Today is Spring Day here in sunny South Africa and we're THRILLED!!  The first of September is always a happy day for us, but this was the happiest yet!  Normally Spring day is misty and cold and downright dreary, but today the sky was crystal clear, the blue almost hurting you eyes, the sun was soft and warm, just begging you to enjoy it and the flowers!  They were practically screaming at you to smell them.  Everything was as it should be.

You see, here in South Africa, we don't really deal all too well with cold.  There are some, like me, who prefer the winter, but man, this was a looong and coooold winter!  Truly, one of the colder winters I've experienced, and it just never seemed to end...until today!!  Yesterday I was still studying under the covers, but today I just had to sieze the day (as much as one can in exam time) and I studied outside in the sunshine.  Smelling the sizzling chops of impromtu Springday braais and listening to the jubalant chatter that only a sunny day (and perhaps a Tri-Nations rugby trophee) can bring.  It made having to study seem...bearable!  Everywhere I looked people were smiling, wearing flowers in their hair, even being a bit more generous, giving their change to the beggar, just because you can't be sour on a day like today. 

It's amazing how a perfect day can brighten your spirits.  There's nothing else like it!