Song Challenge - Lucky 13!!! What makes you happy?

[~~JT]

Thanks to Kim @genealogygenie for hosting Song Challenge 12 and selecting my photo for the finals. And thank you to everyone who voted for my Too Much Fun photo for the song “Saturday in the Park” by Chicago.

This is my first time hosting a challenge, and I enjoyed listening to some great music while trying to select a song. It was hard to narrow it down, but I've selected the song "Happy" by Pharrell Williams because it is currently or recently at the top of many charts globally and is a song that can be interpreted in many ways regardless of location or season!

Your photographs must be taken within the challenge time frame to be considered as a finalist. Your image idea may be inspired by the title or any of the lyrics within the song. You may use any photographic technique you like (with or without editing).

Feel free to post your entries to this thread as inspiration for others and be sure to tag your entry. If you haven't joined in before, give it a try!

Song: Happy by Pharrell Williams
Tag: song-13
Challenge Dates: July 28 through Aug 8
Finalists Announced: Aug 9
Voting: 24 hours after finalists selected and posted
Winner Announced: August 10 (just ahead of my holiday!)

Link to music

Link to the lyrics for inspiration

I look forward to seeing what makes you happy! :) Good luck everyone! Looking forward to seeing your entries!

Here's how others have interpreted the song! :) song-13

~~JT

[Dawn Swingle]

My entry, at the time I was taking photos I didn't realize what the new song was, I must be psychic! (Or psychotic, take your pick!)

[Hope D Jennings]

Nothing makes me happier than helping Monarch butterflies by planting milkweed for the butterflies to lay eggs...and then raising the caterpillars to adulthood.I love sending off healthy butterflies !

[~~JT]

@rangerxenos
Dawn, this is fantastic! :) I love to see what makes you happy! :) Thank you for sharing! :)

[Hope D Jennings]

And how can you not feel happy to see a rainbow?

[~~JT]

@mzzhope
Hope, I keep looking for monarch caterpillars around here. I've seen milkweed but no 'pillars. It makes me worry. Like you, I've a deep sense of joy in seeing healthy butterflies. Thank you, so much, for sharing! :)

[~~JT]

@mzzhope
Hard to beat a rainbow! "Clap along if you know what happiness is to you!" :) I can see you know what happiness is to you! :)

[Andrea]

@mzzhope what a precious thing to do. awesome 😍😍

[Andrea]

This is what makes me happy

[~~JT]

@andreajoy There surely is a lot of happy going on in those shots! :) Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

[~~JT]

This is making me happy and I don't even get to participate in this song challenge! :)

[~~JT]

I sat having a glass of wine at a friend's house before Sunday dinner when I noticed these lines. It made me happy to have my camera with me so I could capture the moment.



What makes you happy?

[Kim]

Having two of my grandchildren visit makes me happy! And they were showing me their moves to the song Happy.

[~~JT]

@genealogygenie Thank you, Kim, for sharing! This would make me happy, too! :)

[Mannie]

This is Rose. She is in seventh heaven in this shot. Why? Because of that silly tennis ball in her mouth. Nothing makes her happier.

[~~JT]

@mbemis That's one happy dog! :) Thanks for sharing!

[Mannie]

@voiceprintz JT, I guess I missed the finalists and voting. Who was the winner?

[Lisa Poland]

Goodness, I totally missed 2 song challenges. Don't know how that happened.