“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
This weekend, I am hanging out on my parents’ farm. The first thing I did after petting all the animals was check out the garden. If the picture above looks a little fuzzy, it’s because it was taken mid-duck as I was trying to avoid the dive bomb by some sort of flying insect.
I have a love-hate relationship with sunshine. I am fair-skinned, so my skin is pretty sensitive to the sun’s unforgiving rays. A day spent outside means bathing in a vat of high SPF sunscreen, as well as multiple reapplications throughout the day. My shoulders are freckled from the day nineteen Mays ago when I spent the day at a Duran Duran/Deep Blue Something concert to raise money for the families of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing. I didn’t reapply the sunscreen, and I walked away with water blisters.
Not pretty.
But if I take the necessary precautions, the sun is my friend. I love the feel of it on my arms and face when I’m driving or out for a walk. I love watching the sun rise (well, at least when it’s not coming through my office window, stabbing me in the eye). It means a new day.
This month, I’m writing 31 Days of Beauty. Every day, I will discuss a different aspect of personal beauty.
Day One – Live in the sunshine.
M. Suzanne Terry 
yessss I am so excited abotu this.
Thanks, Abby!
You have a farm too?? Going to make a cup of decaf (Swiss method decaf beans) and work on envy………
Well, the parents have a farm. I try to get there once every other month or so.