BERNARD Lyne - you made my day ('Bright side of life', Letters, January 19). Let them carry on moaning, I have two baker's dozens that make me happy:

1 Waking up in the morning

2 My dogs wagging their tails

3 My brisk walk to work in Museum Street

4 My family spoiling me rotten

5 Being healthy and content

6 Living in my lovely house

7 A glass of wine

8 Sunrise over Knavesmire

9 Monday nights listening to Frank Wappit with my blind friend John Thomas

10 Heated towel rail and warm towels

11 Memories of my childhood 60 years ago

12 Knowing the Lord cares for me

13 Pay Day

14 A cup of Ringtons tea

15 Blackbirds on my windowsill waiting for sultanas

16 My trousers still fitting me after Christmas fare

17 My colleagues' friendly faces

18 Visits from neighbours and friends

19 Working in my lovely garden

20 Making clippie mats

21 Liberty hankies

22 Bacon butties

23 Starlit sky

24 Two for the price of one

25 Dandelions in the hedgerows

26 Having naturally curly hair.

What makes me unhappy? Bloomin' nothing.

Helen Harris,

Hunters Way,

Dringhouses, York.

Updated: 11:23 Saturday, January 22, 2005