Saturday at the Market

On account of it being sunny for the first time in about six months, the Saturday Farmer's Market is finally back in town. Okay fine, so it probably has nothing to do with being sunny but it sure is convenient timing! I love Market season. People are always in a good mood, walking around with their bags full of carrots and tulips and jars of homemade honey (*recyclable bags, of course). My favorite part is the salted caramel ice cream. Mmmm.

As someone who loves cold weather more than most people, I'm surprised at how much I've been enjoying the sun. I remember when I was moving to Oregon, people kept warning me about SAD - the Seasonal Affective Disorder (which, according to Web MD is still "a mystery", hehe). Essentially, people start getting depressed after not seeing the sun for so many weeks or months at a time. Ha! Is that silly or what? At the time, I was moving to Oregon from California so I wasn't too worried. I had had enough sun to last me a lifetime.

However. As ridiculous as a seasonal disorder sounds, it might be a little bit true for some of these native Oregonians. I swear, people go crazy for the sun around here. It doesn't matter if it's 50 degrees or 70, if the sun is out, so are the shorts and the sandals and the sunscreen (and all the pasty white legs that have been hiding under jeans and boots for the last few months - eek!).

Anyhow. Sunny weather has been treating us pretty well. We've been sleeping with our windows open at night (which I love!) and are being woken up by the sun instead of a million different alarms. I have to admit, it's pretty nice to ride bikes without having to put on 8 jackets first. To be able to have dinner outside. To order lemonade instead of hot tea. To walk to class without getting drenched in the rain in between. To have to shop for a few new spring outfits. ;)

I'll always be thrilled with a day of rain, but I suppose this sunny weather isn't so bad after all.

Which do you prefer, colder or warmer weather?