the tree of happiness

Steve Hayes has tagged me with the "Tree of Happiness" award — no, make that the Tree of Happiness "award".



First, the rules of the award:

• Link to the person who gave the award to you.
  
• Post the rules on your blog.
  
• List six things that make you happy.
  
• Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
  
• Let each person know they’ve been tagged and leave a comment on their blog
  
• Let the person who awarded you know when your entry is up.
  

So, six things that make me happy:

1. Listening to my son tell me what he's learning in kindergarten
   
2. Hiking on a nature trail
   
3. Planting my vegetable garden in the spring
   
4. Looking at the night sky away from the lights of the city
   
5. Reading a good book
   
6. Travelling outside the U.S.
   

Now for the hard part: I'm not sure there are six people who a) read my blog and b) participate in memes. Heck, I'm not sure there are six people who read my blog. But I'm going to tag Blog Meridian, Questing Parson, Art Ruch, Gavin Richardson, Henry Neufeld, and Mark Eades.