"and the air had so much light and sweetness...

...that it was a pain to come within doors."  Ralph Waldo Emerson

What happens when the thermometer creeps above 40?  To the beach, of course.   Weekend adventures where we stay outside as long as possible:  welcome back.

I am lucky that my kids are up for anything, even willing to walk a mile to the beach in the winter.  Our adventurous spirits were rewarded when lo-and-behold, Sand Beach, which is sometimes the coldest and windiest place in Maine, was a pocket of protected warmth and sunshine, just for us.
 

 When we got to the beach, Skyler threw off her coat and yelled "SUMMER!"  Not quite, honey.  But close. 

 I sat on the rocks up above the beach and breathed in the air and watched the kids poke around in tidal pools and whoop for joy.  We filled up on sunshine and vitamin D.

On the hike back up to the car, they each found a dollar.  LUCKY DAY INDEED.

Look, Mom.  We have discovered the selfie.

 I don't know about you all, but I am loving the extra sunlight and that lovely smell of mud which tells us that things are melting and thawing and stretching into warmer days.  (That's me trying to be enthusiastic about March.)

YAY MARCH!