Things that have made you happy today' 2024

@ViewAhead They count the amount of medals, but obviously a gold is for the IOC more worth than 50 silver and bronze medals

 

Made me chuckle
Jersey, Channel Isles; a couple of weeks ago

 

Well, i've seen it all day
Farmer George has been doing some muck spreading and it's nice to see only a few drop's of poo outside of the house now he's finnished for the day we heared the sound of metal scapping and seen him out side with a showel cleaning up the few drop's of poo they know that i keep the road clean-ish but to see this has made my day So Thank you and i now know it can be done so come on the rest of you farmers clean up your mess and that goes for dog walkers as well and i don't mean kick it to the side of the road

 

I bought 2 cosmos plants at the farm shop in April. One of them just three days later it lost its top by a nasty slug or snail over night.
Much to my surprise, this morning, I was greeted with a flower and it said, "hello Simone, here I am, I have survived".

"You are a fighter, and I'm so glad that you made it", I said.



I do actually talk to my plants :-)

 

Well you're supposed to pinch out Cosmos so maybe the slug was doing you a favour!

 

In that case, all my clematis are being done many favours @Escarpment! Unfortunately, I have to disagree....
The thing that's made me happy recently, not just on one day, is the frequent visits from the little willow warbler who's been around.
Getting back out on hills is always a reason for me to be happy too.

 

The result of the Olympic Tennis Men's Singles Final.

 

I need to ask my colleagues in the Philippines if they saw the win of the two gold medals.

 

Finally got the Eleagnus hedge-cutting finished. The deal is that I do the sides (done 4 weeks ago) and OH, being a six-footer, does the top (not done until today). I did invite him to take a metre off the height, but he's come up with every excuse under the sun for doing **** all.
So...out came the platform ladder and I did it myself. It's now level, looks lovely, didn't disturb any birds, there were no wasps' nests and I'll have found someone else to do it by next year

 

Indeed! A Career Golden Slam. Federer might not be so happy as he is the only one of the Big Four not to achieve a gold in the Singles. Andy snaffling two thwarted his plans.

Carlos will get more chances, I'm sure.

 

Looks like the thugs called off the riots.

 

Totally agree @wiseowl. We often forget to just enjoy the very simple things.
Watching all the sparrows mobbing the feeders with their youngsters, and all splashing around in the pond, is one of my great pleasures.
They seem to have had more clutches this year - I assume because they were able to start earlier as the weather was so benign here in spring. Between myself, and the chap across the front from me, we're enabling a very good colony!

 

I'm always on the lookout for the positives.

Too many people see only the bad things in life, but I do believe that gardeners have a more sunny outlook - even though they may have so many failures with growing stuff. The successes make it all worthwhile.

Long may it continue, fellow green-fingered friends!