Carol DM
Ellie has started a challenge called My Happy List. Click here to read the simple rules Happy List Week 3. Here are the two themes to choose from, or you can choose both:
The Great Beauty – list some of the most beautiful sights you’ve witnessed or beautiful moments you have experienced. It can be anything from a sunset or a place to somebody’s smile. You can get creative with this topic, and you can add some photos too.
Outdoor activities that make me happy – list all the fun things you enjoy doing outdoors.
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I have such a long list of things that I enjoy outside, including sunsets, birds, butterflies and flowers. I decided the easiest way to display what I enjoy the most was to make this collage. And there are so many more. These photos are only a few from my backyard that is what I call my therapeutic nature. They all take me to another level and no matter what is going on, each one of these can make me smile. This is why I cannot wait for spring. The sunsets, bluebirds, butterflies, roses, and the list goes on and on. I hope each one of you can find something to make you happy. Life is too short not to be happy.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Lao Tzu
We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. ~William Hazlitt
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. ~John Burroughs
You and me both! I’m excited for spring because I get i lace up my running shoes and get outdoors again, plus I get to share the beauty of it with you all : )
Absolutely perfect happy little st, Butterflies are definitely on my happy list as well. Hope you are well!
You are so kind Michelle, thank you and I am doing ok. Thanks for your kindness.
Love these photos and the idea of Happy List Challenge. Very nice.
Thank you, you should join in the challenge!
Those are stunning photo’s, Carol. I also enjoy the outdoors. Nature is, indeed, a beautiful thing.
Thank you so much! I agree as well.
Aaahh! Between Winter, preparing for Winter and recovering from Winter, It’s just a question of, how cold will I go out? Yes, obviously, a great deal of my time is spent outdoors in a remote forest, in utterly stupid bliss! “It’s said “ignorance is bliss” but, Oblivious is the name of this fish”. Grin, Earth is a great place, it’s just getting out in it!
Per usual, exquisite photos, representing her bounty, beneficence and beauty.
I know exactly what you mean. I spend a lot of time at home.
Thank you as always for your presence. 🙂
The aroma will dissipate and the puddles evaporate. That glow takes a few days though..Grin.
Your comments are endless and each one is priceless. 🙂
Um, is that good? Grin.
You are ridiculously good to me. Easy to see how I could rhyme of your kindness so endlessly. Priceless means worth and unless weight or girth, really would not be apt to describe me. Much love, good swimming sister o’ sea! SpLaSh! >-=^;>
Yes that is a compliment. Have a good swim. 🙂
Dang I missed week two. I love this week 3 theme, and your fantabulous rendition : ) It’s perfect and I would know the collage and photos without even looking at the name.
Thanks Kim, you are too kind. Have a great day!
Beautiful collage, Carol! And you are so right about outdoor activities, I feel so hemmed in during winter.
Appreciate you Norman. Yes indeed, spring can never get here fast enough.
Being outdoors and seeing animals makes me happy! Great post Carol!
Thanks, we have a lot in common it seems.
Lovely post, very nice collage of beauty
You are kind to say Pamela, thank you.
You get high praise for the consciousness of love for always contemplative in nature, complemented by the words of William Hazlitt and especially Lao Tzu, that is perfect peace.
Thank you kindly my friend, nature and peace are in perfect alignment.
Indeed, nature and peace are like sugar and sweetness.
Beautiful pictures, Carol, and I love the quote
Thanks a lot Thomas, appreciate the comment.
You do inspire me more every time I visit your posts. I love a lot of the things you do. I love bird watching, sunsets, and butterflies to name a few. God bless you!
That is great LaJenna. I see a new profile pic, I love it.
I love the collage, the pictures are all great! And I like your list….and I definitely agree on the sunsets and flowers 🙂 Birds and butterflies are amazing as well!
Thank you Courtney, it was easier to the collage, I have so many favorites!
You have captured some amazing moments! Wonderful post for the challenge, thank you so much for joining again! 🙂
Thanks Ellie. And I thank you for the challenge.
You again showed that you enjoyed in wonderful things
How kind of you Branka, these were all in my backyard.
This is a magnificent collage full of beauty
Aww, thank you so much Elenka! 🙂