What is Joy?

A friend asked me recently, what brings you joy?

I answered: "Realizing suddenly, as I go from point A to point B, that it is a beautiful day and I should take thirty seconds or so to just stop and appreciate it.

Usually what will knock me into the aware state will be birdsong. "

As I lay back on a bench and saw this shot, I think I changed that answer to:

"Seeing things like this that make me run to fetch my camera."

It was a beautiful day in my garden.

{The tree, I should add, is an Acer palmatum var. 'Atropurpureum' - otherwise known as a Red Japanese Maple}

Comments

[Tom Bridge]

That is an incredible photo! Beautiful!