What makes you stop and watch?

[veggiechicken]

Whenever a Buzzard flies over, I stop whatever I'm doing to watch it, circling higher and higher. Magical. I want to be up there flying alongside it.

Its the same with helicopters - I hear them and have to look for them, then watch them as they disappear.

Butterflies, resting on flowers make me stop and tiptoe towards them, hoping to have a good look at their colours before they fly away.

Hearing a woodpecker, I have to stop and work out which tree its pecking, maybe spot it drumming away.

I know when the Space Station will be visible and stand outside hoping to spot it, marveling that there are people up there. Sometimes I wave to them

Please tell me that I'm not the only one who takes time out to watch these little miracles! If you don't, you'll confirm that I'm nuts

[Potstubsdustbins]

Nope your not that nutty, I to do helicopters and birds.

I am also captivated if I see a spider spinning its web or walk out on an autumn morning to find one covered in dew.

[Snadger]

Standing looking up at the sky is for loons and a known ploy of pickpockets.......to get everyone looking up!

Are you a loon or a pickpocket VC!

[veggiechicken]

You've reminded me, Snadger, I watch hot air balloons, hang gliders and microlites............and I'm not a pickpocket

[Mr Bones]

All of the above (except maybe for the space station that I never see), plus

When walking over a bridge, stop to see if I can see a fish in the stream below

Always stop to admire a big tree

Watch heavy rain falling (usually hiding in the shed with a cuppa)

Snowflakes, pick one out from high up and follow it to the ground

A train rumbling through the level crossing

[Verinda]

Most flying things, bar house flies make me stop and watch, especially a kestrel if its hovering in the wind and seagulls circling in an updraft.

[Snadger]

You've reminded me, Snadger, I watch hot air balloons, hang gliders and microlites............and I'm not a pickpocket

I live close to Newcastle Airport, if I spent my time watching planes all day I'd have a crick in my neck and a lump on my head through walking into lamp posts!

[craftymarie]

Zero interest in helicopters or planes although husband is an avid plane spotter - perhaps that is why LOL.

I will always stop and watch animals and wildlife. Just today I marvelled at a slug which was 6ft up my runner bean pole and hidden beneath the jungle of leaves, a tiny frog who was jumping around my squash bed and a spider who thought he was going to weave webs in my lettuce - found him a home in my fatsia japonica instead.

I also love snow. We get snow so rarely that it really is a marvel. Waking up to perfect snow all white and untouched - that is something I will look at for quite some time. I really hope we get some snow next year.

[Nicos]

Ha!...it's a national tradition here in rural areas that when any car drives by, everyone stops what they are doing ( even chatting!) to watch the driver pass by.
Absolutely no idea why, but everyone seems to do it!

[Nicos]

Marie...I love watching snow fall too...and even rain dripping down the window pane.

Most things in nature cause me to stop and watch/look closely...probably because I have the time to do that these days ( well...most days anyway!)

[veggiechicken]

I like watching water..............waves crashing on the rocks or the ebb and flow of the tide on the shore; water falls, currents in the river, ripples on the pond................


and little fish, tadpoles, dragonflies...............

[Nannysally99]

Marie, my hubby is an avid plane spotter too. I feel your pain
I stop and watch birds feeding all the time

[Potstubsdustbins]

Heavy engineering especially Victorian stuff. Close by we have Papplewick pumping station a fully restored steam water pumping station. I can stand for hours when its in steam and have great admiration for the guys who designed and built it all those years with basically hand tools.

[happyhumph]

Si many things. The children are really into mini-beasts & I find myself noticing them more - today it was a green shield beetle on my knee, a female earwig in a tray of sweet lwilliam seeds & to their delight a worm popping out of the lawn! Also v partial to clouds, rainbows (cheesy I know!), meteors & the space station.

[Nicos]

I too love watching clouds...seeing them change shape as they move across the sky. Always trying to see a face or animal or something in the shape.

Oh and flames....I could stand( or preferably sit!) and stare at them for ages.

I can see our wild cherry tree from the bedroom window and just love watching the leaves fluttering in the breeze and birds hopping about.