Happiness Archives - Joanna Taylor

September 4, 20250Comments

L is for… Listening – and Loneliness

Listen... do you want to know a secret...? Well, it's not actually a secret, but it is something we seem to have forgotten, in this world of smart phones

August 6, 20250Comments

J is for… Joy

For followers of the blog, you may remember that in an earlier post (H is for Hope), I told you the story of my Echium, an exotic plant from Guernsey

July 5, 20161Comments

The Magic of Discovery

It's just over three weeks since little Luna joined us, and we can't believe how easily she has just taken everything in her stride... Nothing seems to faze her, and

June 15, 20162Comments

Eat, Play, Love… Part 2

Since the sudden loss of our beautiful Daisy at the end of May, we have been helped by a great many words of comfort and wisdom from friends and family,

July 19, 20120Comments

The Teachings of Dog: No 26 – What Gets You Out of Bed in the Morning?

From time to time, we allow all three of the canine members of staff to have a sleep-over in our bedroom… Daisy and Lily like to sleep in the middle

July 4, 20120Comments

The Teachings of Dog – No 25: What if everything really is alright in the end?

At about 5pm every afternoon, the canine members of staff begin to anticipate their supper... I don't know how they know it's 5pm (because they seem to know it even

April 27, 20120Comments

The Teachings of Dog – No. 23: When the Gates of Life are left open…

We've had a lot of rain this week here in Wydale, and the canine members of staff have not been impressed. When we open the kitchen door to the garden,

March 16, 20110Comments

The Teachings of Dog – No 12: What sort of seeds are you sowing?

It's been a beautiful spring weekend here in North Yorkshire. The garden is beginning to come to life and small green shoots are thrusting their way through the bare brown

February 15, 20110Comments

Teachings of Dog – No 7: The Secret of Happiness

Daisy is a perennially happy little soul. Her beautiful, long tail, as soft as dandelion seeds, is carried high over her back and streams out in the wind as she

July 13, 20091Comments

Happiness is a Warm Puppy

Poppy arrived today - and has been greeted by general adulation from all of us. A happy and contented little soul - she has settled in remarkably quickly, completely unfazed

by Joanna