happy street

I found this image on Pinterest a couple of months ago.  It's one of my all time favorites.  It makes me smile EVERY time I see it.  It got me thinking about what makes me happy... what's my "happy street".  So here goes... not in any particular order....


Vintage rustyness...
My garden...
And if they're all one and the same, well all the better!

My little house, shown here 8 years ago, just a few months after we purchased it... still rather plain.

With some sprucing up and flowers in the gardens.

And even one of the winters were we had a lot of snow.

Of course sunflowers make the list.

And zinnias!  The world can never have too many zinnias.

The magnolia, snowball and lilac trees that I've always wanted... and these ones aren't "youngsters".

Berries in the summer... raspberries or strawberries.

The American flag, especially cute little vintage ones like these.

Being fortunate enough to travel and see another part of this continent.

Niagara Falls... my strange obsession.

Striped paper straws... my other strange obsession.

Lattes... in cute cups or paper cups.

Taking pictures of fun and quirky things, just because.

My Norwegian heritage.  Come on, how can you not smile when your relatives came from a country with houses like these?

Christmas.  Enough said.

My family.  Also enough said.

Anything vintage... including this picture of my husband (the small child perched precariously on the front of the tractor) and his grandfather. And now that I think about it, I think my husband is now almost as old as his grandfather was in this photo... I guess that makes him vintage too.

And blue skies and sunshine, of which we don't get enough of.

So... what's your "Happy Street"?