"Goooood morning" column break! ^_^

Hi everybody!!

I am sorry but I need to shut the good morning column off for a while.

It's Christmas time!! There are a lot of things to do and I am also planning a Christmas attempt for my neighbours!! ^_^

So, please, be patient with me, the column will start again very soon!! ^_^

Anyway, if you have any ideas to wish all a good morning please let me know and I will glad to post!!

Enjoy the rest of the day! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : Mr. Cuteness!

Good morning!! ^_^

Yesterday I went to one of the most famous cinemas here in Dublin to watch an oldie  (I mean... I was just 2 when it was released!!).

Do you know which film I am talking about?

Does the picture help??? ^_^

Enjoy your day... and remember.. don't feed them after midnight!! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : Snoopy (2)

Good morning puppies!! ^_^

This morning it's very cold here in Dublin... So I feel that, to properly start the day, I need a boost of tenderness!! Here it is:

Have a lovely day! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : I love gingerbread!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning!! ^_^

Today I would like to share with you the fantastic gingerbread house we (some friends and I) did yesterday!! ^_^ We had a lot of fun!! Thank you!!! 

 For some more photos please go to my FB page!

Have a lovely day! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : Happiness

Good morning everybody! ^_^
SUNDAY!!!! This morning I feel like "Beatles time"... I am making the gingerbread dough 'cause later some friends will come to build our Christmas gingerbread house!! I am so happy about it! ^_^

(I will show you all pictures soonest, I promise!! ^_^)
So I am here, covered by flour, cinnamon and honey, listening to my Beatles favourite songs!!

Enjoy your Suuunday!! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : reminder!

Good morning everybody! ^_^

Have you had sweet dreams last night?  Here it is something we all think about every day...

Have a lovely and inspired day! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : creativity

Good morning folks!! ^_^

And you?? D'you feel you are brave today?

Enjoy your day! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : morning wisdom

Good morning all!! ^_^

Have a lovely day!

Goooood morning! ^_^ : love

Good morning, all!! ^_^

This morning I would like to show you one of the cutest pictures I recently found surfing the net.
Hope it will give you a smile as it did with me!! ^_^

Have a love day and remember to SMILE! ^_^

No info found - if anyone knows who took this pic, please tell me! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : street compliments?

Good morning everybody!!! ^_^

I really want you to watch this video... it is amazing!!
It touched me in a way I cannot explain, it played a deep, delicate part of my soul. ..

It's my gift to you, please take care of it.

Have a lovely day! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : art for children

Good morning friends!! ^_^
How's going today?

©Anne Tavoletti

This morning I would like to share with you the nice art for children by Anne Tavoletti, a young lady from western Pennsylvania, United States.  

I could not find any official webpage, but the web is full of her gorgeous paintings!! ^_^ I am sure you will find all very nice!!! 

©Anne Tavoletti

Have a lovely day!! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : poem

Good morning fellas!! ^_^          

.....Sunday Morning!!!! I-l-o-v-e-i-t!!!!

Here it is a little poem (I could not find who wrote this.. if anybody has a clue, please tell me!!!), a good way to start our sunny Sunday!

Wake up, wake up,
It's morning time,
Stretch yourself,
Freshen up your mind.

It's a new start,
Make the most,
Live it with smile,
And enjoy to the core.

Have a good day. ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : sun

Good morning all!!!


I woke up very early this morning (around 4am..bbbbrrrr ) and it was so cold outside, the sky still dark and uncomfortable. 

So I decided to bring a little of sun in my day and that's what I would like to share with you this morning: 

Artist unknown 

Enjoy your  Saturday!!! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : Snoopy

Good morning!!! ^_^

First of all I need to say that...  I LOVE SNOOPY!!!! He is genial!
So this morning I would like to share this sketch with you. Hope you will find it great as I did!!

Have a lovely day! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : sweet surprise

Good morning all!! ^_^

Yesterday night I decided to bake a pie in order to make a sweet surprise to my boyfriend this morning for breakfast!!
No surprise at all.. after 1 hour in the oven there was a dreaming smell of apples and pastry in all the apartment!! I feel I have to thank Anna for the gorgeous recipe. Thank you for sharing your great knowledge!!
Here it is a picture for you:

If you want the recipe for this incredible pie just click on this link: recipe (in Italian) - If you need my help to translate it, just ask.. it will be a pleasure!! ^_^

I have also put more photos on my little page on Facebook with all sweets I bake for my family and my friends!! ^^ If you have time, please have a look at Misaki's Sweeties.


Have a lovely day! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : free your mind

Good morning, folks! ^_^

This morning I am thinking about life. 

