Finding that Happy Place

A postcard I sent to someone
@Inlemay (17712)
South Africa
September 17, 2016 4:41pm CST
It all started with an unforeseen 'bum dial' phone call after 10pm which to me is just a very inappropriate time to call unless someone has been in an accident. So up I got at watched a little television as not to disturb my hubby. Wide awake the cat calling of the neighbourhood cats prowling the garden while my two cats lie at my feet with their ears peaked at the sound. It seems they have decided my garden is the chosen FIGHT ZONE and the howling cat noises are horrific. Its going to be a long evening and twice already I have tried to find my happy place in my mind while trying to sleep. My happy place . . . . normally my childhood days or my fondest travels. Do you have a happy place?
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14787)
• Ireland
17 Sep 16
@inlemay I often retreat to mental happy places but it's rarely my childhood. I usually end up in an attic in Paris in winter, a bottle of Chablis chilling outside on the windowsill in the snow. Enzo's playing the baby grand and Yitzak's in the kitchen. We'll not be able to afford heat but we won't feel the cold.
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
17 Sep 16
Ahh its just been such a distraction this evening, I think I may lurk around the house for a while before giving it a try again
Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
18 Sep 16
my flat is my happy place now - fortunately, as I live there
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
18 Sep 16
@Inlemay sleep only works for me if it is total oblivion for the night
Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
18 Sep 16
well that is a positive but is that the place you go to when you shut your eyes and try and sleep - mine would be a nightmare - ha ha ha - so much cleaning and ironing lying in wait
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169505)
• United States
17 Sep 16
No, I do not seem to have a happy place. I am going to sound dumb, but what is a burn dial ?
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
17 Sep 16
Not burn - but bum - its when you sit on your phone and your bum does the dialing to a random contact - we had one of those - twice in 5 minutes!!
Denise
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
18 Sep 16
@Inlemay My daughter used to call that "butt calls". She often did that on her first phone when she'd get on her bike to come to school in the morning. I'd pick up my phone and hear "swish swish"-- that being her legs pedaling the bike.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
17 Sep 16
Yes, I do and it is very private.
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
17 Sep 16
thanks for sharing
pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
17 Sep 16
I hope the cat in your picture is not one of those howling in your garden!
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
17 Sep 16
I hope not either - that would be a disaster - No that is an evening photo of a leopard - its a postcard I sent to a postcrossing member last week - Stunning photo taken by a local photographer.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
18 Sep 16
@MALUSE That is true!
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RM
@RitzzView (3041)
• India
18 Sep 16
Was something disturbing your sleep?
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
19 Sep 16
just plenty on my plate at the moment
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ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
24 Sep 16
I guess not. I used to try and write stories in my head, these days I lay down, relax, shove cats out of my face and, pretty much I'm asleep.
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Toni
@toniganzon (77247)
• Philippines
18 Sep 16
Memories spent with my parents. Thinking about those calm me down and relaxes me.
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Meng Zhaocheng
@MattMeng (3448)
• Hangzhou, China
18 Sep 16
I love the picture.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
18 Sep 16
My happy place would be the travels we've taken as a family.
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John King
@ison_1 (1240)
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19 Sep 16
Not really, no, I don't have a 'happy place'.
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Rohvannyn Shaw
@Rohvannyn (3098)
• United States
18 Sep 16
I do. Sitting in my back yard looking up at my acacia tree and my olive tree, and the bird feeder. I really love the picture you posted.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382325)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Sep 16
I sometimes find it very difficult to find a happy place - probably my childhood days would work best too.
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ARM
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
18 Sep 16
I do....my childhood home and the house we lived when my kids where young.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502653)
• Italy
18 Sep 16
Yes, my happy place is the old farmhouse of my grandmother. The place where I spend some vacation times when I was a teenager. I hate late phone calls as much as I hate those of early morning. They always brought bad news in my life.
Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54718)
• United States
18 Sep 16
My childhood home in West Virginia
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
18 Sep 16
I often dont hear the phone if it's that late, and if hubby is home safe, and I dont recognize the number I deff wont pick up, they can leave a VM. but I agree, someone better have been rushed to the ER or something
Denise
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
18 Sep 16
My happy places are my school, my church and my house. Also the mountains.
Thelma
@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
18 Sep 16
My happy place was my childhood home full of great memories. I usually returned to that time when I remember some pieces of an event or a thing.
Teresa Trotter
@teresatrotter (4073)
• Jacksonville, Florida
18 Sep 16
Music. When I listen to music, the world is always a happy place.