Is The Sun Shining For You?

what a bright and sweet article, honey. the sun is shining for me today, but its only in the high 40s - a combination i love - cold and bright.

The sun is shining here, at least for now. Yes, the sun effects me too, when dark and dreary so are my moods. "I could easily live on an island in the Caribbean, in a tiny house, wearing soft old clothes, if any, and enjoy sea and the sun. " This sounds heavenly, even poetic..what a wonderful dream. :))

You are like me...adore Mother Nature and all that she has to offer us ~ it's like a wonderful gift we are given each day for our enjoyment! It sure would be nice to stick my bare feet in the ocean!! You are very lucky! Also up here in MI we have a definate (4) seasons. I like that. It gives nature more variety! Also I have a large woods behind my house and it's great to take walks in and listen to the sounds of the great outdoors. Nice article. You've got my 10! P.S. The sun is shining brightly today!

I also love the sunshine. In the spring, I sit out in the sun to warm the winter cold out of my bones. In the fall, I sit out there to store up warmth for winter. It never lasts, however. It seems like I am cold for so long.

The sun is shining beautifully here in eastern Washington but it is chilly out. It was 31 when I left this morning at 7 AM. It was up to 39 at 10 AM. I would absolutely love to live in a warm climate where I didn't have to be freezing for half of the year.

Hi Mariana I'm with you all the way but here in Soth Africa we get all the sunshine we cculd ever ask for. Here we dress very casual and are generally very laid back.
I very seldom wear formal clothes.
What the sunshine does for us here is give us, generally speaking, happy natures and a readiness to laugh.

Fred ! Oh it sounds absolutely wonderful but oh so far away. I was born in Venezuela and so I do believe I'd like living closer to her. My body tends to want to go in that direction - what am I doing in Calfornia! Salud.

Yes, I love the sun. I was born in a latitiude roughlt equivalent to yours , but antipodealy speaking, just as Fred. I have live in the Caribbean, seven months in Kingston, Jamaica and three years in Santurce, in Puerto Rico. In Jamaica, my family and I lived in a university cottage that had a massive mango tree in the front yard, and she who hugs trees would call out "Plop! Plop!" whenever they fell to the ground.
What we didn't do with those mangoes! Mango milk shakes, mango drinks, mango salads, mango on barbeque... You imagine it, we did it with mangoes. Beautiful, fresh, juicy, sweet mangoes. Ah well...
Puerto Rico: three or four houses from the beach, walked there every day, sold wire sculptures made from construction wire and scraps on the beach in front of the hoels populated by gullible US tourists from Podunk and Peoria. Loved it! That was truly tropical living! Absolutely no seasons! Warm all year round, wet part of the year, with massive deluges, but so what!
Now in a seasonal climate again, and I love it! Winter with its white ethereal beauty, spring with its promise of a bountiful summer, autumn to enjoy that bounty and then back to winter to wait fro spring again.
I enjoy life and living wherever I am.

A refreshing article - The sun has been shinning for two days here in Ohio. It is rare this time of year to get three day of sun in a row.

I'm happy with the cloudy days because they make the sunny ones feel so much better.

Great insight into your love of the outdoors. I love it. I spent time in Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico. My dream would be to have a writing hide-away in Costa Rica looking down from Heredia to San Jose spread out below.

Tony the chef is the kind of guy who'd like that too by the way:

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Ron, Thanks - and yes, I did love your recent story and all your stories - you're a terrific writer and I wish you and everyone out there success on publication. Ted, Oh you are a sunny person, full of life - I can tell that from everything you write! Thank you Jimmy U. I love your positive attitude. OH Peter, I like that in a person - you like wherever you are and that makes for happiness. I do believe we are right where we're supposed to be for whatever reasons and if not start envisioning a better place! I shall return! Salud.

Peter, I could live on mangos as well - any kind of tropical fruit is a meal for me. I also like casave and queso blanco - any kind of Venezuelan dish. Salud.

You make me long for more sunshine, Miz M! We've had a couple of cloudy, drizzly days here in MN, but I know we need moisture to bring the flowers and leaves out and that the weather will be sunny again soon (maybe this weekend?). As much as I enjoy our four seasons, I could be very happy living in a sunny, permanently warm climate!

I love this!!! I live by the moon (for now), which is quite peaceful and serene!!! It is very tricky weather in these parts Mariana~ which truly makes one appreciate the sun and warmth all the more when it does arrive!!! For now...I get my sunshine through you:) This is a ten again!!!

Ah Mariana - thank you for this little bit of sunshine. It is most welcome today.

"livin' on mangos, sitting in the sun," beginning lyrics of a song I'm singin' to you girl!

I love hot, sunny days...I love walking the beach at dawn....I love the feel of cold water splashing at my legs...but oh, do I hate it when it reaches my nipples...

I should go back to the lyrics to my new song for you, Sunshine Girl!

I was at my computer all day - but the adventures I had definitely made the sun shine as it did my backyard! Sunshine can be a state of mind, too, can't it? I'm so jealous - wireless! We tried to hook it up to my laptop but for some reason it never worked in my garden. I could sit out and write stories but I couldn't use the internet. Sadly, my laptop died last May. The good news - my husband was able to fix it...bad news.....he hasn't had time to put word processing back on it...so basically it's of no use to me. My writing was always done on the laptop before it died because I could write anywhere and spread out with reserarch booms and notes more than I can at my computer desk.

The thought of sunshine brings to mind the old John Denver song...also...one I often sing when puttering in the garden....

"Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy!" just as he says!

Mariana!

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right
Little darlin' it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darlin' it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun

I bet the sun always warms your soul even when it is cloudy outside!

Cheers,

Colonel Possum

Dear Colonel, a lovely Beatles tune that I appreciate hearing! Thank you! Miz Cecile, I loved that John Denver song - in fact, I saw him in person a couple of times in Atlanta when he first began...thanks for the memory and I hope you get that laptop fixed and go wireless!
Miz Bob, You're a trip! Thanks for stopping by for a cool dip!
Tonia, I sense your day wasnt as bright as it could have been? Thanks for visiting!
Debbie, my friend, so nice to see you as you are sunshine to me!
Miz Dorothy, I'm a tropical flower, I can enjoy the beauties of the cold but it's not a place I could live - I would only be hanging on the vine waiting for the summer so I could begin living again! Salud.