Soaring Spirits

We haven't seen this for absolutely ages...

Blue skies.

I mean it. It is the 'dry season' up here in the tropics, (they only have 2 seasons up here, no autumn, winter, spring or summer, only 'dry' and 'wet'), and it is the first time in many, many weeks since we've had a clear blue, cloudless sky. I'm used to waking up and looking miserably out the window and seeing grey clouds. No blue skies in sight. So today was a nice surprise. This is what the 'dry' season is meant to look like. Every day. From May till Novemeber.

Do you realise how much looking outside, lifted my spirits this morning? And Monet's too for that matter.

"Blue sky, blue sky", she squealed along with me.

In celebration, we went on a picnic lunch. Just Monet and I, across the road in the park.

Monet discovered the joys of a picnic lunch last week, when we had one indoors (complete with rug, teddies, and plastic ware!)

But today's picnic was much nicer. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and we enjoyed drinking out of our plastic cups and eating off our plastic plates. We ate the Turkish Bread I baked yesterday (even if it was a bit stale) along with kabana, cheese and freshly shaved ham. We finished off by eating one of these each too.

We had a nice time eating, playing ball, chasing birds, collecting (huge) dried gum leaves, looking at the grass (!!) and chatting away to each other, as Monet and I tend to do.

I hope you've had a lovely day today, as we currently are.

Ahh...my serotonin levels must be refilled.