What's making you happy? Tell us by emailing happy@irishtimes.com or using #IrishTimesHappy on Twitter. Here are this week's answers.

The kindness of the three men who with great time and effort got me and my car out of the mud in the car park of an airport hotel on Thursday last. Eternally grateful – Colette, via email

Warm sun in Bray, Co Wicklow this weekend, my girls learning why I love the sea – Emma, @emprunty

An obnoxiously enormous scone – Jennifer, @jenstevensdub

Róisín Meets: Johnny Orlando on YouTube fame and ‘haters’

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Salad days at Blackrock

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Catherine Nevin: A prisoner, my student and my friend

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"Pollyanna" is so often used in the pejorative, but I'm reading the book to the children at the moment & just hearing the story of someone trying to make everyone "glad" is making us happy. I'm planning to give that "glad game" a serious shot – @McGonigleWalsh

I'm happy because it's 10am on a rainy, Monday morning and I am working in my cosy, light blue, polka-dot, flannel pyjamas – Jean, @flirtology