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8 Photos of Happiness – Barks and Bytes

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I’ve been tagged by three different people to participate in the 8 Photos of Happiness project hosted by Ariel’s Little Corner of the Internet.

Rules and explanation for participation:

  • Thank your nominator/s and link them in your post.
  • Link to the creator (Ariel’s little corner of the internet)
  • Post your 8 photos of happiness;
  • The photos can be anything that represents a moment, object, place or feeling that makes you happy.
  • Pop in a brief description of the photo, why you chose it or let the photos do the talking!
  • Spread the happiness and tag up to ten other bloggers!

Now before we get to the photos, let me give thanks and pay homage to the peeps who nominated us. Paved by Pawprints, Clowie’s Corner, and My Brown Newfies.

I spent almost an entire day going through photos. You can probably find some (if not most of them) somewhere on this blog, but I like the idea of having my favorites all in one place.  Some of them are pictures of the dogs being happy, while others have deeper meaning for me.

Chocolate Lab with eye mask

Who doesn’t love a dog in an eye mask?

This photo makes me happy because it screams to me of trust. Delilah was pretty aloof when she first came to us, and the fact she not only let me put the eye mask on her, but she kept it on while I took the photo and then stayed in the room with it on for a few minutes…it showed me we were doing something right.

Muddy Golden Lab

A muddy dog is a happy dog.

I love this photo of Sampson. There is a muddy little brook that runs along one side of the field where we walk. In his younger days, Sampson would run back and forth in the brook, submerging his face, then he would roll around in the field. Just watching him was a joy to behold. In fact, you can see a video of it on my Youtube channel HERE, if you’re interested.

Water fetch with chocolate lab

She looks so serene and peaceful in the water.

Delilah loves to swim. Besides food, I’m not sure there is anything that brings her greater joy. She’s not a big fan of fetch on land, but throw a toy into the water for her, and she dives right in. Again, and again and again.

Off leash walks

Once upon a time our walks were relaxing.

I love walking and I love walking with the dogs. This was before a million other people started walking their dogs at the park and before Delilah started taking off on me. Looking back on this I remember how much joy we all got from our walks.

What lies ahead

I don’t know dad, seems to me it’d be better to use the bridge.

Speaking of walking, before Delilah joined our pack Hubby, Sampson and I used to walk every weekend. This is one of my favorites, as Hubby and Sampson contemplate the path ahead of us. This one is also bittersweet, because it reminds me of a time when I wasn’t alone in caring for the dogs.

Ocean swimming

Sampson’s not much of a swimmer, so I held him.

This picture was taken when the entire family went to Florida for our daughter’s wedding. Hubby and I stayed the week after the wedding to enjoy some R&R. One day we rented a boat and went out in Tampa Bay. We found this little cove where the water was clear and calm and we could get out and swim. You can tell by my smile how happy I was.

the joy of a dog with a bone

You can see how happy and relaxed she is. It took a long while, but we made it!

It took a while, but Delilah really started to relax and let her fun personality shine through. In this photo she rolls around on her back with a bone in her mouth. This dog who was so aloof with people and barely wanted to be touched, is offering her belly up for a rub. Another reminder to me of how far she’s come.

Smiling Dogs

That’s a grin if I ever saw one!

Last but not least. I love when a dog smiles. Some people will tell you that dogs don’t smile. Show them this picture because there’s no mistaking that grin.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this exercise as much as I have. Now I’m supposed to nominate a bunch of others to participate as well. I hate that part of these challenges because I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, SO I’m nominating all of you who haven’t done this yet!

It’s a fun thing to do and don’t you want to have all of your favorite photos in one place?

Well don’t wait, get cracking!

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  3. That last smile really made me smile! I love all these happy pictures! I’ve never been swimming, but I think Mom and I would be a lot like the picture of you and Sampson. “Hold me, Mom!”

    Love and licks,
    Cupcake

  4. They’re all gorgeous photos. I love the one of Sampson with the leaf. And it’s lovely to see them both smiling and relaxing.
    Thank you for the mention.

  6. Great happy photos. Isn’t going through photos just the hardest thing? We have the so well organized, but we can never find what we are looking for. You chose some great shot. Love the one of you and Sampson in the water.

  7. All wonderful photos! I can definitely feel the HAPPY! I need to do one of these posts as I’ve been nominated several times already…..just don’t have the focus right now….

  8. Aw, great photos my friend!! I love all of them, but especially that one of you and Sampson in the cove. And the one of Delilah rolling around on her back with the bone in her mouth! These are all sweet, happy photos that I know you’ll always treasure. I need to find some of my favorites and do a happy-photos post, too. But right now I’m trying to decide what to do with my blog.

  9. Love your photos! Not only do they look like happiness, they made me happy looking at them 🙂 Especially love that shot of muddy Sampson with the leaf plastered to his noggin.

  10. These are all so sweet. My favorite ones are the last two, Delilah’s belly up shot and Sampson’s huge smile! You can’t help but smile when looking at those happy dogs. 🙂

  14. Such charming photos that definitely show off happiness. This is such a great exercise because you can focus on the simple things in life and realize exactly how much those make us smile and be happy. 🙂

  15. It’s so easy to lose total track of time when looking through photos, isn’t it? So many wonderful memories. I love all of the photos you chose, and the story behind each of them.

  18. Love all of these, especially the one of Sampson with a leaf on his head. I always try to get pictures of Barley like that but she manages to shake them off before I can get the picture!

  19. These are great. You have taken so many pictures of your guys, it was nice to see the All-Stars though I’m sure it was hard to pick just a few.

    You might inspire me to overcome my camera phobia, but probably not. The few I’ve taken on my phone are mostly worthy of the trash can.