Take me to your happy place

[violet3]

My backyard and where I sit in my kitchen looking at my backyard.

I love your back yard!!! that would make me happy too

 

[mrs-b]

@AprilBaby - can you pls tell me where this is? Because I'm pretty sure that could be my happy place too!!

 

[bling_dream19]

My happy place is the beach at sunset, with my dogs. I live on the East Coast, so the sunrise is what most people prefer, but I'm more of a sunset than sunrise kind of girl - love the quiet and the colors at that time of day. During non-COVID times, I walk down every night that I possibly can. Here are a couple of pictures I've taken on particularly lovely evenings - the colors can be just breathtaking, and get better and better as we go into Fall. I'm looking forward to going back after everyone leaves town! The picture without the dog (Brodie), I put on a canvas and hung on my wall, just so I can see it all of the time!

This picture is magnificent!!

 

[violet3]

This picture is magnificent!!

Thank you! I take a lot of pics but they rarely capture the beauty of the evening

 

[violet3]

Sharing this and I hope it makes you smile and brings hope. Life isn’t perfect but we make the best of what we have and do. Appreciation and thankfulness goes a long way. #gratituderocks


“
This 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coiffed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home yesterday. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.

After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.

“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room …. just wait.”

“That doesn’t have anything to do with it,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged, it’s how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice;

I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away, just for this time in my life.”

She went on to explain, “Old age is like a bank account, you withdraw from what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still depositing.”

And with a smile, she said: “Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less, & enjoy every moment.
“


Photograph by Karsten Thormaehlen

My grandmother and my grandfather were both like this. They lived to 93 and 92 and passed away within months of each other. Miss them every day

 

[AprilBaby]

@AprilBaby - can you pls tell me where this is? Because I'm pretty sure that could be my happy place too!!

Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island in the Bahamas!

 

[mrs-b]

Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island in the Bahamas!

Thanks, @AprilBaby - sooooo beautiful!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

my happy place is front row at a Bruce Springsteen concert
i have managed this 2 out of 5 times
live music will come back to us

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

My happy place is currently my yard. We are a nesting and gathering place for many varieties of birds.
I have insomnia so I started going outside to watch the sun come up...
At 4:30am after first songs the birds stay for breakfast and by 5:30 currently the first period of flight school/ learning to hunt worms begins(which is finally passing the stage of tripping/tumbling over maple leaves/roots and screaming until someone comes and feeds them). They have no fear so we get to watch all of their antics. It's very entertaining.
It's such a nice reminder that life keeps living.

 

[mom2dolls]

L
Lake Arrowhead

 

[mom2dolls]

Huntington Beach

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

woke up this morning and it was warm
warm like a false spring
this place was for the first time in what seems like months was our happy place
then we got thunder storms which is definatly not dear little Borris' happy place
her happy place is the linen cupboard
she remembers at our old place the linen cupboard was the hot water cupboard and was always worm
i always feel a little sad at the disappointment she must feel that there is no hot water tank in there
it was really handy for drying wet boots and a couple of work tee shirts over night
maybe it was my happy place too

 

[Gussie]

This is my very happy place. Opie likes it too.


This is my happy place.

 

[Calliecake]

OMG it’s gorgeous @Gussie

 

[Gussie]

OMG it’s gorgeous @Gussie

Thank you so much!! I designed the pool myself.

 

[Calliecake]

You did a wonderful job @Gussie . It’s stunning and screams old world charm.

 

[missy]

This is my very happy place. Opie likes it too.


This is my happy place.

It's a peaceful haven away from the chaos that is life. Nicely done @Gussie. It's a masterpiece.

 

[missy]

Huntington Beach

Beautiful.