The Good I've Found (TGIF): sunshine

Two days before Christmas and all through the windows
Came streaking and shining with jubilant fun
These bright rays of light, shimmering and dancing
Proclaiming that summer's not the only season for sun.

alright, so it's a bit rough...but you get the idea.

Maybe it is just because I've only lived back in sunny, SoCal for a year and a half, after being away in rainy Washington for almost 11 years...

maybe.

Or maybe it is that scientifically proven fact that sunshine makes you happy.  ---or something like that, Vitamin D and all... (no, I'm not a scientist...but those who have the special lamps in their houses or go for light therapy treatments can back me up on this one, right?!)

hey! that one song by that one guy proclaims the fact..."...sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy...) 

No matter the reason, the fact is... I don't miss the snow this year. Nope. Not one bit. ok, that's extreme --I do miss the beauty of it.  But you know what? Fake snow is really beautiful, too ;) And my favorite place has lots of fun, fake snow.

my Evie in her winter wear :)

I know, I know. It's not the same. You are right. It is not cold. It is not damp. It is not messy. Yeah. I think I can deal with that.

My TGIF for this week is that I am, unashamedly, in love with this Southern Californian Christmas.



May your Christmas be as wonderful, wherever, however and with whomever you celebrate it !

sunshine and shadows

I love that there is enough sunshine outside to allow me to take pictures of my shadow.

it's kind of funny how I look like I am saluting in the photo, but am actually just holding the camera up. the hand on the hip? nope. can't explain that one. that's just me.

and there you have it. my blog is back from the dead. with a post about sunshine and shadows--which could actually be quite deep and metaphoric...but it's not. that would have taken too much effort. and, in the deep thinking department--I am all deep thunked out right now :)

it is good to be back...oh! I know! I'll do something I have never done in celebration of my return to bloggydom...I will issue a challenge! take the title 'sunshine and shadows' and write a post on your blog--be sure to leave a comment for me when you do so that I can read your undoubtedly more clever take on the subject.--of course this will only work if there is anyone out there that still reads this blog...hello?...hello?...please come back...I promise to not disappear again!