Today, April 1, April Fools’ Day, is my 70th birthday. I was born on Easter Sunday while the church bells were ringing for Sunday services in Roanoke. April Fools’ Day has been on Easter Sunday only four times since 1900. My grandchildren think it’s so funny that my birthday is on April Fools’ Day. My…

I have spent a whole day bird watching, cloud watching, and sunset watching from my perch in the porch swing. I watched a beautiful spring day awaken with its dark blue sky, warm golden sunshine, and fluffy white clouds. I then watched this glorious day bed down for the night as the sunset of Mother…

As I sat in the swing after supper waiting for the sun to set, I heard the most beautiful train symphony playing out as the train began blowing its horn in busts of short notes, loud and brash, vibrating the air with sound waves. The notes musically echoed softly back up the tracks like two…

Happy 91st birthday to Chief! If he was here with us I’d be frying up oysters for supper and icing a chocolate cake. There would be a birthday basket full of onion bulbs, seed potatoes, and other gardening gifts resting by his place at the dining table. “Let us never know what old age is.…

Forty-five years ago tonight, March 28, 1981, I married Chief standing in front of the fireplace here in our family’s ancestral home. Happy anniversary, Chief! We had forty years together and it wasn’t long enough for me. We used to laugh, talking about celebrating our 50th anniversary. I was 25 and he was 46 when…

This is how I feel today. “Sometimes I just look up, smile and say, ‘I know that was you. Thank you.’” A beautiful child was welcomed into our family this morning, a sweet girl baby joining a darling older brother and sister. This makes five grandchildren for baby brother. I still see my youngest brother…

I sat and pondered in the porch swing today watching the birds, listening to the wind chimes tintinnabulations. The March winds are still blowing. The sky was full of the prettiest clouds, fluffy ones kissed snow white on their crowns with bellies tinted light grey and pale purple. Just watched the skies today, didn’t do…

Today was so pretty, blue sky, white fluffy clouds but the March winds did blow, all day. I love to hear the wind pushing through the large magnolias on our street, the rushing of the leaves and branches bending with the stiff breeze dropping old brown leaves that chase each other down the street, slapping…

Enjoyed the porch swing today. The March winds were cool but the day warmed up quickly. I was hoping the last cold spell had killed the mosquitoes but they were out for blood today. How something that little can have such big teeth beats me. They are kin to the fire ants for sure. Had…

Another beautiful day with blue skies and lots of bird songs. Got hot, too. Hate to complain of the heat this early in the season but the sun ran me out of both swings and into a chair that was in the shade. Had to move Penelope’s pen in the shade, too, ‘cause she worked…