2026 Happy Blog Challenge

May 29th Some happy things from today: Instead of paying for parking in the city, I parked near the studio and walked less than a mile to get to Keziah’s store.  At the studio, an employee has torn apart the steps to the building and will be putting granite ones in there.  I think it will look great. That picture of the stairs is the only one I took until evening because, for some reason I am forgetting to take pictures lately.  I was surprised at Keziah’s store today when I learned that people had decided to dress up for the last day that the store was open.  I didn’t get the memo, which is fine.  They all looked great.  But I wish I had taken some pictures.   Walking back to the studio in the evening is when I thought to take some pictures. I pulled out the phone camera for the roses and some other flowers. ☮ Continued listening to: Paladin's Strength , by T. Kingfisher.  Continued to read: No Time Like the Past , by Jodi Taylor.  Than...

 Happy Mother's Day!  Here are some happy things from today: Bel and Four cleaned up the kitchen and made me waffles for breakfast.  They were delicious.   Around lunch time, Keziah, Bel, a friend, and I all went to hike Mount Kearsarge.  There are two ways up, one from the north side and one the south.  We ended up taking the shorter hike up from Rollins State Park which is the southern one.  We did a loop with some rocky scramble up, and less scramble down.  At the top we rested and went up the fire tower.  I think we all had a good time enjoying the company and the views.  This is my 11th out of the 15 NH Fire Towers. View from the parking lot. Looking at the top. Almost the same shot a few minutes later. We had a few drops of rain, but it didn't last. We reached the top! (Photo Credit to Keziah) Group shot!  (Photo Credit to Keziah) Tower shot!  Keziah didn't do the tower and Bel had already headed down. Little waterfa...