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Maya girl near lake Atitlan.

Uganda wildlife collection.

That little hand says it all.

Happiness is finding the lighthouse you've been searching for just as the magic hour casts its golden light upon the scene!

Happiness is a crisp autumn morning in New England!

Happiness is finding the most perfectly frosted piece of seaglass sitting on the beach, just waiting for you to find it!

Happiness is... splashing my feet in a cool pool on a hot day....

Discovering nature in my front yard.

Colorado in the Fall ... or Spring ... or Summer ... or Winter makes me Happy. (8>D)

. . . waiting for the U.S. Mail.

Happiness is enjoying the overwhelming beauty of nature

Happiness is the joyous use of colour

Happiness is to be with that significant other.

The Lost Coast Trail-Pacific Coast Trail

View From the Hillside

The Day Has Come To A End.

My beautiful Niece and her new Husband. IMG_0245

This is one of my favorite pictures from the trip. It was our last day of the tour. This place was packed and very hectic. We ended up being the last group there and as we were leaving it started to drizzle. Thanks to Pastor Gerard for allowing me to stay one extra minute for this picture.

these mute swans were born at the end of May and are not native to the US. The babies are called cygnets.

Echinacea in my little garden

The innocence of these eyes escorted with the softness of flowers...

Do we always give roses with love ??...

Pierre admiring the ocean.

On the Brittany Coast in Lomener, Morbihan

A treat for her beloved Guinea Pig

A well deserved treat for Ravel

The Best Cheese Cake Ever !!!

Beautiful sunsets always inspire me. I am just in awe of the beauty of the sunset. This was the perfect shot taken on the Island of Coranado, CA

Being safe in loving arms.

Talking to a friend

Enjoying the sunshine

Happiness is a walk in the forest. Öjen is my favourite forest in this part of Finland.

happiness is...a walk in the park.

Happiness is...having a sister.

Happiness is... Love at first sight.

Happiness is...sharing

An ice cream van on the beath at Robin Hood's Bay on the North Yorkshire coast

Roses at Morden Hall Park, south London

Iconic Mount Fuji from a viewpoint on the slopes of the active volcano of Owaki-dani, near Hakone in central Japan

Taking pictures of wildlife makes me happy :)

Roses anytime, make me happy but there is something special about roses after the rain.

It is always a happy time going through the farmers market and seeing the brightly coloured vegetables.

...Enjoying fresh water in a hot summer day!

...a warm blanket!

....looking at the miracle of a new day! (photo taken at dawn in Velden am Woerthersee, Carinthia, Austria).

listening to great music :)

Seen on Nisyros / Greece, Summer 2007

Late afternoon, somewhere on the Croatian coast.

Negril Beach, Jamaica

"What makes you happy?" I can be really happy if I can take a nice capture. I think this one is a good one. It's enough for me!

This photo, taken at Muriel Hepner Park in Denville, won first place at my local camera club competition on 3/26/07! The judge talked about how the lighting and silhouettes set the mood so perfectly. Member terezadelpilar said it best when she said "Love is present here" (see below). Hope you like it! 6/23/10- Happiness is getting home after taking pictures for the first time with your brand new camera and realizing the shot you thought you took is the shot you actually got! So many times it looks great on the little screen, but quite different once its on the computer. Fortunately, here, that didn't happen. Translation= happy! :p

nothing more powerfull then the sounds of waves hitting the beach it makes my heart sing

Objects may not be where they appear to be. Bottled Happiness!

A Winter Icon

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Scruff and I both enjoy the walk.

Watching the Salvation Army Marching girls *dance" to the Brass Band, and seeing them all in time except for the young girl on the left, but she was having a wonderful time.

Watching your dog Chloe curl up on her mat near the heater...

We had a Christmas party at work, I dressed up as Mrs Clause & Linn dressed up as a Christmas Tree (You should have seen her trying to sit down :):):)

They love the shore... and I love them...

"What makes you happy?" All of the week days are same. Grey and boring. If i can go out with my camera it makes me happy.

Goofiness is good for us. We can be children at any age.

Happiness is holding hands along the journey of life and taking comfort from that touch.

"If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast." Psalm 139: 9-10

Happiness sometimes is looking back through the years remembering when.

Mine.... I've got it! Bob gets the stick

Happiness is your first electric trolly ride and wearing the Motorman's cap! Wow, mom, this is really fun.

