Sunshine, lollipops and roses

Just thinkin about the sun shining over Portland today. Unless you have experienced Portland's gray days in winter, you cannot imagine how joyful a day of sun is. Today is beautiful and almost spring-like. Makes one have hope that summer will once again come to the Northwest. Summer here is by the far the best of anywhere in the country -- no humidity, no bugs and clean air. Maybe that's why having gloomy days is good -- we appreciate the nice days so much more. Yes, even days like today, in the middle of January, when we know the gray will soon return. Today we rejoice in sun. We take the dogs and kids to the park. We ride the bike to the store. The kids take a little longer walking home from school and put off doing homework for an hour or so. Some of us even scratch the itch to go poking around in the garden. Celebrate the sunny days. And when we have gray skies, remember the sun is shining somewhere -- maybe not in Portland -- but somewhere.