Happy State of Mind

Today has been a good day. One of those days when one just feels happy for no apparent reason.

It started with a relaxed cup of tea sitting out in my patio, enjoying the cool summer morning breeze and the new view I see with the magnolia tree removed. Such a nice open feeling.  Normally I get on my laptop upon waking, but today I enjoyed sitting outside and sipping my tea and doing nothing, just reveling in the peacefulness of the morning.

A bit later I went for my yoga class. I was happy to have my fav instructor again and I felt good physically.  Last Sat I was really very tired and sort of dragged myself during class.  Today, however, I was alert and felt strong, as such, I really enjoyed the class. 

My poses felt perfect and I was able to hold my balance on one legged poses really well. Even my instructor complimented me when she walked by me as she went around the room.  And somehow I kept visualizing I was doing yoga in Santorini, Greece. Not sure why given I have never been there, but I pictured myself amidst white-washed buildings on a hillside and looking out over a deep blue sea. I think I was just in a very happy relaxed place mentally.

After I came home, the happy feeling continued and I spent about an hour outside removing all the old dried leaves of the magnolia and cleaning up the woods chips from the stump grinding. Then I decided to go to the plant store to get pine straw. Of course, I could not resist going in and looking at the plants and ended up buying a sunflower plant!  Needless to say I love sunflowers - so I was super excited. I also got another plant to put in the corner of my patio.

In the evening I worked for another hour in the yard laying out the pine straw, feeding the plants with fertilizer and pulling weeds. Then went to dinner to my parents place. I brought my niece back home to check out the house now without the tree and showed her around the garden.

Hope you all are having a wonderful Saturday too!