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I doesn't have to be dark but you got the flannel sheets part right. I like mine to include that warm lump in the covers I been sleeping wit for almost 32 years. Best snuggling covers lump I can imagine.

Song I remember from church long time ago says

"happiness is to know the Savior, living a life within His favor."

I agree.

I find happiness wherever I can get it.... Anything from a Mockingbird chasing a bug to kids being knuckleheads... My kids. I do know that a good watch makes me happy. A cold beer after I finish mowing the lawn. Watching someone shoot for the first time is a real upper. Pics of a bloody knife. How can you beat a four hour nap? Hunting quail behind a good dog. How I feel after I pray. A woman walking away that's confident about how her butt looks. Well prepared food. Leaving work after an honest days work(and a little overtime). Raw oysters....

I think you have it pegged Bart. I sure cannot find a thing wrong with your list.

My Happiness resides here :



I never trusted my happiness to any other humans in my life .I have always allowed people to add to my life , but allowed no one to take away from my life .

These two changed all that !They are perfectly selfish - just as God intends them to be .

I've got some rifles and stuff that are just about perfect as far as I'm concerned , but nothing compares to Punkin and Shotgun .

I had a little blond headed Punkin once. She is is 44 now. Not so little any more. My how the time flies.

Served communion with FVA today while his wife played piano and mine sang a duet. After church went to a local steak house and met my parents to celebrate my Mom's 75th birthday. My oldest daughter and her husband and my 10 month old grandson joined us, then off to our house to have homemade ice cream cake. My grandson pulled himself up to his feet for the first time while his great grandfather was feeding him ice cream. Watching this with my healthy active parents, my happily married daughter, the two kids I still have at home and a beautiful wife who treats me like I hung the moon. I had a good day. It would have been perfect if my son and daughter in law were here but life took them to Arizona. Still in all, life is good.

I find happiness in the milestones my grandkids reach. Today the littlest one figured out how to crawl. I am lucky enough to have 10 with twin boys due in a few months. The oldest will be 16 in two weeks. I get to see lots of milestones.

This thread calls to mind a nice E-mail that came in from an old Compadre, a few days ago,....seems to be typical of my call out.

GTC

THE BUZZARD:
If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8
Feet and Is entirely open at the top, the
Bird, in spite of its Ability to fly, will
Be an absolute prisoner. The reason is
That a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground
With a Run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space
To run, as is its habit, It will not even
Attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner
For life in a small jail with no top.

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THE BAT:
The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a
Remarkable nimble creature in the air,
Cannot take off from a level place.
If it is placed on the floor or flat
Ground, all it can do is shuffle about
Helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it
Reaches some slight elevation from which it can
Throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it
Takes off like a flash.

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THE BUMBLEBEE:
A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will
Be there until it dies, unless it is taken out.
It never sees the means of escape at the
Top, but persists in trying to find some way out
Through the sides near the bottom.. It
Will seek a way where none exists, until it
Completely destroys itself..

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PEOPLE:
In many ways, we are like the buzzard, the bat, and
The bumblebee. We struggle about with all our
Problems and frustrations, never realizing that
All we have to do is look up! That's the
Answer, the escape route and the solution to any
Problem! Just look up.

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, But faith looks up!

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly and

Trust in our Creator who loves us.

That one is now saved on my computer. Thanks

Happiness is eating and keeping down my first food in five days. Crackers and hot tea are my friend

Normally that would not sound good. I guess that means happiness is all a matter of perspective.

Exactly !

Put on a "Buffalo League" shoot this AM,.....came home and pigged out on some FINE crock pot stew,.....had a nap, and went over to a neighbors to look at their distressed Troy-Bilt "Econo Horse" ...
We were plotting this years crop stunts, and head scratching as to whether the thing's wort repairing (again)

Tomorrow I buy 330' of HIGH Ranch wire,.....and complete the outer perimeter stock fence.........alla' the 16' X 56" "Stock Panels" that were bought YEARS ago at $ 16.50 per (at a a time when I was REALLY broke) will then be used for internal "Cross fencing",......after I pop some air photos (any excuse to go flying, ...what ?

Life is good,....and life DOES go on !

GTC

Grabbed a picture from Google Earth. Our place.

A closer look. The house to the right is the neighbors. The bigger house is the daughters house. Our cottage is behind the daughters house in the woods. It is hard to see from this view. Greenhouse is the long silver looking thing. The big blue spot is a tarp out to dry when the satellite too the picture.

The white dot to the left next to the driveway and in the woods is out original cotton cabin where I hope to have Miss Lin stay this summer.

Fine looking layout, Se�or.
Some well executed tillage and cultivation clearly visible, ....you should be proud.

Book left here Thursday or Friday,......headed in your general direction.

GTC

Thanks. The tillage at the top of the first picture is set aside salmon habitat. It looks a lot different now that it is planted.

Wait a minute,...you have Salmon that GRAZE ?!

I'm kinda' lost, on that one.

GTC

happiness is a smile on my wife's face.
happiness is seeing my dogs.
happiness is a hard days work
happiness is watching the sunrise and the sunset
happiness is pancakes and peanut butter
happiness is life itself