I was recently tagged by Louise, a lovely UK lifestyle blogger of Birds and Lillies to the eight photos of happiness post. Her post was so touching and I thought I would do a blog based version because I’m not one for pictures and my most recent happy moments have been blog posts with friends and family, that I’m extremely proud of revisiting.
This one is from my first post on the blog and it’s memorable because I was spending the day with my brother on the beach close to my home, and because we are close, all days with him invariably bring me happiness.
This picture was my first time going to see the holiday windows in New York, unbelievable I know. But a family member invited me and we braved the cold and the long walk and I will never regret it. It was a beautiful night for me walking with my mouth open, awestruck at the creativity, and the ingenuity of the artists behind these windows.
In the Spring, I was over the moon to go to the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to the Garden until the week after, but that didn’t make it any less amazing.
During the Summer I tried to stay active and blog about my yearly visits to the places that I find interesting and this time I went to the International African Arts Festival/Dance Africa Bazaar at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music). Every year I make sure to make this event because it feels like a backyard barbecue at the coolest friend’s house. And in the picture the baskets smelled so green and fresh, I wish I had Smell-O-Vision!
Anytime I get to hang out with my friends is precious and I got to spend the day with Karina at the High Line Park this Summer and you can see that post here. The park used to be a very busy railway in New York that was used to bring food from the Mid West, the resulting park is the most spectacular reuse of a public space, I’ve ever seen. It’s one of my favorite places and if you visit please make your way there. here is one of my favorite shots from that special day.
Back to back Karina posts, ha ha! Karina’s birthday is in the Summer so we did a special day out for her. We planned a day at mini golf by the water and it was amazingly beautiful, my phone and camera were behaving to get great shots of the day.
In August of this year, I went to a lazy picnic hosted by my friend Veziah to one of New York’s great open spaces, Governor’s Island. This allowed me to be on a day-cation from the hustle and bustle and reconnect with people I haven’t seen in a while. I miss Veziah, we have to get together soon.
This post was harder than I thought, it was difficult to whittle down the last year into eight favorite moments. Anyone who wants to do this challenge please tag me I’d love to see your happiest moments and what makes you smile most. Thank you, Louise, for asking me to do this!
Just superb, all of them!!
Thanks so much. Which is your favorite?
I’m glad that you liked it!
What a marvelous post! That was fun, having a quick tour through your recent memories. Whittling down can be long and painful, but I’m very glad you did it.
Ok I tag you to do the same! Eight photos that make you most happy, it doesn’t have to be blog related and thank you being so supportive.
I should check to see how many photos I took this year. I might get hung up just looking at them.
See they bring you happiness, so you can do this post.
Some lovely photos here! It can be so hard to narrow it down to just eight photos, but you have got some fab ones here!
Thank you! Ten would’ve been easier, and I’m not counting recent posts from the last three months to narrow it down.
Thank you Rachel! Hoping to make new favorites soon.
Thank you, I appreciate it! You can do the tag and I’d love to see it.
Love this post! Nice to get a rewind of your favorite moments! My favorite photo is of the magnolia blossoms.
I love that you as well, but then again I love them all.
Trudy, I have really enjoyed enjoyed reading about your Big Apple adventures all year. I never thought that I would ever find myself wanting to visit New York!!
Ha-ha the city should pay me then! I’m glad you enjoyed my blog as I gave enjoyed yours. I’m going to try to up my quality and consistency this year so you can enjoy it more.
Looking forward to it! ?
Thanks Trudy for sharing your happy moments. It is not only about the photos, it is also the feelings.
I wish you the same in your new home, I wish for you that months from now you don’t even remember feeling sad about leaving Paris.
Your words went straight to my heart!
love the one of Manhattan…but why am I getting this feeling of happiness all of a sudden?
Does that mean you’ll be doing the post as well?
I’m glad that I made you happy! That’s most important after all, safe travels!
Hi Trudy, Happy holidays. I am linking to you tomorrow.
Happy holidays Janice! I see you are very busy with the blog, doing great things!
I just wonder how you juggle all those balls in the air..? Really amazing!
Great Post Trudy! Happy New Year! Thank for all your support on my blogging journey. Looking forward to keeping up with you in 2016. All the best to you and yours.
Thank you Leanne! Happy new year to you as well! Thank you for visiting and supporting me through this year even though I have been a little inconsistent.
And success to you on both of your blogs!
Have used this post as inspiration for #73 on “you inspire me” It is scheduled for the 10th of Jan and is linked back to you. Please keep an eye out. Best wishes Leanne!
Thank you, I’m so glad I was able to inspire you in a positive, creative way. My best to you too!
Well living here is always journeys to new neighborhoods or trying new things so I don’t think I will run out of thing s to shoot or write about for quite a while.
Beautiful pics… I particularly liked the picture of the African baskets. Did you know that the baskets shown are not all from the same country in Africa?
Thank you. No I didn’t know that. Please tell me all about it. I’d like more information. I know that I love them, they’re beautiful, they’re handmade, and they smell great!
Yes Trudy, on the pictures, some are from Rwanda or Burundi, the big ones in the front are from South Africa, and I will have to look closer for the other ones.
Very interesting! I will probably go back to that festival like I do every year. I love the handmade crafts.
When you get a chance please tell me more.
That was the one the unplanned shots! They always seem to come out best. Thank you for stopping by, hope you come again.
I always think of how I can integrate this into my niche /topic. It usually takes a while to get going to make it fit then it’s easy.