Years ago we were driving behind a sports car with what we thought was a teenage girl sitting in the passenger seat. Passed the car only to see the passenger was actually an Afghan!
That reminds me of the time a few years ago when I was walking our Australian Cattle Dog Beagle mix Ginger. We encountered a group of homeless people sitting on the curb, and she went up to them and let them pet her and gave kisses to those who wanted them (she has an uncanny ability to tell who wants to be licked).
[thorny locust goes anxiously out to check her planted garlic beds, despite the fact that in over thirty years she’s never had a problem with creatures getting into the garlic][they’re fine]
If they’re only uncovered, Gatopescado, just stick them back in the ground, and they ought to be OK. Then you can be happy about your garlic again.
– This thread makes me happy. I’ve been missing the snopes Little Things That Make You Happy thread, and wondering whether I should start one. Now I don’t have to start one, because this one is here.
Went out for a trail ride, leaving the barn at 7:30 with my gf and three dogs. The horses love this time of year; it’s cool, there are no bugs, and yet there is still some grass to graze. We saw a few deer, and the dogs did not give chase. After 2 1/2 hours in the saddle, I dismounted and was not in too much pain. Life is good.
While I was just having a breakfast beer in the front yard, one of our hens, (a lace winged Wyandotte) named Abby, went running by with a peanut in her mouth.
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[li]Running chickens are hilarious.[/li][li]I have no idea where she got the in-the-shell peanut.[/li][li]I have no idea how she got out of the fenced area where they live.[/li][li]Why was she running?[/li][/ul]
If I didn’t know better, I’d think someone had slipped something into my beer.
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I know it's not the sort of happy that you meant, but...I'm going to have to go there because it's the first thing that popped into my head. When one of my nephews was around four years old, he discovered "Mr Happy." Not wanting to give her kid a complex, my sister said nothing...at first.
Time goes by, my nephew and his new friend have many happy times, sometimes on the couch in the living room watching Power Rangers, etc., while my sister, myself, and my nephew's two siblings are in the house. My sister decides she must have a talk with him. Again, not wanting to give him a complex, she told him what he's doing is okay, but it's a private thing.
My nephew would go off to his room frequently throughout the day. Sometimes, his little sister would wonder what he was doing in there and go in. One time, my nephew hollered, "MOM, K IS BUGGING ME!" My sister and I go in, he's under his toddler bed on his back, and his little sister is bent completely upside down doing the peekaboo routine.
Later that day, she had another talk with him just out of curiosity. You know the drill (not wanting to give him a complex), she said what he was doing was okay, but she wondered why he did it so much. His response...
It’s the only way I can tickle myself.
This activity petered out soon after.
^That looks terrible. I tried to go back and put spaces between the paragraphs, but I was too late. Sorry!
Actually, Saucy, that story is ok, it’s funny and sweet and as a Dad of 4 boys…I totally get that story
And your name with that story is perfect if I had meant dirty stories and jokes
Every Rockwellian scene needs a good doggo!
Akiko is a Japanese Akita, which is a different thing than the American ones. I love them too, but unfortunately they are prone to dog aggression. Anyhoo, Japanese Akitas are more responsibly bred, which is why I got one. I can report that “Yes!” she is very soft and cuddle-able, and she loves pets, and meeting folks. She likes to bring toys to people, and to new dogs.
Glad Dixie doing better! :skritches:
If you don’t mind me asking, where do you live? Near Gilroy?
DorkVader I really like this thread. Thank you for starting it. 
I finally made a pot-lid rack for my kitchen. Just looking at the free space on the counter makes me happy.
Wow!
I slept late.
I kinda woke up earlier for a minute expecting Cat noises. Nope. They were both asleep in a chair in my room. Dogs were asleep at my feet.
I faded back to sleep and rejoined my dream. That I will NOT disclose.
ETA, I said it upthread, bears repeating: this thread makes me happy! Thx.
PaintCharge How did you make the pot lid?
LOL, I’m not dark, nor do I want to eat children. Sometimes a username is just a username. But I am a cynic. See my signature for what one poster thinks of me, but I’m certain she’s wrong.
Glad you got to see your sister and nephew.
:o uh, to everyone saying thanks for the thread, uh, shucks, yer welcome:o
Uh, ahem, say! did you know that VOW has a secret superhero identity? By night she’s a mild mannered haus frau married to an amateur astronomer named Karl(;)VOW) by day she’s Freedom From Hair Woman, faster than a B52, more powerful than a curling iron, able to leap tall beehives in a single bound!
Sorry VOW, hadda do it, they were, like, looking at me and sayin thanks for this thread n stuff and I, and I, well, I just panicked and I didn’t know what to do, I didn’t mean to reveal your secret identity and I’m genuinely awfully sorry
Can, can I still be in your fan club?
I’m being President. I call dibs!!
the pot lid rack :smack:
That was pretty funny, I have to say. It tickled me. I laughed and cats flew. I’m not allowed to laugh, it seems.
Awesomely beautiful, intelligent, and supremely loyal dogs. I hope you are best friends for a long, long time!
I’m honored to be bestowed with such a super cool super identity! Freedom From Hair Woman! Yes!
I wear it proudly!
~VOW