Everyone seems to be picking up a uke these days - certainly seems that way here in northern California.

We're the artists behind the creative studio Last Lemon, and we thought we'd try get to the bottom of this trend. So through our social networks we asked people why they love their ukes.

Here are 10 of the responses. The images come from our "Happiness Is..." series. Previously on Boredpanda we tried to get to the bottom of what makes people happy.

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