Things that have made you happy today 2026

That's interesting to know @CanadianLori, thank you. I wouldn't say that they are uncomfortable on flat ground though. I grew up in Barbados and they were popular in the hotels there, often around the pool but also on the beach, which can slope. They resemble what are known there as Planter's Chairs which originated in India. The long arms are for resting your legs . Still room on the arms for several drinks . My brother got a template for Adirondack chairs and makes his own. They are actually more comfortable than the ones I have .

Planter's Chair, off the internet.

 

Just had a fire today, haven't had one for a long time!!!
Little things please little minds Jiffy

 

Went for a walk and met some lads, around 10 years old perhaps, who had been fishing in the free fishing pond all morning.

They had had a good morning, this is the biggest Perch they had caught by then



The thing that made me happy was that the young lads were out in the nature in the morning, caught fish they promptly named, chatted about the small leeches around the fish's gills, moved their bikes from blocking the path and in general were doing things kids should be doing on a fine Saturday morning.

All this scary talk about the new generation being screen bound and not having a clue of the Real World was mitigated by meeting these boys.

They'll do just fine with the world

 

And now i have ferterilized my veg patch for the spuds

 

Sunny, no wind, perfect conditions for painting the wooden frame that keeps my pots corralled!

 

Please make me happy today and tell me that they put the poor things back, alive, in the water.

 

To be honest, it would make me happiest if the lads prepared and ate their catch.

It's rare nowadays to have that kind of a connection with nature and I think it's precious. To see a creature alive, to make effort to catch it, to admire it and then to eat it is part of being human.

Look at the cave paintings, how the old ones appreciated and even worshipped their catch, and then ate it.

Very cruel in a way, but very natural too.

And I deliberately didn't ask the lads what they were planning to do with their catch, I much rather don my rosy glasses

 

It’s been established that fish feel pain. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be hauled around by a hook in my mouth, hoiked out of the water and left, gasping, in the air until someone yanks the hook out of my skin. And then what? Ghastly.

 

Indeed, I totally agree.

Humans using other, living and feeling things to boost their own survival is a dilemma I have been thinking about for most of my adult years, and am still not sure what's right and what's wrong.

Or what's right and what's wrong.

Going back to my original thoughts about the lads, I do feel happy that (at least some) kids nowadays are not just humpnecked screen watchers but see, feel and experience the nature.

 

I've just done a broadband speed test, i'm now getting 3.5mbs

 

Compost heap up to 56ºC after yesterday's lawn mowing. Yes I do mean ºC.

 

The last time I sat in one of those I was 8 1/2 months along with my first son. I'm surprised I didn't piddle in the struggle to get up!