Trivial things that make you happy - Part 3 - The Happyning

Haha, agreed they are really cool. I met this little dude during the summer and he reminded me of a puppy (albeit a puppy with eight legs, fangs and huge eyes). He was really playful too, running in circles and happy to pose for pictures :)

This sketch had me laughing into my bowl of Special K this morning

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdehJcKF/

Here it is on YouTube. It’s a daft sketch but I thought it was hilarious.

call first thing from my dentist requesting we reschedule this week’s second appointment for next week, absolutely 🤪 yes please I’ve to get LOTS of to other stuff done today including appointments..……

Opening a perfectly ripe Avocado 🤩

Tonight's moon, woooo. Or should that be AWOOOOOO!!

Out for a walk one evening recently picking blackberries. Passed by a recent development to home Ukraine refugees.

Attracted by the laughter I looked over a tall hedge and there were a group of children aged between two and ten running around, playing with balls and bikes and behaving like children the world over.
In a world where daily we see children blown to bits in the interests or massive international conflicts it’s gratifying to see that our small country can provide sanctuary for a tiny portion of the most innocent of those involved.
I say this as a father and grandfather and am old enough to see the innocence of the beautiful children involved.

new driving license arrived 😈… not bad, exactly one week turn around from the application.

I rang my Dad earlier to ask him a very basic household wiring question that I already pretty much knew the answer to, but I'm fairly sure it made his day.

great nights sleep, despite waking a bit early, after a week where everything went to plan and some 😎. Now for an incredibly lazy, relaxed, chilled and flaked out weekend….. 😋

My trusty old iPhone 11 seemed to have given up the ghost , as the screen wasn’t working . But it’s found new life . I still need to replace it but it’ll get me by for a while longer

I’m back on grid and Liverpool are winning

I dislike to use a tumble dryer (Irish mammy constantly telling me it would "eat" electricity) so I mostly use a clothes horse in my little flat.

Clearly I made some errors last year as there was too much moisture. The window frames would be wet and then a mould problem happened. I learned some life lessons with no damage done to the flat.

My TH is my little 40 euro from Amazon dehumidifier. Costs pennies to run and I run it constantly. Ok is not designed for a househould but my flat is small and it does fine for me. Constantly extracting water and keeping humidity down. All Irish households in our moderate, damp climate could do with a dehumidifier (doesn't have to be expensive) I think.

These boys chilling on my lap

There is a slight breeze here and I just spotted one of the neighbours' cats stalking out next door's skeleton, I wonder how long it will last once cat attacks it for the moving about in the breeze the way it is.

Saw a white van man in traffic, “windows/ locks” written on it. In big Orange Letters the company name was “Windows 2000”

Halloween party day at the local schools and some of the costumes roaming around are brilliant. Vampires, witches and cookie monsters abound. Even saw one kid dressed as a post box.

Personal favorite so far is the kid dressed as a scooby doo style ghost, and he had his glasses on outside the sheet :)

Great to see all the kids getting so much into the spirit of it and having great fun.

Walking through the park while watching the gulls on the highest roof in the area, spotted three of them in a bunch cawing loudly, after a few seconds one walked away and the other two were still watching the ppl eating food on the seats below

One gull caws in a way that if I hadn't seen them myself, I would have sworn was a cat. I used to have a cat visit me who was excellent at mimicking human tones. It looks like the birds are learning now as well.

The idea of a gull sounding like a cat gave me a real th.

That I got part 1 of my shingles vaccine and I slept like a baby after it . Next up is flu and Covid booster and part 2 around Xmas day .