Phrases/words that you love

[kernelbogey]

saturnine
baleful
ultramarine

[kernelbogey]

apparatchik
serpentine
rebarbative

[jayne lee wilson]

Serendipity - life would be so much less fun and magical without it

That would be my choice...
...but is there a word to cover "daft mistakes which lead to better things"...? I seem to make a habit of that.
(Well, not always with the better thing, but y'know...)

[umslopogaas]

fernyhoughgeliebte, #5:

GNOTHER, as in "I'm a gnu, a GNOTHER gnu, I wish could gnash my teeth at you"

Oh stop, isnt Michael Flanders one of the very funniest people who ever joked in the english language?

[Extended Play]

nugatory
guddle
stramash

[Karafan]

Scintilla, coruscating, bifurcation.

[kernelbogey]

...but is there a word to cover "daft mistakes which lead to better things"...?

I propose Freudenschade.

[vinteuil]

.
.. in English : dwindle


in French : moelleux

[amateur51]

nugatory
guddle
stramash

Oh yes, nugatory & stramash, two belters

[Nick Armstrong]

I like susurration too

So I've heard...

I agree completely about 'serendipity'

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

fernyhoughgeliebte, #5:

GNOTHER, as in "I'm a gnu, a GNOTHER gnu, I wish could gnash my teeth at you"

Oh stop, isnt Michael Flanders one of the very funniest people who ever joked in the english language?

[Nick Armstrong]

Murmuration

..... as in ' a murmuration of starlings '

The word beautifully captures the sight and sounds of this wonderful spectacle.

Perfection, AmpH

Clafoutis (preferably cherry or apricot

Great word, pity about the choice of fruit...

[teamsaint]

nugatory
guddle
stramash

is just making words up ok then?

[Nick Armstrong]

My nomination:

epiphany, epiphanic.

Nothing like an epiphanic moment (often triggered by a serendipitous incident) to add some fizz to one's day

[Flosshilde]

is just making words up ok then?

if you google 'guddle' you will find a number of definitions. Ignore the third - I've never come across it in that connection