Tag: Happiness

My spirit animal

A couple of months after we moved into our new house I went out to get in the car. There is a window in the garage and a little hummingbird was beating himself against the window. I felt total panic. I tried to get the broom to see if I could gently help him of…

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Anticipation

It took me some patience to capture a photo of this cute little hummingbird.  I sat down in the backyard and decided I would have to be patient, hoping one of these little guys would come by for a snack.  Retirement is kind of like that for me, I am having to exercise patience as…

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Be a “deer”

I don’t think I would be able to go on working if I had not begun to look for little bits of joy in every day.  Taking a few minutes to pull the weeds in my garden or just take a walkabout and enjoy the birds and the plants. Each day before I head off…

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Bluebird of Happiness

I had typed the word happiness this morning as it has really been on my mind.  It was a bit of a stressful work day and this evening I was visited by these lovely little bluebirds.  I was sneaking out the back door to try to get a little better photo and was just going…

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