Today’s happiness is brought to you by a slow, winding drive along Riverside and a quiet walk in the park on a gorgeous autumn afternoon. The trees are unspeakably lovely at this time of year, ranging in colour from crimson to copper to gold to bronze, and it makes my heart happy to drink in their beauty.
While at the park I took a photo of my favourite tree, which I thought seemed like an appropriate choice to represent my happy day.
100 Happy Days – Day 51
Riverside Drive is one of our city’s beauty spots, and living so close to it is always on my gratitude list!
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My Gratitude List
In no particular order, here is my own gratitude list for this moment in time. I hope that after reading it you’ll go on to write and share your own!
- Being able to vote in our first municipal election here in Windsor (and even seeing a couple of our candidates of choice win!).
- Stumbling across unexpected inspirational words on Facebook.
- Peaceful evenings of tangling, surrounded by cats and listening to good music.
- A day at the end of October that felt for all the world like summer.
- Helpful and friendly sales clerks who go the extra mile and really take an interest in meeting your needs.
- Discovering and falling in love with Thoreau while reading Walden for book club.
- My book clubs! It’s so great having the opportunity to be introduced to new authors and read books I might never have otherwise found the time for.
- Our friends at our favourite diner.
- Dollar stores.
- My own good health and the blessing of living a pain-free existence.
- Our house – its space, its character, the upgrades done by others and daily enjoyed by us, and the safe shelter it’s provided us for the past three years.
I love your favourite tree, Laurel. And I love your lyrical writing style. I was quite swept up in your description of your walk in the park. And being intentionally grateful and taking the time to list that for which we are grateful is the best way I know to keep perspective on what’s going on in our lives. Thanks for setting such a great mood today.
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November 3, 2014
Thank you for your kind words, Susan! So glad you stopped by. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 10 – Acquisition Edition + 100 Happy Days – Day 52
The tree is amazing! Who will not like it?
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November 3, 2014
There are so many beautiful ones at this time of year!
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How lucky you were to have such a beautiful day! It was cold and wet here in RI, and we even saw snow flurries. Yuck! As always, another fine and inspiring gratitude list.
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November 3, 2014
Apparently we had some snow flurries the other night, but I was sleeping and missed them. Whew! 😉
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November 3, 2014
Love the colours of autumn Laurel..Thinking of doing a post of my own about gratitude and linking here 🙂
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November 3, 2014
Oh, I hope you do! Always welcome. 🙂
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November 3, 2014
It’s been a pretty autumn here too and a lot of trees still have a lot of their coloured leaves on them. Today I am grateful for my new runners – see http://xpressyouressence.blogspot.ca/2014/11/my-new-runners-are-vegan-i-kid-you-not.html. 😉 <3
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November 3, 2014
Such a gorgeous time of year!
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 10 – Acquisition Edition + 100 Happy Days – Day 52
That tree is a beeauty. As your day was a beauty. Being originally from the prairies ( where big, full trees are a scarcity,) I am constantly amazed at the beauty of trees. Never gets old.
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November 3, 2014
I totally agree – there’s always something beautiful about trees!
Laurel Regan recently posted… #MicroblogMondays 10 – Acquisition Edition + 100 Happy Days – Day 52
I live riverside roads. They have a different charm 🙂 beautiful capture.
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November 5, 2014
Thank you! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Happy Days – Day 54
I live on a the edge of a state park. All the trees…
Often, I see passersby, on their way to taking in the sights.
I always wave to them, from my porch swing.
Once, as a carload of people were going back the other way, I saw them all, waving at me. I felt like a caretaker. It was nice.
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November 5, 2014
Love that story! Nice to feel that way. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Happy Days – Day 54
That is such a beautiful list 🙂
I took a pic of my favorite tree too! I do it every year in Fall and Spring 🙂
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November 5, 2014
What a lovely idea! I’ve got two from the summer, at different angles – one of these days I’ll have to get a winter one all covered in snow.
Laurel Regan recently posted… 100 Happy Days – Day 54
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