Raised on Country Sunshine

Yesterday morning before I left for work training, I wanted to celebrate our glorious sunshine with all of you so I created a Sunshine Playlist to go along with my post. You can pause it, turn your speakers off or just crank it up which is what I did this morning while baking cookies for my family.
The sun continues to shine today and the music is making me feel nostalgic, although I was very young when many of these songs became a hit (wink, wink)
Enjoy a 'new to me' british artist, a wee bit of spring, some nostalgia along with country sunshine...


"Mary Dipnall says that she would rather be sitting in a meadow full of wild flowers, sketching with the sun on her back than anywhere else. Born in Portsmouth in 1936, her childhood and subsequent painting style was much influenced by family picnics and holidays in England's beautiful West Country. Perhaps it is Mary Dipnall's lack of formal art training or her pastoral lifestyle which infuses her work with such colourful freedom and warmth. Whatever it is that makes her work inspired, it strikes a chord with all those who love and value the English countryside."

Art by Mary Dipnall

You say you love me and it's invitin'
To go where life is more excitin'
But I was raised on country sunshine
I was raised on country sunshine
green grass beneath my feet
Runnin' through fields of daisies
a wadin' through the creek
You love me and it's invitin'
to go where life is more excitin'
But I was raised on country sunshine
I was raised on country sunshine
I'm happy with the simple things
A Saturday night dance, a picture show and the joy that the bluebird brings
I love you please believe me
I wouldn't want you to ever leave me
But I was raised on country sunshine
There's just something bout the mornin' makes each day a joy to see
Nighttime brings a peaceful feelin' rest inside of me
I love you please believe me
I wouldn't want you to ever leave me
But I was raised on country sunshine
Yes, you love me and it's invitin'
to go where life is more excitin'
But I was raised on country sunshine
Uh huh I was raised on country sunshine
oh oh I was raised on country sunshine

(pause playlist below to listen)

Sending sunshine your way....

Sunshine
by
Lady Alma-Tadema

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway,
the good they do is inconceivable.
Joseph Addison

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
Walt Whitman

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.
Robert Green Ingersoll

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
James M. Barrie

This morning the sun is making her glorious appearance in a clear blue sky....it looks so lovely after many cold and blustery days.
It has been a busy past few weeks, and although I would love to stay home today,
I have to spend the day away for work-related training. I will enjoy the sunshine as we travel.
On another note, two of my children have returned home safely from India this past week.
We have so enjoyed their many stories and continue to take in all the sights and sounds of India with them as we do some arm chair travel.
My old friend (the computer) is also back and is working well for me....the benefits of modern technology!
Where ever you may live in this grand world of ours, may the Giver of sunshine shine His love on you today and every day!
May you have a sunshine-y day my friends!

Added:
Tina over at The Quiet Home is generously giving away her newest knitted creation, a doll named Laura, who is simply adorable and would make an awesome gift for some little girl.
Go on over and pay Tina a visit as you enter your name in the draw for Lovely Laura: