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