Happy 101 Award

My longtime friend and fellow blogstress Carey included me in her Happy 101 Award list.  Her kind words about i [heart] mountains:
 "my friend Ann's blog gives me the warm fuzzies. Life in Montana with her 2 dogs and handsome man, enjoying everything from home-cooked meals to DIYs. Just heaven." Well, shucks.  Big thanks!

So I'm supposed to list 10 things that make me happy and pass this on to 10 other blogs I love:
Happiness-Inducing:
1. The Mountain Man
2. Isabel and Chopper
3. The Blue Ridge Mountains
4. Eating whatever you want after a big day of climbing
5. Cheese grits
6. Garden and Gun 
7. Double tall Americanos
8. Spring flowers--crocus, daffodils, iris, snowdrops
9. Scarves
10. The Santa Fe Enchilada at Continental Divide in Charlottesville, VA

10 Blogs to Love:

• i suwannee Seriously fun design inspiration
• smitten kitchen I cook something from this blog at least twice a month.  Gorgeous photos
• The Plan My friend Lauren and her college pal's blog on entertaining, wedding stuff, cooking.
• Southern Exposure A North Carolina transplant living in Staunton, VA. Amazing, inspiring home remodeling projects.
• Adventures in Toulouse My friend Ann's very droll account of being newly wed to a Frenchman and all things French.
• Little Green Notebook This lady has 3 daughters under the age of 5 and accomplishes more in a day than anyone I've ever heard of.  She's the queen of spending next to nothing and creating a beautiful home.
• Nothing But Bonfires Holly Burns in SF. Hugely entertaining. I just hope she publishes a novel someday.
• Belle Decor  Garden and Gun editor Haskell Harris' blog about all things Southern, design-related and lovely.
• The Large Story My friend Emily's blog about her darling young family.  Love her sunny outlook on everything.
• La Tartine Gourmande Totally beautiful food photography.  I'm just waiting for the book to be published.