unexpected happiness!

There is something so satisfying about giving a friend or loved one a gift for no real reason.  I’m not able to shower friends with such gifts all the time, but when I do it just feels good.  Lately I’ve been on the receiving end of such random acts of kindness!  Fellow photographer, Cindy, had a beautiful arrangement of flowers delivered to my home, and now I don’t have to go to Whole Foods and attempt to make my own this week!  August 2010 bride, Sarah, brought Orvis a pumpkin-shaped dog biscuit for Halloween and he devoured it too fast to capture on camera.  Our friends, Lisa & Jonathan, who came up to visit us from North Carolina surprised me with a Flatbread (our absolute FAVORITE restaurant!) gift certificate for being such good hosts.  I should have been the one to give them a gift card after they put up with our crazy dog for two days!

Do I have out-of-this-world-awesome friends or what?

Have you done anything to bring total unexpected happiness to a friend lately?  It most certainly does not have to be anything tangible.  An out of the blue e-mail from a friend would surely bring a big smile to my face any day!