Happiness is relaxing with my husband

Happiness is love and beauty

happiness is finding the perfect seashell

HAPPINESS IS HAVING A PAIR OF SWEET PUPPIES

I went back to see my parents. My Mother isn't doing well and can no longer walk or talk. This is a photo of my Mother and Father holding hands. My Mother passed away a short time after I took this photo. It is the last photo I took of them together. Happiness is remembering them together.

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A minute to rest and enjoy the scenery and company while hiking in Arizona's Oak Creek Canyon.

Prairie Dogs

Two sisters make a new friend at the Phoenix Fairy Festival.

First night here

Happiness is... My Beagle, Lexie. In this shot she is almost 8 months old.

This place is big! Line up and have some FUN!!!!

getting into the cake for your first birthday party.

seeing the train you are waiting to ride.

having lamb kisses of thankfulness for feeding it when it was starving and warming it up when it was cold.

Even after all these years I get that warm feeling inside, when I look at old pictures of my then very young family.

This was the first flower to show up this spring and after a long winter it really made me happy.

Ditte and me

3rd place in the Happiness Challenge! ;-)

Buc never turns down a ride in a car..."get your leash" or "lets go bye bye" is a sure sign he's going somewhere and it really doesn't matter to him where he's going as long as he's going!

Playa nudista situada en el sur de la isla. Nude beach located in the south of the island.

Yosemite Falls from Sentinel Dome

An old Hobby Horse, once a childs toy now sits still, silhoutted by the windows of an antique shop.

"Can't you see what I'm trying to tell you?' If you only knew how much I smell you." Poem from the book, If you only knew how much I smell you.

What a great expression on this Fire House Dalmatian as it seems to slide down the Fireman's pole. Fire Station 12 in San Jose Ca., a new station has this sculpture in front.

Creative Challenge: Happiness is... FALL and cooler weather.

We spent 45 glorious minutes sitting in this spot while the clouds shielded us from the strong sun. This was a picture perfect spot to truly soak in a most breathtaking site....So long Machu Picchu!

getting out and exploring :)

This is EXACTLY the proper way to feed a dolphin. We paid attention to the instructional video!

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Happiness is playing in the mud with your sister!

Happiness in the air!!!

Ain't she cute???

A baby, asleep on your chest. Sigh. :)

Let's keep an eye open for the photographer.

Happiness is two cousins spending their summer together.

TYTS means "too young to survive". Someone tossed these babies into a dumpster and they were too young to go into the adoption program. They would have been euthanized had I not brought them home as rescues to foster. Now, they and their 2 other siblings, Dixie & Bobby, are all grown up and part of our "fur family". Nothing feels better than saving and loving animals. And, ADOPT from your local animal shelter or rescue—SAVE A LIFE!

What is better than a sunset? Two of them!

Though it does not look like it, this is perhaps the ultimate man verses nature shot. This entire area (Dawson Creek) with it's ponds, trees and picturesque settings is man made and is part of a large industrial park that houses government buildings and many electronic manufacturing giants that have built the computers you are now viewing this shot on.

I took this shot of Kailua bay and the Kpna coast from the town of Holualoa at about 750 feet up the side of an old volcano.

These endangered "Honu" or Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles are easy to spot on the Big island, but they are off limits to touch!

Creative Challenge, Happiness is... Halloween!!! My favorite holiday! If you like Haloween as much as I do, come to my homepage and see all my pics. I have 33 albums with hundres of pics dedicated to Halloween.

Happiness is enjoying the beauty of all of God's creation... flowers, animals, people, mountains, rivers, trees, etc.

Steve enjoying a roasted marshmallow. Happiness is being with family and friends, enjoying good food, and having fun.

Happiness is LOVE! You cannot be happy without love. Photo taken 4-25-09.

I had to make something in my new oven and now I'm on a quest for the best ever brownie recipe. This one was pretty good!

Smiling elephant - whoda thunk such a thing was possible?

Happiness is finding God's artistry in my garden. This is a tiny mushroom growing on the underside of a wet branch in a pile of garden trimmings.

An ice cream in each hand!

A nice dust bath.

Happiness is peacefulness

Happiness is being able to travel to wonderful places. Don't go there when the big cruise boats are in town, tho'.

Happiness is pristine beauty. How could you not love this beautiful country?

