Ponderings from the Porch Swing

Just dropped a macadamia nut cookie on the floor and as it rolled away Penelope and I raced after it. I won and yes I ate it. My youngest son was laughing saying, “I’m watching my elderly mother race a dog for a cookie on the floor. Sad.” He enjoys my elderly escapades and calls…

Enjoyed a bagel breakfast today while I sat in the porch swing under an aqua white sky. The day is warm but the swift breeze that runs across my porch is banging the wind chimes as it briefly passes by. Our neighborhood handsome hawk is calling its mate but it’s off key with the wind…

Ate my breakfast perched in the porch swing this morning as the organ wind chimes’ tintinnabulations and songbird symphonies sang hymns of praise for a beautiful morning. Today was a peek at spring but Old Man Winter is still grouchy, bringing back the nighttime twenties with his frosty breath this weekend. Father Sky sketched a…

Spent the day in LaGrange with oldest sister-in-law, getting a hair cut and grocery shopping at Kroger. I love to go to the larger grocery stores shopping for cheeses and a variety of groceries we don’t have here in Roanoke. So many choices! Was determined to stick to my list but I fell off the…

Dodinsky said, “Today fill your cup of life with sunshine and laughter.” I love this quote and my life has been full of warm sunshine and laughter today. Had a busy morning with errands, lunch with friends, phone call from my bosom budddy, and a glorious rest of the day perched in the porch swing…

Drove home today from Peachtree City under a beautiful clear blue morning sky, sun kissed and cloud free. Spent five glorious days with the grandchildren. Hard to believe Alexander is driving himself and Emerson to high school each day. Those sixteen years passed swiftly. Been sitting in the swing on the porch this afternoon. The…

From my archives, new thoughts tomorrow… Today was a beautiful day but too chilly for porch pondering. I was walking Penelope on her first walk and stopped long enough to really study the sky. Father Sky had picked up some different colored pastels today and swiped them across his sky canvas. I think he’s been…

Still with the grandchildren so from my archives in 2023… Did porch pondering on the porch swing today and it was so marvelous. The sky was light blue, cloudless I thought, till I leaned back in the swing and realized Father Sky had lightly stroked his white pastel all over the sky canvas. The clouds…

Today I’m thinking of my Valentine’s letter from Chief, resting in my jewelry box I purchased in England on a college trip. I love to sit down and slowly read the letter, savoring his words, trying to hear his Southern drawl. Chief was a romantic in a quiet, passionate way. We’d watch the movie, The…

Been sitting here on the sofa watching the Olympics, while the grands are at school, searching for inspiration. Actually been pondering on the word inspiration while I’m inspired by the dedication of the Olympic athletes and their parents. I think God inspires us through the Holy Spirit, influencing us to give hope to others, guiding…