Decorated by Nature

I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets. It has given me blessed release from care and worry and the troubled thinking of our modern day. It has been a return to the primitive and the peaceful. Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and benumbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.

~Hamlin Garland

Leaves - I Count Them As Joy

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

~Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Squirrel on a Branch - Happiness on Your Heels

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

~ Bertolt Brecht

Squirrel from my walk - 09-24-11 - Deerfield Trail - Blacksburg, VA

My happiest moments are spent outside - breathing deeply of nature.

And A Big SHOUT OUT to SNAPPY DI - Click HERE to see the wonderful gift I won.

Thanks Snappy Di! I LOVE it!

Baby Bluebird - Not Quite Ready to Leave

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. ~Joyce Brothers

This image was taken back in 2008. The baby bluebird is looking at me with quite an expression - and I'm sure I've seen this look on my children in the past.

Hands of Love

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.

~Abraham Lincoln

Wednesday Wings - Sandpiper Flight

Exude happiness and you will feel it back a thousand times. - Joan Lunden

A Spotted Sandpiper from last May. Wishing you all a Happy Day!

A Joyful Existence

A Cardinal caught in MID-Jump!

Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are. ~Osho

Step Off the Path

Each Time you step off your path and give someone an act of kindness...then your road to Happiness just got a little smoother.

~Donna A. Favors

Happiness comes .....

A flashback to summer ~ to brighten your day.

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Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. ~Storm Jameson