Chance encounters of the brighten-the-day kind

[mad_troll]

So, earlier today I was on a train passing through the Very Depressing Lowlands of Veneto when, in the middle of something that might have (once upon a time) been an irrigation/deflux channel and now looked like a strangely wood-ed bit of marsh, there was a flash of white. It was a Great White Heron.
The day became instantly brighter. :)

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[baeraad]

Seeing as I have absolutely no regard for the majesty of nature (the cuteness of small, fluffy creatures, yes...), I don't think I can quite relate - but I'm glad for your heron-happiness, even so. :)

[mad_troll]

As embarrassing as it sounds, it's not so much about the majesty of nature as...the prettiness/neatness of it.
To put it in terms you might be more familiar with, it's like going through a nondescript-to-depressing day when everyone around you seems disgruntled with the world (you included) and then, suddenly, someone (who you don't know) gives you a smile of the genuine sort/random act of kindness.
Makes sense? ^_^;;

[baeraad]

It does, actually, yeah. :)