Eight Photos of Happiness


The Eight Photos of Happiness Challenge was started by Ariel over on  Ariel's 8 Photos of Happiness

Debbie Doglady nominated me to post eight photos of happiness. Here is her post of her eight happiness photos. I enjoyed reading your blog post about your early days with your family, your hubby, your pets and your travels, Debbie.

Debbie's 8 Photos of Happiness

Thanks for the nomination, Debbie. Sorry to be so slow. I appreciate you nominating me. You know how much I love taking photos so this challenge should come easily for me. The hard part is narrowing it down to only eight.

I'm a fairly simple and down to earth person who doesn't like pretense or materialism. I'm not rich in a material sense but I'm very rich in the ways that matter. I have a loving family, great parents, adorable pets, and I enjoy being creative photographing my birds out here in the country. I don't need much more.
I decided to make a wreath collage of favourite photos of my parents, the hubs, my two sons, the cats, the dog and my favourite bird, Mr. C.


I'm so lucky to have my parents still in good health and living in beautiful Cape Breton, Nova Scoita.

The hubs and my sons are the best. My family means everything to me.

My pets are like therapy to me. They keep me company, take me on walks, let me cuddle them and give me unconditional love. 

Mr. C, the cardinal is my favourite of all the birds I photograph from my window. I feel such a connection to him and like to think he comes to visit me, rather than just to get seeds.

Yep, that about sums it up for what photos bring me the most happiness! Of course there are many more, but I had to pick only eight. Wasn't easy!

So I won't tag anyone but offer the challenge to anyone who wants to share their eight favourite photos. It's a fun thing to do and like gratitude posts, makes you feel blessed and grateful. We can always use more of that, right? 

All the best to you!

Cat
To participate in the 8 Photos of Happiness event:
  • Thank your nominator (me) and link to them in your post.
  • Link to the creator (Ariel’s Little Corner of the Internet)
  • Post your 8 photos of happiness (The photos can be anything that represents a moment, object, place or feeling that makes you happy.)
  • Pop in a brief description of the photo, why you chose it or let the photos do the talking!
  • Spread the happiness and tag up to ten other bloggers!

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 9, 2015 at 2:13 PM

    What a lovely idea, Cat! So much goodness for which to be thankful. Great response to the eight photos of happiness challenge - thanks for sharing!

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    1. UnknownSeptember 9, 2015 at 2:24 PM

      Your photos got me fired up to do my post. Just like the gratitude list, we have lots to grateful for.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2015 at 9:33 PM

    What a lovely idea and the pic is so beautiful! :)
    Thank you for sharing this with us. Made me smile :)

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  3. NabanitaSeptember 9, 2015 at 10:26 PM

    Photographs are so precious in more ways than one..some kind of magical store house of memories, visual storehouse... It was wonderful reading and seeing this post :)

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  4. RajlakshmiSeptember 10, 2015 at 5:26 AM

    Awww you make me miss my family... such a sweet post :D loved the collage :D

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  5. Shilpa GupteSeptember 10, 2015 at 10:55 AM

    Very lovely pictures, Cat, and a great idea, too!

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  6. Debbie D. September 10, 2015 at 12:25 PM

    Great pictures, Cathy and I love the wreath collage! ☺
    Thanks for participating in the challenge. Apologies for the late reply, but I'm away on vacation.

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  7. Sid @ iwrotethose.comSeptember 11, 2015 at 3:47 AM

    Stay blessed, Cat! Love the way you arranged the photos :)

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  8. UnknownSeptember 14, 2015 at 6:40 AM

    I love how you compiled your lovely photos! ♥

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