Knowing Your Next to Ride the Pony!

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Being together on a glorious day with friends and family and sharing a view like this. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT. (#16908-952k)

Oh Happy Day!

D10990 - Lyn Adams - 2010 - seasons

CGHS Theatre Troup performing Happiness Is.... from "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"

Judging by the stats on my original Flowers and Bubbles album, they bring smiles to hundreds of thousands of Webshots members. This is a new Flowers and Bubbles album for 2010.

Carter Lake in the North Georgia Mountains

Carter Lake in Gilmer County

Jett and his dad, Brandon on Brandon's first Farher's Day. What an exciting time they had.

Jett,,,,a very happy baby. My oldest Grandson's first child.

Happiness is seeing my daughter and my new grand son.

happiness is seeing my first cherry tree in bloom

Happiness is having a close sibling.

Happiness is a quiet day on the lake.

Happiness is children.

true happiness is being loved

A lovely sunny day by a lochside in Scotland nothing makes me happier

The waves lapping up to my feet at Loch Broom at the beach in Ullapool, so wonderful!

The dawn casts a blue hue over the loch and the mountains, such a wonderful sight to see first thing in the morning

Clouds clicked from my roof. The rainbow effect stayed for about 20 mins :)

Happiness is looking at this on a scorching hot day.

Happiness is fishing with your Dad for a week at Lac Des Milles Lacs in Upsala, Ontario, Canada.

Happiness is viewing a beautiful sunset.

Ophelie David Gold Medal Winner. X GAMES 2010 ASPEN. First Woman to win 4 gold medals

We're going on vaacaation!!!

The capital of Ontario is Toronto, Canada's most populous city and metropolitan area. The Toronto City Hall was open to the public on the weekend of May 23-24, 2009.

"What makes you happy?" If I can see the sea.

Louis Armstrong : "Buona sera signorina kiss me goodnight."

Sea Anenome

Ode to Lorelei II

This was Alyssa's first time ever at the beach, she is from Wyoming. She was very involved in playing, one of the most memorable experiences she had in So Cal. The waterholes were started by another child earlier in the day, we found the shovel and bucket and she continued in the quest, loving every minute.

This was Alyssa's first time ever at the beach, she is from Wyoming. She was very involved in playing, one of the most memorable experiences she had in So Cal. She found this gooey kelp weed, but that didn't didn't slow her down one bit.

This was Alyssa's first time ever at the beach, she is from Wyoming. She was very involved in playing, one of the most memorable experiences she had in So Cal. The waterholes were started by another child earlier in the day, we found the shovel and bucket and she continued in the quest, loving every minute.

Close up of my husband and my wedding rings and roses.

Whenever I can I pet Ardeo when he's laying down, love on him, pet his ears, belly, sides, and sit lightly on him. He's a good boy.

This dragonfly was posing for me in the backyard while I was wandering around taking pics.

Happiness is enjoying beautiful waterfalls - Niagara Falls at night - 6/26/10

Happiness is going on photo shoots with my friends and discovering the beauty of rural PA (Orangeville - May 2010)

Happiness is enjoying a calm evening at the river - Susquehanna River, Harrisburg, PA

The African Wild Dog is endangered by human overpopulation, habitat loss and hunting. It uses very large territories (and so can persist only in large wildlife protected areas), and it is strongly affected by competition with larger carnivores that rely on the same prey base, particularly the lion and the Spotted Hyena. Lions often will kill as many wild dogs as they can but do not eat them. Hyenas usually follow them to steal their kills. One on one the hyena is much more powerful than the Wild Dog but a large group of Wild Dogs can successfully chase off a small number of hyenas because of their teamwork. It is also killed by livestock herders and game hunters, though it is typically no more (perhaps less) persecuted than other carnivores that pose more threat to livestock. Most of Africa's national parks are too small for a pack of wild dogs, so the packs expand to the unprotected areas, which tend to be ranch or farm land. Ranchers and farmers protect their domestic animals by killing the wild dogs. Like other carnivores, the African Wild Dog is sometimes affected by outbreaks of viral diseases such as rabies, distemper, and parvovirus. Although these diseases are not more pathogenic or virulent for wild dogs, the small size of most wild dog populations makes them vulnerable to local extinction due to diseases or other problems. The Painted Dog Conservation (PDC) effort, based in Hwange National Park, western Zimbabwe, works with local communities to create new strategies for conserving the wild dog and its habitat

Sharing a moment with a special friend

Ox-eye Daisy

Samantha having too much fun on our evening walk!!!!!

