What’s making you happy? The heatwave, unexpected flowers and climbing mountains

What is making you happy? Tell us by emailing happy@irishtimes.com or using #IrishTimesHappy on Twitter. This week’s answers are below:

Despite having had extensive gastric surgery with only a third of my stomach remaining, climbing the mountains of La Gomera on a clear day makes me happy – Siobhán

The heatwave. People in great moods, the sunshine reminding us why we never need to go anywhere else. It’s all here, under our sunburnt noses – Mary

While out for a leisurely spin in #Laois we came across these pony & traps a coincidence as we require them for HeritageWeek #Bulfincycle festival – @bulfincycle

‘The Irish people gave me justice, liberty, humanity and support’

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‘I was going to vote for her, but then she said she wanted to be a swan’

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Lindsay Lohan: ‘I don’t need to live in fear’

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Today there were flowers on my lucky no 7 Cork Bike .The happiness cycle – Abigail @abiijoffe