovered.

Pokemon Go. It makes a normal walk have a layer of catching pokemon on top of it.

Ice cream. Someone wants ice cream, I am happy to show them where to get some. And I might get some myself too. Any reason for ice cream is a good reason.

Asian cakes. So much better than Western cakes, so light and fluffy, not too sweet and fruits are so fresh!

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fireflies, it's so cool and give me the warm feeling, although there's a local myth at my place said that fireflies is the ghost eyes

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Bright colors! I will often be drawn towards the clothing section for kids because the patterns, colors, and styles are so much more fun!

And riding on trains. As a Brit living in the US, I miss train commuting a lot. Just sitting there watching the world whizz by, and for 4 minutes you're basically in a group with all the people in your carriage, like you're in school again, only this time it's like the Class of 19:07 to Woking.

Firework displays. Those things start and I am immediately a giddy 10 years old.

Pomegranate and yogurt.

Buying and selling computer parts. I know it doesn't sound childish but I don't really make much, it's like 0.01 percent of my salary I get paid as a software developer.

Random people call me, I meet them, they buy some random PC parts and it just feels nice.