What a lovely day it is! Glorious sunshine pushed away the early clouds and dried the puddles left from last night’s rain, and now brilliant blue skies are overhead. There is just the slightest breeze but it is soft and almost balmy and doesn’t spoil the warmth of the sun.
I read somewhere that it is not only important to have sunshine on your skin to get vitamin D, but that the light of the sun going into your eye (I don’t mean staring directly at the sun) does something to your brain; people who work indoors or in artificial light miss out on what ever the beneficial process is and as a result may become depressed.
Intrigued I tried to find out more and discovered that sunlight can trigger the production or serotonin in the brain… lack of it can lead to tiredness, depression, mood-swings, sleeping too much, and the symptoms of SAD, seasonal affective disorder… well, that makes sense to me! I might not understand the science of it, but I can understand that lovely sunshine makes you feel better, more energetic and happier.
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20021205/unraveling-suns-role-in-depression
Lois Elsden 
If serotonin makes you happy and exercize releases endorphins which gives you a natural high I’m going to suggest Topless Tuesdays at the YMCA to get the benefit of both. Don”t think I”ll have much luck though.
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Sun is shining here and started the day in the garden for 3 hours. Now, I’m positive, energized, exercised! Nothing could be better. Have a great day in the sun, Lois!
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Thank you Kaye! I’m sure you will be sharing some lovely photos of the results of your labours soon!
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