Some of own happy moments.
Having my son, passing driving test (the driving instructor said he could change his mind when sounded surprised), getting my degree, fishing for mackerel (summer, out at sea, clear blue sky) with family in Greece, sleeping in the ruins of a temple near Athens because we couldn’t find a hotel with enough empty rooms for all of us (with family and some people we met) – we saw the sun set and warm wind blow cardboard boxes around us and pack of dogs chasing something, we had sweetcorn roasted outside on a street corner for breakfast
being outside on a ferry in the summer watching white cliffs disappearing and a seagull gliding next to the ferry, travelling round Europe, visiting Schoonhoven (moated small silversmithing town in the Netherlands near Kinderdijk – because of the bells ringing), seeing a dolphin in the sea off coast of Naples and silhouette of Vesuvius in front of us, eating ripe peaches in Italy that you buy from someone selling at the roadside
seeing our Fluf at the back door when he’d disappeared for a week,
travel almost anywhere but first time went to Paris and sitting on the steps leading down from the Sacré-Cœur and looking at all of Paris spread in front, visiting food and vegetable markets anywhere to get something nice for breakfast, cycling round all the basins in Versaille when the snowdrops were out, sitting under leafy canopy in Jardin de Tuileries with a coffee and a cake, seeing the water lily paintings in Musée de l’Orangerie, visiting Monet’s garden in Giverny
travelling with my son
visiting Lapland and staying in a log cabin next to a frozen lake, seeing a moose in the wild, skiing, looking for the northern lights (never seen them yet), riding on a snowmobile and a sleigh pulled by huskies
home (where i grew up even if its been pulled down) and family and home where we live now, all our animals, skylarks swooping on the Downs in summer
bonfires in the autumn, fireworks, building leaf houses when small
pulling weeds in our garden and seeing flowers and vegetables grown survive slug and snail attacks
walking, swimming early in the morning when few people around
someone wading in to help me, when got dragged out by waves and couldn’t make my way back – the current was strong and it happened so fast (autumn swimming in the sea with friends)
Christmas eve, seeing seven lights in the windows passing by in the dark crunching thru the snow
asked both my mum and dad what were the happiest moment of their lives and they both said when they met each other, sort of suspected this
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