Photo by Vincent Bourilhon

It could appear a bit tough drunk with the morning coffee but it often happens to me. It's an inspirational moment and I really appreciate it. 

Well, I was there, and I saw some magpies flying near the tree just in front of my window. And I thought about how it's easy for them perching on every small or big branch, hedges, walls and how they interact with their environment. 

So I imagined my thoughts, both positive and negative, flying like them, away from my mind, free to go wherever they want, children and adults, friends, passers-by. 

I don't feel like sending my negative thoughts around today.

Have a lovely day! ^_^ 

Goooood morning! ^_^ : No rain

Good morning all!! ^_^

It's a beautiful day, isn't it?
Here in Dublin sky is blue, it's cold, yes, but there is a lovely sun waiting for me to go outside.

It was a great weekend..it was grand!!!!  I spent it with my elder brother (he doesn't live here in Ireland) and I miss him everyday.

By the way, he reminded my a song that we used to listen to and sing together when I was around 11. This souvenir makes me smile and be happy.. I want to share it with you.

Have a lovely day!

Goooood morning! ^_^ : my sweet sunshine

When I woke up this morning, there was just  a little tone of sadness in my soul, a little shade of blue singing a Chet Baker song into my chest. I am sure, somebody was singing it in one of my dream last night. So, sipping my hot coffee, I moved closer the large window in the living room and I started watching outside. It was very early, and the sky was still a bit dark, and it seemed to be so cold outside.
I had a shiver.

But then,  clouds began to dance around the first rays of sunshine and I was there, admiring our earth.

I felt so relieved. And I imagined a fairy, spreading her love on the city,  mending my melancholy.
So I smiled.

Spreading kisses - @Nicole Wong 2011- 02-04, 2.5 in X3.5 in (watercolor)

Have a lovely day!! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : let's sing together!

Good morning sweethearts, how are you today?

This morning I received a very nice e-mail from a dear friend of mind. He said I needed to absolutely ready the words of a popular carol he found in a children book.

Here it is:

Smiling is contagious,
you catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at
me today, I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner,
and someone saw my grin -
When he smiled I
realized, I'd passed it on to him.

I thought about that smile,
then I realized its worth,
A single smile, just like mine,
could travel round the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin,
don't leave it undetected -
Let's start an epidemic quick
and get the world infected!!!

Isn't it perfect? It made me smile - sure smiling is contagious -  and I thought I wanted to share it with you. 
Then , doing some research, I found that there is a nice singer, Rochelle Hanson (She has a beautiful, contagious smile), who posted a nice video on Youtube, lyrics based on this carol. I hope you like it. I am still singing it..  ^_^

Thank you. 


Have a lovely day! ^_^

Goooood morning! ^_^ : I can..

Goooood morning people!! ^_^

How are you today? 

Hope you like this new column!! 

This morning I would like to share with you this nice draw I found online:

Isn't it cute???

It's true that we don't have always the will to smile, and for sure we cannot force it. 

BUT it's nevertheless true that when somebody smiles at us life is happier and easier! ^_^

Have a lovely day! 

Goooood morning! ^_^ : Haiku

This morning I would like to share with you this Haiku by Kobayashi Nobuyuki, knows under the name Issa. 

雪とけて
村一ぱいの
子ども哉

yuki tokete 
mura ippai no 
kodomo kana

Translated in English sounds like: 

snow melting
the village brimming over...
with children!

(translation by David Lanoue , http://haikuguy.com)

I found it very inspiring today. Can you imagine it? 

A small village, all white, covered by snow that slowly blankets everything.  You are alone, watching outside from your window. You have just woken up, still in your pyjamas, still rubbing your eyes with your left hand. Feeling sad, maybe you won't be able to go outside, start your day as scheduled. 

But suddenly - last row- a splash of colour, then two, three, four, painting the white quilt. 

Sound of laugh. Cries of joy.

Children playing all around.

Have a lovely day! ^_^

"Goooood morning" column! ^_^

Good morning everybody,

Today I wish to inaugurate a new venture for this blog, the "Goooood morning" column!  ^_^

Every morning one thought, picture, draw, poem and so on,  to start our day with the positive mood!

I wish you all a lovely day!! With love.

Cappuccino in Tokyo @Cav - This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

Morning inspiration

It was 1982 when a little 11-year-old redheaded orphan girl started singing "you are never fully dressed without a smile".
I'm talking about the Broadway musical "Annie",  based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie , with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin and the book by Thomas Meehan.
(source wikipedia)

Anyway, this morning, I found on Facebook a picture that I would like to share with you all:

Hope you will like it!!

