Small Happinesses is my way of noticing, recording, and holding onto the small, lovely things that happen in my days.
A simple, illustrated way of paying attention to the ordinary, everyday moments that are easy to miss.
If you’d like to join me, you’re so very welcome. I’m extra glad you’re here ❤️
Beth, my glorious hair cut person wot is very compassionate with my feral locks, has me on a strict hair cutting regime. Every 10-12 weeks I trot in for my Surprise Appointment in which I
We’re unsure if we’ve spoken of Tango previously, but as time moves on, it seems we have no choice. Yesterday, he made a shock announcement: Tango is running for Prime Minister of New Zealand. With
I’m told that our brightest memories are the ones attached to the strongest emotions, so it makes sense that finding the plum and chocolate muffin in my car was something I remember so clearly. It
Our biggest and most-softest-insided dog, Lupin, has always had some social struggles. Being a German Shepherd, I was aware of needing to channel her energy from the beginning and at puppy training, she was quite
I’m usually not one to fall for such displays, but this was so seductive. The way it glided on the glass. The satisfying level of grime that disappeared, leaving a transparent surface so clear and
I’m pretty sure I first heard it from Brene Brown. You need a few trusted friends in your life, she said, who would help you move the body. That you could call and be like,
G and I were walking through a paddock we call Springbank. There are ferns, and fuchsias and trees of many different types that cluster round in conversation, catching the light and splitting it a hundred
It’s hard to pinpoint the exact day the decision was made. I imagine it was the result of a series of micro-aggressions from our lawnmower- refusals to start, deciding to faint when there was on
If I am very, very lucky, at around 5 or 6 pm, a little ding sings out of my phone. This happened yesterday. The Insomnias. I have to say, I am delighted.The Insomnias have come
At the moment, my two main steeds wot live within my paddocks are the solid, chunky type. Ada, who is young and not yet under saddle, is an Irish Draught, and if you don’t know
We have a greenhouse that is full up with tomatoes. You walk in to a chandelier of leaves. But it’s the smell you notice first. A very specific tomato-ey smell that is not just tomatoes
The other day, I was talking with my dear friend Tania about bodies, and faces, and in this instance, someone’s legs. ‘I mean, they were lovely legs’, I found myself saying, ‘but I know what
I have a patchy horse called Merc who is a truly excellent person. Today’s Small Happiness could be about him alone- after all, what better happiness is there than to have horses grazing in your
I’m of the personality type where it’s very easy for me to be a hermit. My closest friends live far away overseas, my work all happens from home, and I’m happy pottering and pootling and
The other day, I was talking to a friend who reminded me of the sacredness that exists in the mundane. She sent me a quote from a book she was reading: “Revel in the repetition,”
When Frankie was a very tiny puppy, she quickly figured out how to take herself off on adventures. In the beginning, we were slightly baffled as to how she was doing it- the height from
I was driving home from a workshop yesterday and there was a woman tootling along the cycle path. She had a big sun hat on, that was pinched in at the middle by a long
Yesterday, when I was coming back from walking my dog, Frankie, I stopped at the little roadside stand next to our house that’s open for 4 hours on a Friday. I bought an organic lettuce,