The Happy Life

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Our family journal

This is where we keep the moments we want to remember — the big days and the ordinary ones, the trips, the meals and the little things that make up our happy life.

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Newest page: Welcome to The Happy Life · 3 October 2026

Buttercups in the valley (view larger)
Buttercups in the valleyPhoto: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0
Beach huts by the dunes (view larger)
Beach huts by the dunesPhoto: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0
A picnic by the water (view larger)
A picnic by the waterPhoto: Travel Adventures, CC0

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A handful of snaps from the journal. Choose any photo to see it bigger.

A field of yellow buttercups in front of rolling green hills, trees and a white cottage (view larger)
Buttercups in the valleyFrom Welcome to The Happy LifePhoto: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0
Painted wooden beach huts, one hung with bunting, on a sandy beach below the dunes (view larger)
Beach huts by the dunesFrom Welcome to The Happy LifePhoto: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0
A wicker picnic basket with grapes, bread and cheese on a checked blanket beside a lake (view larger)
A picnic by the waterFrom Welcome to The Happy LifePhoto: Travel Adventures, CC0
Scones with little dishes of jam and clotted cream beside a white teapot and cups (view larger)
Tea and sconesFrom Welcome to The Happy LifePhoto: adactio, CC BY 2.0
A homely kitchen with open shelves, a cooker, a patterned rug and a sunny window (view larger)
A homely kitchenFrom Welcome to The Happy LifePhoto: Missvain, CC BY 4.0
Tall pink and white foxgloves in a sunny garden with clipped trees and a brick house behind (view larger)
Foxgloves in full bloomFrom Welcome to The Happy LifePhoto: Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0
Lit candles on a chocolate birthday cake decorated with green sprinkles (view larger)
Candles on the cakeFrom Welcome to The Happy LifePhoto: nick.amoscato, CC BY 2.0
A grassy footpath through a meadow full of buttercups towards a line of trees under a blue sky (view larger)
A path through the meadowFrom Welcome to The Happy LifePhoto: Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0

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