Ponderings from the Porch Swing

From my archives — Been lazy all day, sitting on the porch swing watching the birds and reading a book. Saw the hawk fly by clutching a little creature in his talons. Didn’t look big enough to make much of a meal. All the songbirds left the feeders in hurry when he came by, guess…

From my archives — Been pondering on the front porch this morning. Actually ate my breakfast on the porch sitting in the swing. First time I’ve done that in a long time. Penelope and I have been watching the cardinals and titmice on the feeders. Oldest brother stopped by for his visit grumbling about the…

From my archives — When my handyman and his wife were working at my house they would eat their lunch everyday perched on the front porch steps. I’d sit in the porch swing and we’d all swap funny stories, sending cheerful laughter into the warm fall sunshine. Got a good laugh with my camel story.…

From my archives — If you don’t enjoy a thrift store you don’t know what you are missing! Treasures await on shelves and in bins and boxes. Have to have patience and fortitude to search, which I do not have, but I follow my dearest friend or my oldest sister-in-law, and casually look over their…

From my archives — Yesterday the wind blew my peace lily plants all over the porch. One of the plant stands blew over, too. I saw Penelope looking funny at the screen door and I walked up to the door. One of the plants was lying sideways and looking through the slats the plant looked…

Never seen a more beautiful day. Been trying all morning to think of the best way to describe the day and I’m not having much luck with the correct adjectives. Everything is clean and bright. The day is luminous and brilliantly clear. The sky’s dark blue, the clouds white as snow, the sun has bleached…

Today was a rain, then sun, then rain, then sun, all day. My little piece of heaven got several heavy showers. Penelope and I sat in the swing as the first morning rain showers poured over Mother Earth. I love sitting on the porch when it’s raining. The cardinals are always so joyful feeding in…

Did some porch pondering between rain showers today. I could hear the first raindrops slapping on the red clay tile on the porch. The drops made little polka dot patterns on the tile. The rain was not heavy enough to wet a whole square. The storms around us have cooled the breeze and made the…

Oldest brother visited this morning for some porch pondering with me. I sent him home with some tomatoes from my garden still warm from a touch of God’s green thumb. After he left I filled the bird feeders, washed out the bird baths. As I filled one of the bird baths with fresh water, a…

I love Southern Living magazine’s definition of a southern funeral. “A Southern funeral is an elaborate, highly social community event. It is characterized by deep religious faith, extensive personal grooming and formal attire, mourning that includes both tears and laughter, and an enormous spread of traditional comfort food.” I went to a funeral today and…