Happy Place, Happy Space
It’s been a challenging week on the health front: lots of medical appointments (Loving Husband, Younger Daughter) and mystery illness (Dad). Like many of us, I am not a huge fan of visiting the Doc, either as a patient or as a caregiver.
Nevertheless, I’ve had several happy runs this week, so I share one of those with you: along the Singapore River.
“24 Hours in Singapore” by Baet Yeok Kuan, 2015, on the lawn of the Asian Civilisations Museum 
our matching new Saucony Kinvara 11 Tokyo Edition
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Reading your Joyful Posts brings me to my happy place. I hope having them in one place makes it easier for you to find when you need a bit of happy therapy, too.
If you would like to join in, ping back to this post and I will include you next week.
- Cadyluckleedy‘s Friday’s Foods of the World from My back garden: sets out an incredible spread
- Carol Ann Siciliano‘s Delights: smiles at a frisbee happy hour and impromptu baseball
- Deb’s World’s Star light, star bright… and Square: delights in the night sky with her grandchildren
- Gary Wilson‘s Suffer Not the Children: shares an embarrassing story, which thankfully, has a not disastrous ending
- Laurie Graves‘ Friday Favorites: delights in a new frog for her porch and enjoys visits from feathered friends
- LittlePiecesofMe‘s Grateful Fridays: is grateful for a diverse list of things, from lunch time rides to good friends.
- Nancy Loderick‘s Blame it on COVID: laughs over confusion
- Natalie the Explorer‘s Fabulous Walk & Interview: enjoys the spring weather with outdoor activities and shares an interview all about the Coffee Share she hosts
- She Writes‘ Time Check: Alone Time: yearns for alone time, and sleep
- Thistles and Kiwis’This Week’s Small Pleasures: wow!s with the bounty from the market, edible treats & her Easter lunch spread
- Trent’s World‘s The Weekly Smile: works on & enjoys many aspects of music
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Notes:
- Lead photo was taken on the lawn of the Asian Civilisations Museum on 9 April 2021. The mirror balls are part of an artwork called 24 Hours in Singapore by Baet Yeok Kuan, 2015.
- This post is my contribution to
- Becky’s Squares hosted by Becky at LifeOfB
- Coffee Share hosted by NatalieTheExplorer
- Pull Up a Seat hosted by XingFuMama
- Weekend Sky hosted by HammadRais
- Water Water Everywhere hosted by PhotosByJez
Touring My Backyard 
Great sculpture!
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Thanks so much – we spotted it quite by accident as we turned around to look at something else. Otherwise, we would have run right by it being none the wiser.
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Dear Ju-Lyn — Such wonderful photos! I love seeing Singapore through your wondering and whimsical eyes. (And thanks for mentioned Fashioned For Joy.) I send prayers and healing energy to you and all you love.
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I am so glad to show you some of my neighbourhood. So happy you popped in!
And you are most welcome to share in this space!
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Ju-Lyn, love these photos! What a fun way to photograph in the Mirror balls! I am back from Vaca and need a rest now! Ha ha! Cady
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Then you must have had a wonderful trip! Recovery time!
Glad to have you back!
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I hope your family is on the mend soon, and you get answers for your dad. Love the river photo and the statue. Have a great week.
https://troyerslovinglife.blogspot.com/2021/04/weekend-coffee-sharejust-life.html
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Thanks so much for the well wishes and encouragement, Kristin!
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I love the mirror balls it has given me a great idea for a mosaic project. I have been collecting broken mirror bits from our local rubbish bin for a while. It is surprising how ideas translate
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Oh good! That sounds like a wonderful project! I love how ideas circulate in this space of ours.
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I’m grateful you have a river to run by to help alleviate the discomfort of doctor appointments and mysterious illnesses.
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I am, too! You would understand the joy of being outdoors and although my nature is not anywhere as wild as yours, it is restorative enough!
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Beautiful photos. Sorry to hear about the health issues plaguing your family. I imagine the run is sort of a stress reliever in these times.
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Indeed – running is a respite from all the cares of the day! But we are all well this week – thank you for the good thoughts!
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ooh I was linked to this lovely post, but then didn’t see Squares listed at the end . . . still no matter. Thanks for linking, and sending huge hugs for you and your family. What a week
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Oh my! I did absolutely mean to link to you… fixing it now!
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Sorry to hear about your family’s health issues. Hope your Dad is ok, and all the appointments ended in good outcomes.
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It’s a new week, new excitement!
We are all good. Dad was well enough to get his 2nd dose of the vaccine yesterday – yay! Diagnosis was vertigo – not very helpful, but the meds were.
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So glad to hear your dad is feeling better.
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I am very relieved. And that they both managed to get their 2nd vaccinations done.
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Ju-Lyn, The mirror balls remind me of The Bean in Chicago. The Boy and His Dog sculpture is beautiful, too. Thank you for the mention and for linking up with #WeekendCoffeeShare. I hope your family’s health situation improves. Have a great week ahead!
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I looked up The Bean – it is huge! and yes, the mirror balls are much smaller, but there are a number of them and they allow reflection. But did I mention The Bean is ginormous???!!!! Thank you for connecting with these artworks – what fun!
