Didn’t do any pondering on the porch today. I still don’t feel up to snuff and just couldn’t take the heat. Decided to declare today an official lazy day and just vegetate. Didn’t sleep well so I actually took a nap which is unusual. Would love to have a lazy day in the swing but guess I’m getting old when I can’t take the heat and humidity. Looking forward to fall porch days!

I think it’s a good thing to unplug and disconnect from life and just enjoy the moment and do some mindless thinking. I watched the sky through my window, sitting in my reading chair. Father Sky kept changing the colors on his sky canvas from blue sky to grayish overcast sky to dark purple sky. He’d add clouds and take clouds away. I think he was lost in his paintings today.

Roanoke had several severe thunderstorm warnings but no storms materialized. Soon as the warnings were cancelled Mother Nature cranked up her wind machine and set the bamboo forest to dancing. They were twisting and turning around and slapping the ground. Penelope sat in my lap watching them sway and blow around. She was fascinated watching them perform.

America actually has a an official Lazy Day that is celebrated on August 10! Did not know that when I sat down to do nothing today. I think we often find ourselves wishing we had a day designated as a do nothing day. We start out well but usually aren’t content just sitting around and find something that needs doing. We actually find it hard to do nothing.

Some of us are just wired for working, don’t know how to relax and slow down. Life is at such a fast, plugged in pace we don’t know how to slow down and smell the roses. I love that expression but today’s roses don’t have the wonderful perfumes of old roses. Science has forgotten the roses’ fragrance genes while focusing on them being disease resistant.

Research says being laze allows the body to rejuvenate and restore energy. Lazy people get sufficient sleep. We need sleep for improving memory and decreasing stress. Proper sleep decreases inflammation and gives us a great attention span. I don’t think I’ve had a restful night of sleep since Chief died. I’m not a napper so I drag trough the day thinking a cup of coffee will restart my engine.

Found a perfect quote for today. “Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time,” — Martha Troly-Curtin