I wish you a lovely day! ^_^

Attempt no. 2 : my neighbour (part 2)

 “Happiness only real when shared” is a sentence written by Christopher McCandless, before passing away in the Alaskan wilderness in April 1992 (have you seen the movie "Into the wild" directed by Sean Penn? that story..).

 “Happiness only real when shared” ... is it true? what do you think about it?

I have thought about it for a long time. I believe that we can find happiness into ourselves. However, yes, I think that our happiness is more real and "tasty" if shared.  

For this reason this below has been my second attempt: 

Yesss!! It's me in the photo together with one of my best friends!!

So.. next step, as for attempt no.1, has been to hang it on the bulletin board of the building I live in, and wait for my neighbour reaction. 

To be honest, it hasn't been as successful as the first attempt. I think it is because it was too similar, no surprise effect no more. However, after 2-3 days, all smiles were taken, and I am still very happy about it!! 

Thinking about something different next time. I hang in there, you bet! ^_^

Smiling and... laughing!!!

Hello everyone!!
Just the night before attempt no. 2, I would like to share a video with you all. It made me smile and laugh, hope it will give you some nice moments as well.
The video is called "Amazing people and amazing animals". Watch the video and you will know why!!!

I wish you a good night and sweet, lovely dreams! <3

Let's share some music!

Talking about sharing..
Have you ever heard about Creative Commons licenses?

Recently I started to study this kind of licenses that, quoting the website, "help you share your knowledge and creativity with the world" As far as I know, it helps protecting creative works, ideas, music from plagiarism, misappropriation, commercial use without permission and so on.

Going on and on looking for information I found that there are a lot of artists worldwide who share safely their excellent creativity thanks to Creative Commons and I think it's a great way to do it!!!

I have even discovered a Web Radio that broadcasts Creative Commons music 24 hours a day, totaly for the pleasure to share. I am talking about Aikiradio, a surprisingly positive oasis in the ocean of the pay-per-listen. I listened to it all day long and I had the precious chance to listen to international, but unfortunately unknown wonderful music.
I already have new favourite bands!!!!!! :)

Sharing is a gift.
Thank you, Aikiradio.

Good morning! ^_^

Good mooooooooorning!!!

I am getting things ready for "attempt no.2". Really hope you will like it.

In the meantime, I would like to show you a picture I found surfing the net. I am sorry, I could not find the source, if anyone knows please let me know and I will be glad to add all related information. ^_^

I wish you all a lovely day and enjoy the pic! Byeeee

Attempt no. 1 : my neighbour

It's about ten months I am living in this building in Dublin. It's a nice place and sometimes I meet my neighbour when I take the lift, check my mailbox. But it's all. The usual "Hi, how are you", "Thanks", "Sorry". Nothing more, I don't even know a name. It's not good but.. where could I start from?


So yesterday afternoon I prepared this:

Then, late at night like a ninja, I went at the ground floor, at the bulletin board  just beside the main entrance and I hanged it there.
If just one person will smile reading my announce, I thought, it would be a success.

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The morning after, when I went downstairs I felt so surprised and happy finding this:

And this at 7pm, before going out with some friends:

I was completely amazed. A big success, more than expected! 

I still feel so glad I have such great neighbour, and I feel more close to them now. 

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However, I received the biggest gift ever when I came back home around midnight. Turning my key to open the main gate I found two messages waiting for me:

I don't know who wrote these messages, but thank you so much. Thank you. 

A blog like this... why?

This blog was born from the idea I had speaking with some friends while we were eating a gorgeous piece of cake (and I seize this opportunity to tell an ancestral truth: all best ideas come from eating cakes!!!! ^_^). Anyway, we were there, our mouths full of a delicious chocolate cream and some of them were complaining about job, boyfriends, parents, life in general. I heard comments like "People is so rude sometimes" or "I would like him not just focus on himself".  So, since I feel we have at least to try to find a solution when we have a problem, I asked smiling (a diabolic angel I would say..) : "What are you doing to solve the situation? What are you doing to understand people around you?".
The air litterally freezed.

"Me? What could I do?" - one of them replied. 

"There is nothing I can do to change them" - the other said. 

(..I am going to avoid describing my eyes launching fires and flames for this time.. )

Well.. this to say that a couple of hours later, once I felt myself more quiet, I took this opportunity to stop and reflect: "what do I do to understand people I share my life with?",  and above all: "What can I do to create a connection with people I meet everyday?

If it's true that a nice gesture produce a positive reaction (this video will explain it more than one thousand words: boomerang effect ), why shouldn't I make an attempt?

That's the idea: do something just for the pleasure to see somebody else smiling. Nothing acrobatic or expensive. Nothing elaborate. Just a tiny, simple act to say "I care".

So I started.. and results have been amazing so far, after just one day!!!

Stay tuned!!!