Rishikesh, India

Happiness is an afternoon nap

Happiness Is... Sharing a Cold One With A Friend

Scratching That Itch

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to relax with no troubles

To fly high in the sky

to be served a dish like this one

Happiness is, among other things... Sharing a life.

The bond beeing made between mother and daughter a minute after birth might be the purest moment of happiness.

They look so happy together resting side by side. - They were two brothers and two sisters. Someone found them in the middle of a huge field. It was late summer then and they were less than a month old. Someone found a suitcase out there in the field and the suitcase made noise . . . meow. . . meow. . . .! All of them were adopted one by one.

They must be happy. Gobelina got her name because of the many times she was bitten brutally by dogs (neighbors) and repaired. She underwent more operations than any other cat rescued in my town. Mandy had a road accident and was brought to the pet clinic in a quite hopeless state. Both cats got better (Gobelina about 10 times until we kept her in the clinic permanetly) and both cats found wonderful homes and now are sure happy even they are in different homes now.

Sunny loves the warmth of the sun.

Jimmy the dog is most happy when rolling in the dandelions! Photo taken June 12, 2010

Jimmy the dog is most happy when rolling in the dandelions! Photo taken June 12, 2010

Jimmy the dog is most happy when rolling in the dandelions! Photo taken June 12, 2010

To walk on a fabulous beach

To celebrate yuor birthday with a big chocolate cake

A simple toy to play with

Free as a bird coming in to feed.

I've been eating all day and still not full:)

I'm so happy I could fly!

My friends Don & Mary remain happily married and very much in love. Happiness is finding your true love and being lucky enough to spend your life with them.

Happiness is... spend summer vacation in Cinque Terre, Italy. I went to Torre Guardiola to see Riomaggiore, one of the Cinque (five) cities.

Happiness is... a summer cruise, near Marseille, France, with my husband! It was our first cruise! Unforgetable!

Last year I went with my husband to Salamanca, Spain, to celebrate wedding anniversary. Salamanca is very romantic! Suddenly, we met the Litle Prince!

GGPA and Kaliana - Happiness personified

Nature and its wonders always bring me happiness.

Watching my grandson getting married in a mountain setting by my grand son-in-law

Kids nite in the neighborhood, local residents display just for the Navhoo area....

Look for the photographer!

The one who made the lily family strong.

GCOLXDDAB, Gary Colby and Daring Deception with Awesome Blossom

Happiness is...smiling...it makes people wonder what you've been up to.

Happiness is...watching nature in action.

Happiness is....sharing a juicy piece of gossip.

Happiness - is a walk in the park

Happines is often the smallest & simplest things in life

Hapiness is - a nice nap (and also a pet who loves you ;-))

Always there to help their little sister

Happiness: View during a pre-breakfast walk on Buckland Farm in the northwestern Cotswold Hills (in central England, on the border between Gloucestershire and Worcestershire) on a clear mid-May morning. The farm house is tucked part of the way down into the valley; the village of Buckland is hidden behind and below trees. [Buckland Farm morning walk view towards west 2010 18 may o]

Happiness: A fine tea break on a lovely day, after a long walk. Patio on the Glas Fryn pub, on the outskirts of Mold (Flintshire, Clwyd, in northeastern Wales), at teatime on a partly sunny afternoon in late April. (The pub's name is also spelled as 1 word, Glasfryn; the Welsh name for the town is Yr Wyddgrug). [Mold Glas Fryn tea 2010 apr 26 c]

Happiness: A favourite view from a favourite bed-and-breakfast room. Dore Abbey sandstone church and churchyard, in the village of Abbey Dore (in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England), seen from our B&B room window, on an evening of very mixed weather at the end of April. In the foreground, a field with grazing horses, at Tan House Farm. [Abbey Dore evening view of Dore Abbey 2010 30 apr o]

In this case for me, seeing the Pacific Ocean and its wonderful sea stacks for the first time - near Cannon Beach, OR

Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge

Golden Gate Canyon State Park

"You've got to understand that a seagull is an unlimited idea of freedom, an image of the Great Gull." - Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Stonehaven, Scotland.

Stonehaven,Scotland.