We are all good, healthwise. Dad finally went to the Doc – vertigo. No explanation, it’s just like that. But with meds, he was much better. He was even able to take part 2 of his vaccine yesterday so we are all very relieved. Thanks so much for thinking of us.
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Hope your family’s feeling much better, Ju-Lyn 🤞 What a wonderful place to go for a run, & those mirror balls are fantastic 😃
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Hoping for a better health week – Dad’s vertigo is tricky because he is scheduled for his 2nd Covid vaccination today. We are hoping he will be able to receive it.
Thank you for appreciating our run route and those fun mirror balls!
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I understand the issues with vertigo; my wife suffers from it as well. Hope all goes well 🤞
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Thanks so much Jez. Dad is much better and was able to get his 2nd vaccine shot on Monday, despite the excitement of the weekend.
May I ask if your wife is able to prevent vertigo episodes, or is it just a matter of dealing with symptoms as they arise?
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Awesome news for your dad 😃 If my wife is able to anticipate an attack, she is able to pretty much stop it in it’s tracks using this method she found on You Tube: https://youtu.be/mQR6b7CAiqk The first 20 secs or so of the video show non suffereres what vertigo is like, so don’t let your Dad see this part as it may trigger an attack. Susan says that he may need to do this about 3 -4 times a day when he feels an attack coming on; but it does work really well for her where other traditional methods don’t. Hope this is of use for your Dad 🤞
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Thank you so much Jez. I will forward this link to Dad – it will certainly be useful to try should this happen again. He is very perplexed as he has never encountered this before – he doesn’t even experience motion sickness!
Please convey my gratefulness to Susan for sharing her expertise with us.
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You’re very welcome; Susan hopes that thie technique is effective 🤞
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Dad has tried it once already and says it seems to make the symptoms abate. Thank you both again!
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Awesome; you’re very welcome 😃
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Wonderful photos! Thanks for the mention. Best to you and your family’s health. Keep us posted.
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Thanks for the good thoughts & well wishes – hopefully Dad can get his 2nd Covid vaccine shot today despite the excitement of the weekend.
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Fingers crossed!
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Both Dad & Mom successfully received their shots yesterday! Appreciate so much your rooting for them. I am so relieved.
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Oh, good! Such a worry.
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Sorry about the medical stuff – I hate going to the docs as well! Glad you got a good river run in – I was able to rum by the ocean this week, which I always enjoy. Great photos 🙂
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Did you go up to Cape Cod this week again? Again, I am so amazed by your beach running! How are you feeling? Is it easier now that you’ve gone back to running for a while?
Thank you for empathising with the med stuff – just one of those things, I guess. Makes the Smiles much brighter in contrast!
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Yes, I was on Cape Cod. I have a house there, so I spend a lot of time – someday it will be my “full time” house…. Running has been good, I’m doing as good of a pace as I ever have and am going to extend the length a bit this week.
A good way of looking at it – every life has ups and downs and the downs make the ups seem that much better 🙂
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Am glad the running is going well. And that you have such beautiful places to run.
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The area where you took those pictures is definitely walkable! (And I see Cavenagh Bridge!)
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It is a wonderful riverwalk! They have worked very hard to widen the walkways and make the area beautiful!
Your eyes are very sharp! to spot Cavenagh Bridge in the mirror balls! I am super impressed.
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That bridge is actually memorable haha! Me and my younger brother went there two years ago, and even bought ice cream sandwiches from the ambulant ah kong who usually sets up shop there. 🙂
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Yes yes! Ah Kong is still there, mostly on weekends! Sometimes Ah Ma is there with him too.
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Good to know they’re still around!
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Particularly with the long shutdown – we have seen so many familiar sights & people in our landscape disappear.
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Love the photo Ju!
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Thank you thank you – we love taking reflection pics with the mirror balls!
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Sending healing thoughts and prayers for you and your family, Ju-Lyn, especially your father.
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Thanks so much, Lavinia! appreciate the good thoughts & prayers! He was feeling much better yesterday (managed to take the meds the Doc prescribed).
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Hi Ju-lyn,
Your photo of the statue, a boy and his dog brought to mind my own written version of this scene. I call it, “A dog and her boy”.
It makes me smile every time I read it and hope you enjoy it too.
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Thanks so much for this Gary!
I will include it in next week’s roundup?
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Hi Ju-lyn, thanks for sharing it with your readers. You have a neat collection each week.
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Thanks so much for your encouragement and your support in this space. You are always welcome here!
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Cheers to a happy run and making a good day. Love the statue of the boy and his dog. Hoping for your family members to recover soon.
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Thanks so much for the good wishes and positive thoughts, Frank.
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I hope everyone in your family is feeling better. Love the picture of you in the metal ball. Glad you were able to get some runs in.
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Thank you for the good thoughts!
And thank you for enjoying the reflection image – I love taking photos in front of these mirror balls … i think they are so fun & funny!
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They are fun!
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Praying for the good health of your family ✨ Have fun running and breathing fresh air. Keep safe and have a great day!
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Thank you so much for keeping us in prayer.
And yes! to the running & breathing! love it!
Have a good & safe week ahead too!
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