my job
I can't actually believe I just typed that, as last week was the week from hell and I'm still feeling drained and exhausted. But happiness is so much more than just a quick buzz of elation, isn't it? I get a tremendous amount of job satisfaction and, on a good day, I'm happy to know that I make a difference. (So, here's hoping for some more good days just around the next corner.)
music
the effras, greenbelt festival 2008
Food of love, food for the soul: Walking with my ipod; propping up the bar in my local with a glass of wine in my hand and tapping my foot to my friend's band The Effras; one small voice in the crowd at the stadium, while Bono struts his stuff onstage; tears in my eyes as Runrig's lilting melodies take me to the mountains. I cannot imagine a world without music.
water
findhorn, scotland
Salt spray on my face, bladderwrack tickling my ankles, the slap of a wave against the jetty; river running deep, the pounding of a waterfall, the play of sunlight on rapids; a pebble in a pool, fish jumping; reflection in a puddle. Water of life. Living water.
friends
taking photos in alphabet city, nyc
Where would we be without friends?
travelling
nyc from the brooklyn bridge
New places. New people. Weird food. Strange languages. Going back - when you wish you hadn't because it's never the same. Going back - when old memories are revived and new ones made. The familiar and the exotic. The security of the old and the thrill of the new.
mountains
the alps, italy
Something wonderful happens when I am in the mountains. They are so huge and I am very small. They make me feel peaceful. Sometimes they make me cry.
family
Past, present and future. Being part of a family is, for me, being part of a continuum. And it's where I find security.
london
st paul's cathedral & the millennium bridge
Home. Cosmopolitan city where the old and new live side by side. Steeped in history. It's where I go to walk along the Thames, ride the escalators in Selfridges, wander round the Tate Modern or the V & A, explore the backstreets. Home.
snow
the alps, italy
cold soft hard fluffy white yellow blue-shadowed sparkle crisp crunch clean dirty silent muffled frozen melting wet dry powder blanket shroud dazzling
scotland
isle of mull
Mountains, water, friends, music, snow, whisky, haggis .... heaven.
That's my perfect 10.
What's yours?
23 comments:
Well, I like snow, can't say I love it... hahahahaha
Wonderful take on the "ten". I would definitely have COFFEE in my top ten things.
:)
Terrific! Friends, indeed! :)
My perfect 10 would look a lot like yours, actually -- such elemental things, all of them, though my geography might be a bit different. (I do love London, though!)
great post. we share many of the same things that make us happy. glad to see job was on your list, too many people don't have that. to family, friends and good haggis!
1. Children
2. Friends and Family
3. Animals
4. Art
5. Music
6. New York
7. Donegal
8. The South of France
9. Meeting people, hearing their stories, dreams, wishes.
10. Books (last but not least!)
I like your list. Traveling is very imporatnt to me to. My husband's always making lists. Maybe I should get him to join the fun.
1-Faith
2-Family
3-Friends
4-Travel
5-Paris
6-Good food
7-Books
8-Flowers
9-Mountains
10-Water
Great list! Great pics!
This made me feel happy, too.
I can find 10 things I love about each one of your 10. Love the pics that go so well.
Yes.Im very much the same.Great photos.Thanks.
Thanks for the up lifting post....and wonderful photos.....we could all change our mind set if we started each day with what made us happy. Loved it!!!
I think i am afraid of Bladderwrack.
Great list ; )
fab. list
(and pictures)
i enjoyed the slap and tickle reference
;-}
and thats a wonderful photo of A.
Wonderful pics Betty. It is always good to focus on what makes us happy:)
This was a great theme thursday..I did top ten songs to shake my stuff to but in reality we all have a great deal to be thankful for.
I don't know about the snow. And the haggis! But otherwise, I'm with you! :)
I have heard of such people that like their job, but don't believe I have met one yet...
hi!
This is my first time flying to your blog.
what lovely pics you have here!
you have a good eye!
i must fly here more often!
Thank you for your lovely comments - I really enjoyed doing this post. Concentrating on good things is really quite therapeutic.
Lettuce - the slap & tickle was unintentional. Must have been lurking there in my subconscious :D
Kris - I really do like my job. The management sucks, of course!
I love lists, too. My younger daughter has asked me to make a list of '10 albums which have changed your life.' Therein lies another post, I think.
I'm trying to make my way round everyone's blogs ....
I really like this post. My ten? I keep a long list... I can't choose just the top ten.
For sure I'd have to include God's love, family times, sunshine, warm breezes on the back of my neck in the summer, the sparkle of new-fallen snow under the moonlight... and on it goes.
On my blog, my list is in all the posts categorized under "joys and thank yous". Come see if you'd like.
Nice post.
-k.
hey; I missed this last week for some reason. great photos. wonderful list. did you do eggs, too, this week?
I'm with tut-tut, somehow I missed this one last week and am here looking for eggs, I need eggs, no not really. I have seen so much about eggs, it was nice to go back to tens.
Thank you for sharing, will try again next week.
God bless.
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