Another overcast day, a sky covered in layers of grays and purples, a sun smiling coyly behind her cloud covers, a magnificent rendering of a day’s ending hidden by Father Sky’s cigar smoke clouds. The day was damp and misty bringing on a heavier rain as a mystical twilight covered the horizon. No stars and…

Been porch perching this morning entertained by the squirrels chasing each other in the tall old magnolia across the street, spiraling up the tree like a wind-up train climbing a toy mountain. One of them just fell off a limb, landing in a puff of dirt and leaves. Got right back up and ran back…

The sky was sketched in winter blue today, dotted with white clouds kissed on their bottoms with cigar smoke shades of gray. The sun warmed the damp earth and brought the yard symphony to life, cardinals and chickadees chattering and singing, giving thanks for the beautiful morning as they warmed their wings in the sunshine.…

Father Sky sketched the quiet beauty of a dull gray sky today, thick layers of clouds veiling the blue sky canvas, hiding the sun’s warm yellow sunshine. The day carried a thick mist on its shoulders making the air damp and the sidewalk wet. The sun tried her best but her rays never could burn…

Been looking for a quote today and decided to use the first one in the book of quotes resting near my chair. Turned out the first quote in the book works great for today. “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the…

Remember giving a flashlight to your children when they were young? They never failed to shine that bright beam right in our eyes. The sun gathered her silver rays this afternoon and shone her flashlight beam right in my eyes as I was walking Penelope. I looked up to see if Mother Nature was gathering…

Today was a winter drawn day. Father Sky sketched an overcast melted vanilla sky, thick and full of fresh coconut colored clouds and they kept the sun hidden all day. We had a mist late afternoon. I went outside walking with Penelope and imagined the mist was sleet. The only perk about winter for me…

First quote of the day. “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day,” Mark Twain. I love that! Made me think about a story Chief loved to tell our children. He and a friend were at a restaurant once and the men…

The sky was perfectly painted today, a beautiful collaboration between Mother Nature and Father Sky to welcome the new year with a beautiful deep blue sky, cloudless and clear and sunny and warm, open for a year of hope and blessings from a loving God. The year is what we make it whether it’s starting…

For all my dearest friends on this New Year’s Eve, I leave you these words from Ralph Waldo’s Emerson — This is my wish for you: comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when your spirits sag, beauty…