What makes us happy..

[Matt221]

3 minutes ago, sees said:

I fully understand the gratitude to just still be living! 

Some 4 decades ago I had 3 close encounters with death (all accidents).  It instilled in me never taking being alive for granted...still!

Yep I now never ever take life for granted and although it's a common enough thing to have a bypass I am internally gratefully to the surgeon who effectively save my life

[Darkenpath25]

Tying up my grandma

Edited July 7, 2017 by Darkenpath25

[Matt221]

On 05/07/2017 at 9:46 PM, sees said:

My naturalistic garden!

Here is a recent photo - to the untrained eye it just looks overgrown but there is a lawn meadow (in the centre).  To the right there are sweetpeas (by the rainbow), to the left a hydrangea bush and behind that a small Japanese maple tree. A virginia creeper is growing on the trellis behind the tree.

Love it 

[Matt221]

Seeing my neighbour going out to work tonight to do a twelve hours shift

[sees]

25 minutes ago, Matt221 said:

Seeing my neighbour going out to work tonight to do a twelve hours shift

Intriguing!  The neighbour cramps your style?

[Space Commander Travis]

6 minutes ago, sees said:

Intriguing!  The neighbour cramps your style?

i expect it's just nice to see someone else having to go off to ork all day.

[Space Commander Travis]

* work, not ork. 

[Matt221]

14 minutes ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said:

i expect it's just nice to see someone else having to go off to ork all day.

You aren't wrong I come home and at 7 pm off he goes till 7am and maybe he's home before 8 BTW he is also my best mate so ......

[Darkenpath25]

Road trip to Smyrna Ga for the Metallica / Avenged Sevenfold concert Sunday July 9th . great seats  , seats 33 , 34

[Overdueleaf]

Being greeted home after a long days work by grandkids smiling from ear to ear wanting to be picked up and hugged

[Overdueleaf]

Watching the sky darken and hearing the distant sound of thunder.

[King Giovanni]

3 months ago something that made me happy was watching Banshee episode after episode from the beginning until the end. But now i've watched it all...

[DebDandelion]

6 hours ago, Overdueleaf said:

Watching the sky darken and hearing the distant sound of thunder.

And the smell of anticipation of the rain to come, the  feeling of electricity in the air...

[King Giovanni]

Feeling loved by someone!

[Darkenpath25]

getting attention from girls at the concert last night 

[King Giovanni]

4 hours ago, Darkenpath25 said:

getting attention from girls at the concert last night 

Hope you managed to get a number or two!

[Darkenpath25]

1 minute ago, King Giovanni said:

Hope you managed to get a number or two!

No just flirts and smiles . I was with a girl I am currently dating ,I'm sure thats why no numbers were exchanged . 

[King Giovanni]

4 minutes ago, Darkenpath25 said:

No just flirts and smiles . I was with a girl I am currently dating ,I'm sure thats why no numbers were exchanged . 

Kudos for remaining faithful

[Overdueleaf]

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My statement from things that make you go grrr thread

when I am an hour late getting out of work, have to stop at the grocery store on my way home, have to drive super slow on a 45 minute drive home cause of pouring down rain..then getting to the homestretch (within 5 minutes of home) only to have the road closed due to an accident and having to detour 20 minutes...and still have dinner to cook.

having a cup of choffee waiting on me when i walk in the door and everyone saying that a late dinner never hurt anyone.

[JVG]

Sitting out on the front porch watching the grandkids catching fireflys...

[Darkenpath25]

Getting my English Bulldog puppy soon. 

[Claire.]

Photos like this one:

The photograph is made that much more poignant by the photographer's statement. He writes:

"This is my favorite Black Skimmer photo that I have taken in all the years following a little-known colony.  At this nest, another baby was born a day or so before the one pictured.  Because of the time advantage the other baby bullied the little one by always eating first, stealing meals and pecking the little one to death until he left the shade under the parent.  To get out of the Florida heat the baby often used the shadow I casted from lying down near the parent.  After getting into position, one hour prior to sunrise, and lying there for another hour a parent flew in directly to the smaller baby giving him the meal first.  The baby was inches away from me, so I couldn’t get the feeding photo.  However, after the baby gobbled down the fish, I captured him running up to the parent and displaying the behavior pictured."

Source: Smithsonian.com

[JVG]

4 hours ago, Claire. said:

Photos like this one:

The photograph is made that much more poignant by the photographer's statement. He writes:

"This is my favorite Black Skimmer photo that I have taken in all the years following a little-known colony.  At this nest, another baby was born a day or so before the one pictured.  Because of the time advantage the other baby bullied the little one by always eating first, stealing meals and pecking the little one to death until he left the shade under the parent.  To get out of the Florida heat the baby often used the shadow I casted from lying down near the parent.  After getting into position, one hour prior to sunrise, and lying there for another hour a parent flew in directly to the smaller baby giving him the meal first.  The baby was inches away from me, so I couldn’t get the feeding photo.  However, after the baby gobbled down the fish, I captured him running up to the parent and displaying the behavior pictured."

Source: Smithsonian.com

Thanks Claire that was great and very interesting...

[Darkenpath25]

Sitting in the middle of 12 English Bulldog puppies and all of them trying to kiss me and play with them 

[JVG]

Being out of the loop, sometime that's a good thing...